Class Cover Teacher (ECT’s need not apply)

Job Information

Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy

Aldridge Road

Oscott

Birmingham

B44 8NT

Telephone Number: 0121 464 9706

Email Address: finance@barrview.bham.sch.uk

Job Start Date: 1 September 2023

The Governing Body of Barr View Primary & Nursery Academy are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and hard-working teacher, who is able to demonstrate excellent classroom practice along with a strong sense of duty toward securing the best possible outcomes for our children. We need you to deliver our curriculum in a way that INSPIRES our children to learn, allows them to EMBRACE new knowledge and experiences and encourages them to ACHIEVE their goals.

You will:

• be able to inspire, challenge and motivate pupils

• have high expectations of yourself and the pupils

• have a creative approach to the curriculum and to delivering lessons in exciting ways

• be committed to high standards

• be knowledgeable about how children learn and progress

• be willing to go the extra mile

• be a motivated experienced practitioner

• be flexible and able to handle last minute changes

We will offer you:

• enthusiastic, hardworking and well behaved children

• a supportive staff and Governing Body

• a commitment to your professional development

• if successful the potential for an extension to the contract

If you have the skills required and are interested in joining our happy and supportive school that was identified as the 3rd best primary school in Birmingham (Real Schools Guide 2020) and graded ‘Good” in all areas in our last Ofsted, January 2018 then we would like to hear from you.

Informal visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged on Thursday 2 March at 10am, Wednesday 8 March 4pm, Thursday 9 March 4pm. Please contact the school to make an appointment.

How to apply

The application pack can be downloaded here, alternatively email our Business Manager on: finance@barrview.bham.sch.uk to request a pack.

Shortlisting: Thursday 16 March

Observations: Monday 20 March

Interviews: Friday 24 March

Safeguarding This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: Teaching enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. References All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Short-listed candidates An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. Terms and conditions This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Rehabilitation of offenders This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Rehabilitation of Offenders . Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.