Start date: 1 September 2024 Contract type: Permanent Alston Primary School Alston Road Birmingham B9 5UN Telephone number: 0121 464 1569 Alston Primary School is part of Leigh Multi-Academy Trust and is a vibrant and dynamic school that is looking for inspirational teachers. Alston Primary School is seeking to appoint an Experienced Class Teacher to join our committed, enthusiastic and supportive team. The successful candidate will be an excellent classroom practitioner who has high expectations, of themselves and their pupils, and has the ability to inspire, motivate and challenge pupils through quality teaching and creative learning experiences. We are an inclusive Trust that places great importance on the development and success of all children. The school has very high expectations and standards of behaviour and has effective strategies in place to engage children before, during and after the school day. The school has a number of strong partnerships with external agencies and an important role within the community. The post will involve co-ordinating and taking a lead role in sharing and developing good practice and raising attainment. The post will provide an excellent opportunity for further professional development. We pride ourselves on being a happy, warm and welcoming school with children at the heart of everything we do. We have high expectations and a culture of learning built on trust and support. The successful candidates will be MOTIVATIONAL INSPIRING DYNAMIC AMBITIOUS Our Vision and values Our vision is to develop a community where children can enjoy a welcoming, secure, happy and healthy environment, all members can develop self-confidence, self-esteem, self-motivation, independence, compassion, tolerance and understanding. As part of the Leigh Trust family of schools, we are “The TEAM that CARES”. We can offer you: the opportunity to work in an inclusive school a positive and enthusiastic staff, committed to achieving the best for all pupils happy, motivated, keen to learn children commitment to support you in your continued professional development support of a caring and motivated Senior Leadership Team the opportunity to collaborate with and benefit from the mutual support of schools with Leigh Trust We are looking for a practitioner that: has a positive, optimistic outlook has a passion for teaching and learning cares deeply about children’s learning and their emotional wellbeing has high expectations of attainment and behaviour shows initiative and work collaboratively with a team has great communication skills with the ability to build trust and confidence with parents, children and colleagues If you have the skills required and are interested in joining our successful team, we would love to hear from you Please apply online for this post. We encourage informal visits to the school, so if you interested in joining our school, please call 0121 464 1569 to make an appointment. This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions. 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. 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 about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.