Start date 1 September 2024 Hours 32.5 Contract Fixed term 1/9/2024 to 27/4/2025 The Meadows Primary School Bristol Road South Northfield Birmingham B31 2SW Contact email m.singhmeadowsprimary.org We are looking to appoint an inspirational teacher for a maternity cover post from September 2024. The successful applicant will demonstrate a commitment to providing excellence for all children and a positive can-do attitude. The Meadows Primary is a large primary school based in Northfield that benefits from also having a Resource Base for children with speech and language needs. The Meadows is fortunate enough to have a team of dedicated leaders, teacher and support staff, and following our inspection in November, we are at the beginning of an exciting journey of school improvement. We are committed to providing children with the very best educational experience, ensuring they have access to an outstanding curriculum, drawing on evidence informed models for teaching and learning. We are seeking a teacher who is enthusiastic, innovative and dynamic. We are looking for someone who is committed to achieving the best for our children and wider community. You must be driven, creative and energetic in your teaching and be highly motivated. In return we will offer you: a professional, hardworking and supportive team of staff with the capability and desire to provide the best learning opportunities high quality and evidence informed professional development a caring and supportive working environment within a vibrant school community Employee Assistance Programme a senior leadership team and a governing body who care about staff wellbeing Please download an applicant pack, or visit the School website for more information. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. Should you wish to make an informal visit, please call the school office on 0121 675 3203. In line with our safeguarding practices we are unable to accept CV’s. 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 necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. An online search will also be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. 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.