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Class Teacher (Primary)

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Hallmoor School 50, Scholars Gate Birmingham B33 0DL
Salary
MPR/UPR + SEN allowance
Closing date
27 Nov 2023
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Class Teacher (Primary)

MPR/UPRS + SEN allowance

Hours:  Full Time

Contract Type:  Permanent

Hallmoor School

50, Scholars Gate

Birmingham

B33 0DL

Telephone number:   +44121 809 0885

Email address:  recruitment@fet.ac

Start date: 1 January 2024

Hallmoor School specialises in the education of pupils aged 4 to 19 years with cognition, learning and communication difficulties, all of whom have an Education Health and Care Plan. Pupils within the school have a wide range of learning needs which may include SLD and ASD. The school strives for high standards of teaching and learning and is committed to ensuring that all pupils achieve their full potential.

We are looking for a highly effective creative and inspirational classroom practitioner to join Hallmoor School, part of Forward Education Trust, a rapidly growing Multi Academy Trust established in 2017 serving special schools across the West Midland area.  The successful candidate will be a highly skilled classroom teacher who is enthusiastic and motivated to help our students develop and reach their full potential.

The successful candidate will:

  • have previous teaching experience and skills of working with children across at least two key stages, including key stage 3 have experience of working with children with complex special needs including ASD and SLD have QTS status take responsibility for a class group as a teacher with pastoral responsibility be willing to deliver subject specific lessons to a wider group of pupils across the school as reasonably directed by the Headteacher be a team player have experience in the primary phase

We can offer you:

  • a commitment to support you in developing new skills through a wide range of professional development opportunities and experiences the opportunity to make a huge contribution to the education and lives of children who respond very positively to high quality teaching a dedicated leadership team committed to supporting our staff

You will offer us:

  • a Teacher who is motivated and enthusiastic who has experience of working with children with special needs your commitment to engaging and inspiring our pupils and the ability to make a real difference to their learning your flexibility, commitment, and excellent interpersonal skills

Forward Education Trust is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest quality staff. To do this, we have an Employee Value Proposition offering a range of benefits to help our staff on a personal and professional level, which includes:

Teacher Pension or Support Staff Local Government Pension Employer Contribution, FET HUB, information all in one place, access to a range of benefit. Paid for Health Cash Plan, employee and dependent children benefit, option to add partner.

Employee Questionnaire, consultation with staff on a range of issues and ideas, salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to the NHS approved Thrive App, to support mental health and well-being.

Comprehensive induction and probation support and an ongoing performance management and appraisal system, easy purchase scheme (salary deduction), Smart Tech in association with Currys, Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme, free, totally confidential advice, with face-to-face consultations.

Personal and professional learning and development, including FLICK online learning and other resources, access to discounts and offers from Reward Gateway and MyPerks, Occupational Health Service, accessible to support the needs of individual staff.

Staff recognition, e-cards to celebrate success among colleagues.             

Mental Health First Aiders.

Policies being developed to support positive health and well-being. Family friendly working, special leave of absence, flexible working, menopause.

Staff recognition, awards throughout the year, in line with Trust behaviours and values.

A commitment to develop new ideas to show we really value what you do for our children.

Closing Date: 27 November 2023, 9.00am

Please visit the website and download an application to apply. Applications to be sent to recruitment@fet.ac The Trust may review applications upon receipt and may call applicants for interview prior to the advert closing date. Therefore, you are encouraged to make an early application for this role and we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date. Please note that only fully completed Forward Education Trust Application forms will be accepted; we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them in place of an application form. If you do not hear from the school within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted.


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. 

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.  
 

 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.   

For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies  

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Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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