One Year Fixed Term Full-time Class Teacher (Initially based in KS1) Blackwood School Streetly Part of Central Cooperative Learning Trust Start: Autumn Term 2025 (1 st September 2025) Do you adhere to our vision of gifting children with “Loving learning, learning skills for life?” We are looking for a talented teacher with energy and enthusiasm who can inspire our children to develop their love of learning. The person we seek will be an inspirational practitioner with creative and innovative approaches to teaching, who is able to make learning exciting and relevant. In return, we can offer you well-behaved children who enjoy their learning, colleagues who are supportive and friendly and, amongst them, a leadership team that adopts an open door policy and commits to your continued professional development. We are a three form entry school, so the successful candidate will have teaching colleagues to work alongside as well as experienced teaching assistants within their year group. You will be well supported by all of the teaching team within our friendly, busy school. School visits are encouraged to see the extent that Blackwood has to offer. Please contact the school on 0121 353 1876 to book a place on a tour of the school. The closing date and time for applications is 9am on Friday 28 th March. Please return applications by post, email (applicationsblackwoodprimary.com) or by hand. In your accompanying letter of application, please also include your views about what a primary curriculum should look like to ensure that our children are successful in their learning - now and in the future. Shortlisting will take place on Friday 28 th March and selected candidates will be invited to interviews on Tuesday 1 st April. This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will also be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. In addition, an online social media search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates. It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity. The school takes GDPR very seriously and will keep your data secure. For more information on how we secure, transfer, process and retain your data, please refer to our privacy statement which can be found in the vacancies area of the school website.