Start date: 7 April 2025
Hours per week: 36.5, Term time only
Summit Learning Trust
Yarnfield Primary School
Yarnfield Road
Birmingham
B11 3PJ
Telephone number: 0121 693 0362
Contact email: kulvinder.kaur@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Contract type: Fixed term until July 2025
Are you passionate about helping children and their families overcome barriers so that they can reach their full potential? Then this is the role for you!
Yarnfield Primary School prides itself on fostering a supportive and inclusive environment that enables all our learners to reach their full potential. In this role you will be pivotal to helping us achieve this aim through supporting the social, emotional and mental health well-being of our wonderful learners. You will work directly with learners on a one-to-one and group basis to improve their academic progress and learning, liaising closely with colleagues, families and outside agencies, building positive collaborative relationships with each. You will develop strategies to improve punctuality, attendance and behaviour and lead on extra-curricular activities to promote learner engagement.
To be successful you have proven experience working with young people, ideally from a primary setting. You must also have a working knowledge of SEMH and associated difficulties, a sound knowledge and understanding of child development and the issues relating to social exclusion. You will also have knowledge and understanding of the methods of setting realistic programmes for disaffected and underachieving children. Additionally, you will have excellent communication, interpersonal and organisation skills and must be able to work creatively with children to help them reach their full potential.
About us
Yarnfield Primary School is a three form entry primary school with a 52 place nursery serving a diverse community in south Birmingham. The school is part of the Summit Learning trust which comprises of four primary schools, three secondary schools and a sixth form.
Yarnfield Primary is on an exciting journey whose recent improvements have been recognised by OFSTED. Our aim, drive and ambition is to provide the children with real, purposeful high quality learning experiences which inspire and motivate them in achieving their very best.
Why work for us?
* employee assistance programme
* high quality training and support in and across academies enabling career progression
* wellbeing advocates
* lifestyle benefits and discount schemes, including gym discounts and cycle to work scheme
* health protection scheme alongside flu jab and eyecare vouchers
* generous employer pension schemes
* excellent holiday entitlement
We positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Summit Learning Trust is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender reassignment, age, disability, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy/maternity or race.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all colleagues to share this commitment.
If you require the application form in a different format, please contact hr.enquiries@summitlearningtrust.org.uk.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
How to Apply
Please apply online.
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 necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; 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.
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