Class Teacher

KS2 Class Teacher

Grade: ECT/Main scale teacher

Contract Type: fixed term

Closing Date: Monday 12th October 2026 at 9:30am

St John Fisher is a popular thriving one form entry Catholic Primary school, in the south of Birmingham. We are seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and highly motivated teacher to join our hard-working team from 4th January 2027 until 31st August 2027.

We can offer you:

A dedicated, experienced and welcoming staff team.

• A wonderfully inspiring Catholic community.
• A supportive multi academy company- Lumen Christi.
• Well behaved and hard-working pupils.
• Supportive parents.
• A commitment to your career development.

The successful candidate will:

Inspire, challenge and motivate children to achieve.

Have a clear understanding of Catholic education and is committed to maintaining and enhancing our Catholic ethos.

Have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills.

Create an outstanding learning environment.

Be creative and tailor the curriculum and teaching strategies to best suit the needs of the

children.

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and can be arranged by contacting the school office on [phone removed] or email for an application pack to [email removed]

Closing date and Shortlisting: Monday 12th October 2026

Interview date: Monday 19th October 2026

Safeguarding & Equal Opportunities

St John Fisher Catholic Primary School is part of Lumen Christi who are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to satisfactory references, which will be requested prior to interview, an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical, evidence of qualifications plus verification of the Right to Work (RTW) in the UK. All applicants will also be required to provide two suitable references.

Please review our Safeguarding Policy on the school website https://www.stjonfsh.bham.sch.uk/policies/

We aim to be anequal opportunities employer, and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.