Grove School,
The school was inspected in October 2023. Grove continues to be a good school. Grove School is a 3 form-entry mixed primary school for pupils aged 3 - 11 years, which currently has 537 pupils on roll. It is a multicultural school in an area of high deprivation. Our parents, staff and governors are ambitious for our pupils. The school community works to help every pupil achieve their very best. On entering Grove, you will feel the warmth and pride that we all have in our school.
The senior leadership are looking to appoint an Early Years classroom teacher on a fixed term contract from November 2026 for one year due to maternity cover. The successful candidates will be expected to take up the appointment from 2nd November 2026.
This post is not suitable for ECTs.
Grove School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks.
The pre-employment checks include: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable) medical fitness; identity, Birth Certificate and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and the amendments to the Exemption 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.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
Hours: 32.5 (Full-time)
Grade: Main Pay Range
Location: Dawson Road, Handsworth, Birmingham, B21 9HB
Closing Date: Wednesday 30th September at 12:00pm
Shortlisting: Wednesday 30th September 2026
Interviews: Monday 12th October 2026.
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