Class Teacher - Resource Base

Start date: 2 June 2025

Boldmere Infant School & Nursery

Cofield Road

Sutton Coldfield

B73 5SD

Telephone number: 0121 464 2338

Contact email: bbishop@boldmere.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent

The Federation of Boldmere Schools are an inclusive 3-form entry setting, comprising of our Nursery & Infant School, along with our Junior Schoool and Boldmere Inclusion Base (BIB). We are situated in the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham. We offer places for children between the ages of 3-11 years and work closely as a Federation to ensure ‘outstanding’ provision for all our children.

We are a fully inclusive school and have a separate building for our 24 pupil placed inclusion/resource base for children diagnosed with ASC (Autism Spectrum Condition) and with an EHCP (Educational Health Care Plan).

Our school is looking to appoint an inspirational, passionate and knowledgeable teacher to work in our established and expanding Boldmere Inclusion Base. We feel this is an incredibly exciting opportunity to work at our school in this setting and we are looking for practitioners with:
• the expertise and vision to develop high standards and expectations of pupil achievement and behaviour
• the highest expectations of teaching and learning regardless of children’s ability or SEND needs
• knowledge and experience of teaching pupils diagnosed with ASC and communication difficulties
• an ability to work collaboratively with teachers, support staff and senior leaders in order to plan and deliver high quality educational provision for our children attending the BIB
• an understanding and an ability to implement effective strategies to support our pupils who will at times, display challenging dysregulated behaviours, (a feature of their special educational needs)
• the ability to be resilient, initiate, develop and implement creative and ‘broad’ curriculum opportunities, such as the EQUALS curriculum
• the ability to take responsibility for the outcomes of the children being taught
• experience in the effective management and delivery of outcomes and provision required in individual EHCPs, including bespoke curriculum and accurate use of assessment to inform teaching and learning strategies
• an ability to implement effective intervention strategies to positively impact upon the children in your class
• the ability to work in collaboration with outside agencies such as CAT, EP’s, SaLT and PSS to support the provision of the children in their setting

We are passionate about meeting the needs of children with additional and complex needs.

Our staff provide a caring and safe learning environment, working as a friendly, supportive and hardworking team.

We can offer you:
• a commitment to support you in developing new skills through a wide range of professional development opportunities and experiences
• an opportunity to work in a truly inclusive, forward thinking school
• a bright, cheerful and well-resourced school with supportive colleagues
• a collaborative and effective team of staff in our Inclusion Base setting
• an exciting place to work and develop
• a caring, creative atmosphere, which achieves high standards
• the opportunity to make a huge contribution to the education and lives of SEND children in our Inclusion Base and across the wider Federation
• a supportive leadership team
• a supportive school community

How to apply

If you feel you have the necessary skills required and are interested in the joining our successful team, then we would like to hear from you. Informal visits to the school and our Inclusion Base are welcome and encouraged. Please contact the school office to book an appointment on one of the following visit dates/times:
• +.30am on Thursday 13 March 2025
• 4.00pm on Thursday 13 March 2025
• +.30am on Tuesday 18 March 2025
• 4.00pm on Tuesday 18 March 2025

For further information and to download an application pack, please visit the school website; job vacancies, top right hand corner.

Completed applications to be emailed to bbishop@boldmere.bham.sch.uk

Successfully shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview which will take place on Thursday 3 April 2025. If successful at interview the applicant will be offered the post on the condition of suitable references being obtained and we would like you to be available to start this new post on the 2 June 2025. We would also like the successful applicant to be available to come in to our Inclusion Base for transition upon appointment and dates of this can be arranged with your existing employer if currently working in a school.

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 all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1+74 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1+75, 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.