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  • Early Years Foundation Stage
  • EYFS
  • Primary
  • Birmingham, Harborne
  • £168 - £232+ per day (paid to scale)
  • Job Area: Harborne

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Job Description

Reception Class Teacher – Full-Time

📍 Harborne, Birmingham
📅 Start: September 2026 | Duration: Until Christmas 2026 (minimum)
🏫 Outstanding Primary School

🌟 The Opportunity

Zest Education is proud to be supporting an Outstanding primary school in Harborne in recruiting a full-time Reception Teacher (EYFS) for a role starting in September 2026.

This is a fantastic opportunity to teach in a high-performing Early Years setting, with the potential for the role to extend beyond Christmas for the right candidate.

🧸 About the Role

You will take full responsibility for a Reception class, delivering a creative, play-based curriculum in line with the EYFS framework.

This role is ideal for a teacher who enjoys:

  • Creating engaging, child-centred learning environments
  • Supporting children at a crucial stage in their development
  • Working in a setting where high standards and strong outcomes are consistently achieved

🏫 About the School

This Outstanding Harborne primary school offers:

  • A well-established and highly supportive Early Years team
  • Excellent indoor and outdoor learning environments and resources
  • Strong leadership with a clear vision and high expectations
  • A collaborative staff culture focused on continuous improvement
  • Well-behaved, enthusiastic pupils who enjoy learning

✅ What They’re Looking For

  • Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
  • Experience within Early Years / Reception
  • Strong understanding of the EYFS curriculum and framework
  • Ability to create a nurturing, structured and engaging classroom
  • Excellent organisation, communication and behaviour management
  • A positive, proactive attitude and commitment to high standards

💡 Why This Role?

  • Opportunity to work within an Outstanding school setting
  • A supportive environment with clear structures and expectations
  • Strong emphasis on teaching quality and pupil development
  • A highly rewarding role shaping children’s first school experiences
  • Potential for the role to extend beyond the initial contract

📩 Interested? Apply Today

If you’re looking for a Reception teaching role in Harborne starting September 2026, this is not one to miss.

📧 Send your CV to charlie@zesteducation.co.uk
Or click ‘Apply for Job’ to get started

Zest Education are an APSCo audited agency and are dedicated to safeguarding children. All candidates must hold an enhanced DBS (or allow us to process one for you) and be registered to the DBS Update Service, be able to provide references to cover the last two years and successfully pass all other necessary safeguarding checks prior to clearance for work.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training, or qualifications required for this position are recent school-based experience (within the last 5 years within a school that teaches the British Curriculum) and/or care-based experience within the last 5 years.

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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Job Details

  • Early Years Foundation Stage
  • EYFS
  • Primary
  • Birmingham, Harborne
  • £168 - £232+ per day (paid to scale)
  • Job Area: Harborne

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