🧑‍🏫 Early Career Teachers Opportunities

Short‑Term & Long‑Term Roles Available

Are you an Early Career Teacher (ECT) looking to grow in confidence, build valuable classroom experience, and secure a role that supports your development? Zest Education is currently recruiting passionate and dedicated secondary ECTs for a range of placements across Birmingham and the surrounding areas.

Whether you’d like to explore different school settings or step straight into a longer‑term teaching post, we have immediate and September opportunities available.

🌟 About the Roles

As a Secondary ECT working with Zest Education, you will:

• Teach within your specialist subject across KS3–KS4
• Develop your practice in supportive, well‑structured school environments
• Build positive relationships with pupils and staff
• Deliver engaging, high‑quality lessons that motivate learners of all abilities
• Gain experience that can contribute directly toward your ECT induction

We work with a broad range of secondary schools—from large academies to smaller community schools—giving you the flexibility to find the environment where you’ll thrive.

✔️ Who We’re Looking For

We welcome applications from ECTs who are:

• Passionate about teaching and improving young people’s outcomes
• Adaptable, confident, and eager to develop professionally
• Strong communicators with good behaviour‑management skills
• Able to plan and deliver well‑structured lessons within their specialist subject
• Working towards or already holding QTS through a UK‑recognised route

Whether you’re in your first or second ECT year, Zest Education is here to support you every step of the way.

⭐ Why Choose Zest Education?

When you join us, you’ll benefit from:

• A dedicated consultant who supports your teaching goals
• Access to a wide range of secondary roles across Wolverhampton
• Competitive rates of pay
• Ongoing professional development and guidance
• A friendly, supportive team passionate about helping new teachers succeed

📩 Interested?

To apply or learn more, email Abigail at abigail@zesteducation.co.uk,
or click Apply at the top of the page to submit your details.

🔐 Safeguarding

Zest Education is an APSCo‑audited agency committed to safeguarding children. All candidates must:

• Hold or be willing to obtain an Enhanced DBS
• Be registered on (or willing to join) the DBS Update Service
• Provide references covering the last two years
• Successfully pass all mandatory safeguarding checks

Minimum Requirement: Recent school‑based or youth‑based experience within the last 5 years (UK curriculum).
Salary: Dependent on experience, training, and qualifications.
Contract Type: Temporary supply work.

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