PPA teacher

🌟 Full-Time PPA Teacher | September 2025 – July 2026
Location: 2-Form Entry Primary School, Kings Heath, Birmingham
Position: Full-Time, Temporary (Academic Year Contract)

🏫 About the School:

Nestled in the heart of Kings Heath, this dynamic and thriving 2-form entry primary school is looking for an enthusiastic PPA Teacher to join their team for the 2025-2026 academic year. The school is known for its strong leadership team (SLT), exceptional teaching staff, and positive relationships with families and the local community. With a focus on inclusivity, collaboration, and pupil wellbeing, the school is dedicated to ensuring every child has the opportunity to reach their full potential in a nurturing and engaging environment.

✨ The Role:

As a PPA Teacher, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality lessons across a range of year groups, covering teachers’ PPA time. This role offers variety, challenge, and an opportunity to make a real impact across the whole school.

Key responsibilities include:

• Delivering engaging, curriculum-based lessons to pupils in Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2

• Working closely with class teachers to plan and implement lessons that meet the needs of all pupils

• Maintaining high standards of behaviour and creating a positive, supportive learning environment

• Promoting inclusivity and adapting lessons to ensure all pupils, regardless of ability, feel supported and challenged

• Collaborating with the Senior Leadership Team and teaching staff to ensure smooth operations across year groups

• Participating in school-wide events, activities, and initiatives to support the school’s community ethos

This role is perfect for a teacher who enjoys variety in their day-to-day work and thrives in a supportive, busy school environment.

✅ We’re Looking For:

• A QTS-qualified teacher with experience in primary education

• Strong knowledge and understanding of the primary curriculum

• Excellent classroom management skills and the ability to engage and motivate children across various age groups

• An adaptable, flexible teaching approach and the ability to thrive in a dynamic, multi-year group setting

• A passion for inclusive teaching and ensuring every child reaches their full potential

• A collaborative and professional approach to working with colleagues, pupils, and parents

🎁 What We Offer:

• Competitive salary based on MPS/UPS

• A supportive and collaborative SLT and teaching team who value professional growth

• Opportunities for professional development and career progression

• Work-life balance with protected PPA time and manageable workload

• A strong sense of community, with a focus on both pupil and staff wellbeing

• Variety of teaching experiences across multiple year groups, ensuring no two days are the same

🌍 Why Apply?

This is an excellent opportunity to work in a forward-thinking school where you’ll enjoy variety, professional development, and a supportive community. Whether you’re an experienced teacher seeking a new challenge or someone passionate about teaching in a vibrant and diverse environment, this role is a fantastic opportunity to make a difference.

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, email Charlie at charlie@zesteducation.co.uk or ‘apply for job’ at the top of the page to submit your details.

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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