Job Description

Early Career Teacher (ECT) – Acocks Green

Are you ready to kick-start your teaching career? Zest Education is offering an exciting opportunity for an Early Career Teacher (ECT) who is motivated, passionate, and eager to make a difference in children’s education. This full-time role, based at a welcoming school in Acocks Green, provides the perfect environment to grow and develop as a teacher alongside a supportive team of experienced educators.

Start Date: April 2026

Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday

Key Stage: KS1

About the School:

The school offers a safe, stimulating, and inclusive learning environment where every child is encouraged to reach their full potential. With a broad and balanced curriculum, pupils are inspired to thrive academically and personally. As an Early Career Teacher, you will be supported by a team committed to excellence in teaching and learning.

Responsibilities of an Early Career Teacher:

• Deliver engaging and creative lessons across KS1 in line with the National Curriculum.
• Communicate professionally with parents and work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure effective curriculum delivery.
• Create a safe, well-organised classroom environment where all pupils can succeed.
• Plan and implement engaging lessons that motivate and challenge students of all abilities.
• Monitor pupil progress, providing additional support and individualised plans where necessary.

Requirements for the Early Career Teacher position:

• Recognised teaching qualification and Qualified Teacher Status (QTS).
• Strong understanding of the national curriculum and a range of effective teaching strategies.
• Excellent communication, organisational, and interpersonal skills.
• Relevant experience working with children in an education based setting.
• An enhanced DBS certificate (or willingness to obtain one).

If you are interested in this position or want to find out more, ‘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. xbpsjku

The role advertised is for temporary supply work.

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