Grove School Teachers – MPS


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The school was inspected in October 2023. Grove continues to be a good school. Grove School is a 3 form-entry mixed primary school for pupils aged 3 - 11 years, which currently has 678 pupils on roll. It is a multicultural school in an area of high deprivation. Our parents, staff and governors are ambitious for our pupils. The school community works to help every pupil achieve their very best. On entering Grove, you will feel the warmth and pride that we all have in our school.

The senior leadership are looking to appoint an outstanding classroom teacher who is willing to grow and develop.

The successful candidates will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Autumn Term 2026.

We encourage all interested applicants to contact the school to arrange an informal visit, which will be held on:

Thursday 7th May 2026 2026 at 9.00am or 4.00pm

Please contact e.patel@grove.bham.sch.uk to arrange an informal visit.

You will be able to meet with senior leaders, ECTs and pupils during your informal visit.

Closing date: Wednesday 13th May 2026 at 12.00pm.

Interview dates: Tuesday 19th May 2026.

Completed application forms should be returned to: vacancy@grove.bham.sch.uk 

Individuals who have previously submitted applications for same position should not submit their applications again. Not suitable for ECTs.

Grove School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks.

The pre-employment checks include: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable) medical fitness; identity, Birth Certificate and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and the amendments to the Exemption Order 1975, 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.

Please note that applications must be the creation of the candidate applying. While technology, including artificial intelligence, may be used to help the candidate select certain phraseology, if substantial use of AI is used, the application will be disregarded.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates

Application form:

Job Description & person specification:

Employment of Ex-Offenders-Policy 2025-26:

Safer Recruitment Policy - 2025-26

Safeguarding_Child_Protection_Policy-Grove-School-2025-2026.pdf

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