Early Career Teachers welcomed to apply.

Teaching Year Group will be decided on the suitability of successful candidates. 

Candidates must: 

• be both an inspirational and excellent classroom practitioner 

• have high expectations of children’s achievements and behaviour 

• be keen to learn and develop their skills   

We offer: 

• a positive enthusiastic staff committed to achieving the best for all pupils 

• a caring creative atmosphere, which achieves high standards 

• a well-resourced and maintained school 

• happy motivated well-behaved children 

• a great opportunity to develop your professional skills 

Hillary Primary school is a multi-ethnic and socially diverse three-form entry school. Our aim is to provide a safe and secure learning environment where all pupils can thrive and achieve to their full potential.  

We believe that informal visits to the school prior to application are essential and will be warmly welcomed.  

We have 2 planned visit opportunities – 

Tuesday 21^st April 2026 at 4pm

Thursday 23^rd April 2026 at 9am 

Closing Date: Wednesday 29^th April 2026 at 4:00pm 

To arrange a visit please contact Satvinder Patel, Administration Manager spatel@hillary.walsall.sch.uk  

Shortlisting will take place on Monday 4^th May 2026. 

Observations and formal interviews to be held the week commencing Monday 4^th May 2026. 

All offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory DBS check, 2 references and a health screening questionnaire.  

Hillary Primary School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our commitment is underpinned by robust processes and procedures that seek to continuously promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce.  

Rehabilitation of offenders: This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions 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. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.