Assistant Head Teacher

Lea Hall Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 9QY

29 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st June 2025

• Closing date

  13 April 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 2, Key stage 3
• Working pattern: Full time: 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Fixed term - 01/06/2025 to 01/04/2026 - Maternity or parental leave cover
• Pay scale: L6 - L10

What skills and experience we're looking for

Assistant Head Teacher

• Salary Range L6-10
• Lea Hall Academy, Kitts Green, Birmingham, B33 9QY
• Contract – Fixed Term Contract to cover Maternity end date 01/04/2026
• Full time
• Start Date – 1st June 2025

Lea Hall Academy is a special school for young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs aged 5-14. Lea Hall Academy is part of Forward Education Trust, a growing Multi Academy Trust established in 2017 serving special schools across the West Midland area.

We are seeking an ethical leader with a track record of outstanding practise. The successful candidate will be an exemplary teacher who is highly experienced, enthusiastic, and motivated to share in the leadership and management of our school.

Our pupils all have an EHCP that identifies their additional needs as SEMH. We recognise that there is a high correlation between identified SEMH and difficulties with communication. We want our pupils to be inspired and challenged, but we also want someone who will care about them as individuals. Sometimes our pupils display challenging behaviour – we know there is always a reason for this. We are looking to appoint an Assistant Headteacher who will work alongside us to address the issues beneath the behaviour. We are ambitious for our pupils to be successful in all areas of their life.

We are at an exciting point in our development as a school. We were part way through a rapid school improvement process when we were visited by Ofsted in July 2023 and have now had two successful monitoring visits. We are clear about our school improvement priorities and are confident that we are making progress. We are looking for an Assistant Headteacher to join our school leadership team to ensure we continue to demonstrate impact during our colleague’s maternity leave.

The Assistant Headteacher role will be responsible for annual review processes and specialist provision across the school, looked after children and will ideally have experience as a DSL. We are looking for someone who can manage statutory processes and maintain excellent links with parents and carers, the local authority and a range of specialists to ensure that individual needs are addressed and that pupils are stretched to achieve more – whilst enjoying themselves!

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. Please telephone the school on 0121 594 0890 to make an appointment.

Closing date: 13th April 2025

Interviews to be confirmed

We can offer you:

• A commitment to support you in developing new skills through a wide range of professional development opportunities and experiences.
• The opportunity to make a huge contribution to the education and lives of children who respond very positively to high quality teaching and support.
• A friendly and inclusive working environment.

Forward Education Trust is committed to recruiting and retaining the highest quality staff. To do this, we have an Employee Value Proposition offering a range of benefits to help our staff on a personal and professional level, which includes: 

• Teacher Pension or Support Staff Local Government Pension – Employer Contribution 
• FET HUB – information all in one place, access to a range of benefits 
• Paid for Health Cash Plan – employee and dependent children benefit – option to add partner 
• Employee Questionnaire – Consultation with staff on a range of issues and ideas 
• Salary sacrifice scheme – Cycle to Work Scheme 
• Access to the NHS approved Thrive App – to support mental health & well-being 
• Comprehensive induction and probation support and an ongoing performance management & appraisal system 
• Easy purchase scheme (salary deduction) – Smart Tech in association with Currys 
• Enhanced Employee Assistance Programme – free, totally confidential advice, with face-to-face consultations 
• Personal & professional learning & development – including FLICK online learning and other resources 
• Access to discounts and offers from Reward Gateway and My Perks 
• Occupational Health Service – accessible to support the needs of individual staff 
• Staff recognition – e-cards to celebrate success among colleagues 
• Mental Health First Aiders 
• Policies being developed to support positive health & well-being: Family Friendly Working, Special Leave of Absence, Flexible Working, Menopause 

The Trust may review applications upon receipt and may call applicants for interview prior to the advert closing date.

Therefore, you are encouraged to make an early application for this role, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.  

Please note that only fully completed Forward Education Trust Application forms will be accepted; we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them in place of an application form.  

If you do not hear from the school within 14 days of the closing date, please assume that your application has not been shortlisted. The successful applicants will require an enhanced DBS check and will be subject to relevant pre-employment checks.  

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.  

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.  

 Forward Education Trust is committed to the safeguarding and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate must promote this ethos. 

What the school offers its staff

Forward Education Trust provides a wide range of professional development opportunities for all its staff.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Lea Hall Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 14
• School size: 70 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 14
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lea Hall Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@fet.ac
• Phone number: 0121 368 5791
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lea-hall-academy

Arranging a visit to Lea Hall Academy

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