Assistant Head Teacher – SENDCO

Grestone Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B20 1ND

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Summer Term 2026

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  12 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £55,747.00 - £61,534.00 Annually (Actual)

Assistant Head Teacher – SENDCO job summary

Reports to: Headteacher

Location: Grestone Academy

Contract: Permanent- Full time

Start date: Summer term 2026

Working Pattern: Full time

Salary: Leadership points 4-8

We are seeking an experienced SENDCO to join Grestone Academy as an Assistant Headteacher to lead on our SEND provision. This is an exciting time to join our academy as we explore an expansion of the SEND provision through setting up a new Resource Base at the academy for September 2026. The successful candidate will support this process, including oversight of the appointment of staff to manage this Resource Base as it becomes established. This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced and passionate individual to shape inclusive practice, champion inclusion, transform outcomes for children with special educational needs and disabilities, and ensure that all children are supported to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.

At our school, we are proud of all our children. Our children are valued and celebrated. We want them to achieve in every area regardless of their starting point, by providing them a creative and challenging education within a caring and inclusive environment. Inclusion is at the heart of our academy, and as the new Assistant Head Teacher for SENDCO, you will play a key role in shaping a nurturing, inclusive environment where all pupils feel safe, confident, and successful.

Grestone Academy is a medium-sized primary school in the heart of Handsworth Wood. Established in 2013, Grestone Academy sets out its values through, PRIDE Perseverance, Respect, Independence, Diversity Excellence. The Academy is well respected by parents and the local community with a clear and concise vision of where it is heading to become the very best it can be. We believe this is a really exciting opportunity for you to join Grestone Academy at a key point on our journey.

Hamstead Hall Academy Trust has a strong reputation for SEND provision across the city with an established Resource Base at the secondary school. The Trust is exploring the opportunity to complement this provision and open a Resource Base for autism at Grestone Academy. The successful candidate will be offered support to collaborate with an experienced SEND team from the Trust to set up the Resource Base at Grestone and add to the SEND provision at Grestone.

Hamstead Hall Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children in its academies. All academies follow a rigorous selection process to screen out and discourage unsuitable applicants. We require all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. Before appointment, you will be required to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands, or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity makes us stronger, and we’re committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, or belief. If you need any accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.

We encourage you come and have a look at our trust, For further details or to arrange an informal visit to see the academy please contact HR- HR@hamsteadhall.com

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

“Hamstead Hall Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful candidates”.

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About Grestone Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 381 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Grestone Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/grestone-academy

Grestone Academy is a medium-sized primary school in the heart of Handsworth Wood. Established in 2013, Grestone Academy sets out its values through, PRIDE – Perseverance, Respect, Independence, Diversity Excellence ‘to ensure our children enjoy school, love learning and achieve so they can contribute to and access all that Modern Britain offers’

We are really proud of the progress Grestone Academy has already made in becoming a dynamic primary school where all play their part in supporting the children to shine.
The Academy is already well established on it’s journey of development and has a clear and concise vision of where it is heading in order to become the very best it can be. We believe this is a really exciting opportunity for both experienced and newly qualified teaching staff to join Grestone Academy at a key point in our journey.

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