Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour, OPAL & Attendance

Turves Green Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 4BP

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 January 2027

• Closing date

  2 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £60,912.00 - £67,237.00 Annually (Actual) L5 - L9

Assistant Headteacher - Behaviour, OPAL & Attendance job summary

We are currently looking for an excellent Assistant Headteacher to join our team. Duties to include: -

Providing strategic leadership and operational oversight to ensure high standards of pupil behaviour and positive relationships across the school.

Managing attendance, analysing data, leading strategies to reduce absence, and working directly with families and outside agencies to ensure pupils come to school regularly.

Driving the school’s OPAL provision to support behaviour at unstructured times.

Working collaboratively with the SENDCo and whole staff to achieve the TIAAS Award;

Working collaboratively with the Pastoral Manager to improve attendance.

Working with senior leaders, staff, pupils, families, and external agencies to promote a safe, inclusive, and aspirational learning environment where all children can thrive.

Teaching a class (60%) with weekly ring-fenced leadership time.

Promote the values and achievements of the school to the community.

Assist with the appointment and induction of new staff and provide monitoring and support for ECT and students as necessary.

Leading Professional Growth for a team of staff.

Assist in the preparation, implementation and monitoring of the School Development Plan.

This role is key insupporting the school to improve even further, providing our children with the best education possible, and ensuring staff have access to appropriate, and high standard professional development opportunities.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Turves Green Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 354 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Turves Green Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/turves-green-primary-school-birmingham

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