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Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion

Moseley School and Sixth Form, Birmingham, West Midlands, B13 9UU

This job expired on 31 March 2025 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  31 March 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  17 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership scale 14-18

Assistant Headteacher for Inclusion job summary

We at Moseley School and Sixth form are delighted to advertise the Role ofAssistant Headteacher for Inclusion to start on 1st September 2025

The job description and person specification give you an indication of the scale and ambition we have for this post. If you have the passion, commitment and resilience to make a significant difference in this role I would be delighted to receive your application.

This role is vital for us to continue our journey to excellence as a school. We are looking for an outstanding practitioner to continue the work we have already put in place to develop our culture of succeeding together. If you are looking for a fulfilling challenge which promises great job satisfaction, then come and be part of The Moseley Way.

Working Time:

Full-time as specified within the current STPCD.

Core Purpose:

To assist the Deputy Headteacher (Standards and Student Welfare) in providing leadership of pastoral care and securing our continued success and improvement, ensuring high quality support and provision, to enable all students to achieve exceptionally well.

Responsibilities for all teachers:

• Meet the relevant Teachers’ Standards
• Promote the values and aims of the school
• Follow all relevant school policies
• To be aware of, and assume the appropriate level of responsibility for, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and to report any concerns in accordance with the school’s safeguarding policies
• Create and maintain effective partnerships with parents and carers
• Treat students, parents and colleagues fairly, equitably and with dignity and respect
• To comply with the school’s Health & Safety policy and statutory requirements

Core Leadership Responsibilities:

• To be a DSL
• To provide an inspirational role model for staff and students
• To effectively communicate and demonstrate the core values of the school
• To develop an ethos of succeeding together for students and staff
• To contribute to strategic improvement planning, implementation and evaluation
• Be accountable for aspects of the school improvement plan and school self-evaluation including reporting to Governors as required
• To develop the standards of whole school behaviour, ethos and wellbeing
• To provide pastoral and disciplinary support both inside and outside the classroom, throughout the school day
• To work with, support and line manage identified pastoral staff and external support agencies, including the coordination of use of outside agencies in school and off-site direction (OSD)
• To monitor and evaluate classroom practice, student progress and behaviour
• Collaborate with partners to develop system wide improvements including police and behaviour support services
• To participate in all core leadership meetings

Strategic responsibilities of this role:

• To be a DSL and, with support from the Deputy Headteacher (Standards and Student Welfare) be a point of contact for outside agency referral
• As part of the Behaviour, Ethos and Culture Team (BEC) have strategic responsibility for the pastoral care of students that enables them to achieve and succeed
• Strategic leadership of identified pastoral staff including those responsible for inclusion in its broadest sense
• Development of the school culture through embedding the school values
• Strategic leadership of Inclusion and children being able to access a full and supportive education at Moseley School, including leading and managing our envisioned onsite Alternative Curriculum provision.
• Strategic leadership and co-ordination of best practice approaches so the quality of education for all children, including those with SEND, is efficient, effective and meaningful in its core purpose of enabling all adults and children to succeed together.
• School liaison with outside agencies, including but not limited to, engagement with the South Area Network (SAN) to negotiate student placements (OSD), Behaviour Services, Colleges, BCC exclusions team, Bouncing Statistics, School Police Liaison Officers, Counselling services, and specialist providers.
• Design and delivery of support and training for staff in areas such as student welfare and inclusion
• Oversight of interventions and inclusion strategies including those linked to nurture, Children in Care (CiC), those on alternative timetables and those requiring mental health support
• Oversight of exclusions, managed moves and alternative provision, including through the SAN and out of network when required
• To lead assemblies to year groups or other groups of students as necessary
• To contribute to the oversight of tutor time and its quality assurance

We welcome visitors to the school. Please contact recruitment@moseley.bham.sch.uk. If you have any questions about the role or School and would like to arrange a visit.

Please note this advert may close when sufficient applications are received.

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 Moseley School and Sixth Form

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1454 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Moseley School and Sixth Form website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/moseley-school-and-sixth-form

The staff at Moseley School and Sixth Form are a passionate team of professionals. Our purpose is to inspire excellence in character and scholarship. The students and their families have bought into this vision. Together we form a friendly and dedicated community.

Moseley School and Sixth Form is a large comprehensive secondary school with a thriving sixth form. Moseley School first opened its doors in 1923. We value our long history whilst being excited about our future. There are 1300 students, 150 teaching and support staff, excellent facilities housed in a grade two listed building, a modern building which opened in 2012 and a recently completed sports complex and extensive grounds. Staff enjoy subsidised healthcare options and access to our on-site gym.

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