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Assistant Headteacher

Heartlands Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B7 4QR

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• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  25 May 2020 at 4pm

• Date listed

  21 May 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
  • Deputy headteacher
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: Leadership scale
• Additional allowances:

  Leading the way in youth mental health through our very own Mental Health First Aid programme, we aim to train every teacher as a mental health first aider. E-ACT is a leader in the education sector for outstanding employee benefits including a generous maternity policy and opportunities for flexible working.

Assistant Headteacher job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and forward-thinking person who can build on and develop the academy's many strengths. You should have a clear vision for the role, and have an active interest in all aspects of academy improvement, along with the ability to demonstrate exceptional leadership and interpersonal skills. You should also have a track record of leading and managing teams to make a real difference to outcomes for pupils, and the ability to build great working relationships with staff, pupils and parents is a must.

We are always on the look out for dynamic, motivated and enthusiastic people so we can continue to give every one of our pupils the opportunity to explore, solve, create and achieve. In return, we offer the chance to work with amazing people and inspirational pupils, as well as a great salary and sector-learning work-life balance arrangements.

By helping our teachers to develop into leaders within the profession, we know that we are also helping our pupils to develop into leaders of the future.

What we value : Our values are our anchor point and underpin all we do.

THINKING BIG

For themselves and for the world around them by thinking beyond the four walls of their academy, and having the belief that anything they aspire to achieve is possible through hard work.

DOING THE RIGHT THING

In all that they do by carefully thinking through their decisions, even when it means doing something that’s hard or takes a lot of time.

SHOWING TEAM SPIRIT

By supporting one another, and knowing that by working together great things can be achieved. If you feel you would thrive within this role, then we would love to hear from you

We hope the further particulars will give you a clear picture of the journey we are on and encourage you to apply for this key post at a very exciting stage in the school’s development.

Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing our application and equal opportunities form.

The closing date for applications is:

Monday 25th May 2020

The interview date has been scheduled for:

Friday 29th May 2020

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 Heartlands Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 799 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Heartlands Academy website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: bina.blackham@e-act.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heartlands-academy (opens in new tab)

About Heartlands Academy

Quite aside from the opportunity to work with pupils whose energy, creativity and enthusiasm never fail to inspire, our academy is:

• Outstanding rated, recognized for helping pupils to progress from often low starting points.

• Committed to teacher development through E-ACT’s professional learning programme in partnership with leading training providers such as Ambition School Leadership

• Leading the way in youth mental health through our very own Mental Health First Aid programme – we aim to train every teacher as a mental health first aider.

• A leader in the education sector for outstanding employee benefits including a generous maternity policy and opportunities for flexible working.

We are an E-ACT academy and proud to be part of a community that includes over 15,400 pupils and 2,300 teaching and non-teaching professionals across the country.

Our academies can collaborate and share ideas with one another in ways that schools may not be able to. Most importantly, we all feel part of something much bigger and our responsibilities go far beyond the four walls of a single academy, and extend to people and their communities across the country.

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