Assistant Headteacher

Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 1LD

31 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  27 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Assistant headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time: Full time Monday to Friday (part leadership/part classroom based)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L8 to L12

What skills and experience we're looking for

Our highly successful, innovative and welcoming specialist school, caters for children between the ages of 2 – 11 years old who are Deaf and require a sign bilingual education. We are currently funded for 65 places. The school has a national reputation as a centre of excellence in Deaf Education. We seek to appoint a committed and skilled Assistant Head Teacher who is also a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf. We are seeking individuals that are passionate about learning and wish to work within our sign bilingual setting. The successful candidate will work alongside our current Assistant Head Teacher in supporting the Headteacher in both the strategic and day to day running of the school.

Longwill is a small, friendly specialist school, offering an excellent education to Deaf pupils from the West Midlands and surrounding areas. We are looking for a practitioner who is:

• A qualified teacher and a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf • An outstanding classroom practitioner

• An experienced leader • Holds high expectations for pupils and staff

• Committed to upholding the school’s ethos and values

• Thinks creatively • Shows evidence of relevant professional development

• Is a DSL or willing to train

• Is enthusiastic, motivated and a lifelong learner

• Has a good understanding of Deaf culture and Deaf identity

• Aware of and able to work with a range of pupils with additional needs

• Able to demonstrate integrity, resilience, and a commitment to the school’s values

• Able to model outstanding professional conduct at all times

• Inspirational, motivational and able to support staff and pupils to achieve their best

• An effective communicator

• Able to support and deputise for the Headteacher as required

• Qualified in British Sign Language at Level 2 or above (essential)

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• An innovative and exciting specialist school environment, committed to providing the best opportunities for Deaf children and staff

• Delightful and hardworking Deaf sign bilingual children

• A supportive environment with dedicated and highly skilled staff

• Opportunities to develop specialist skills within Deaf education

• Work in collaboration with specialist professionals

• Excellent CPD opportunities A commitment to CPD is essential Informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange on 0121 475 3923

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

AHT Application Pack 2026.pdf - 552 KB (opens in new tab)

Application_Form new.docx - 450 KB (opens in new tab)

About Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 12
• School size: 54 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 12
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children website
• Email address: j.smith@longwill.bham.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01214753923
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longwill-a-primary-school-for-deaf-children

Longwill Primary Special School for Deaf Children

Longwill is currently a 65 place Special School for profoundly Deaf children aged from 2-11 years old who come from across the West Midlands Region.

The Learning Environment
• Longwill is a Sign-Bilingual, bi-cultural learning environment, which strives to support and develop the communication needs and abilities of its members so that the pupils are equipped to function effectively within both the Hearing and the Deaf world.
• We educate our pupils as independent free thinkers, ready for 21st century life, capable of embracing the technology of tomorrow, who are adaptable, self reliant, resourceful and tolerant of change and who can contribute to the wider community.
• Pupils are taught within small groups by Teachers of the Deaf.
• 11 Deaf staff act as positive cultural and linguistic role models, teaching BSL and supporting learning in the classroom. Both languages (English and BSL) are equally valued and promoted.
• The Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) are woven into the curriculum to ensure the emotional wellbeing of all pupils. We have three Learning Mentors on our staff.
• We teach English through a variety of means, using BSL, Sign Supported English, Signed English, as well as communicating orally where appropriate.
• We employ a digital team to ensure that Longwill continues to lead the way in using digital media to enhance deaf education.
• We employ a clinical audiologist as part of our ‘listening team’ to enhance the work of the Speech and Language therapists and assistants and Educational Audiologist.

Initiatives
• The school is part of the Birmingham Schools Co-operative Trust. It has an outward facing approach and recognises the benefits of strong partnership working.
• We teach BSL courses in school and encourage a wider community of schools to know BSL.
• All Teachers of the Deaf engage in Action Research and collaborate closely with universities in developing and improving ways to teach Deaf pupils.
• Longwill teaches Thinking and Learning skills especially through the use of Building Learning Power.
• ‘Visual Phonics by Hand’- was developed at Longwill to support phonic skills for Deaf pupils, who are visual learners.
The school holds the Gold Rights Respecting Schools Award (UNCRC) and is proud of our achievement in creating a school where pupil voice is strong and pupils are confident contributors to making the world a better place.

Please visit through our website www.longwill.bham.sch.uk
Headteacher- Miss Jessica Rosser
Longwill School, Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1LD
Email – j.rosser@longwill.bham.sch.uk
Telephone – 0121 475 3923

Arranging a visit to Longwill A Primary School for Deaf Children

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email j.smith@longwill.bham.sch.uk.

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