Assistant Principal
The Olive School, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0EG3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
20 May 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
9 May 2025
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: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £53,602 to £62,202 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for an exceptional Assistant Principal to help lead us on our journey of sustained excellence.
We want to hear from talented leaders looking to extend their experience, and ambitious middle leaders seeking their first senior leadership post. You will be highly motivated and passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people with the natural ability to inspire and motivate both pupils and peers.
As an outstanding teacher and leader with demonstrable leadership experience, you will make a significant contribution to the leadership and success of our school. As a Star leader, you’ll join the Star Academies family, a high-performing and supportive network of primary and secondary schools with some of the best leaders in education.
You will have:
- A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
- Experience of effective management of a high-achieving faculty.
- Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
- A strong commitment to our STAR values.
What the school offers its staff
About The Olive School, Small Heath
The Olive School, Small Heath is a new primary school for 4 to 11 year olds that opened in September 2019 and we were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during our first inspection in January 2024. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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 are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Olive School, Small Heath
- School type
- Academy, Muslim, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 421 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- mandy.simpson@olivesmallheath.staracademies.org
- Phone number
- 0121 668 0510
The Olive School, Small Heath is a new primary school for 4 to 11 year olds that opened in September 2019. Like all Star schools, we have a leadership specialism.
We have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. We provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action. Our pursuit of educational excellence is based upon our fundamental belief that every pupil has the capacity to become a successful and inspirational leader.
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