Deputy Head - Pastoral
Bartley Green School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 3QJ18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
24 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
5 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- LPS (L19 - L23)
What skills and experience we're looking for
QUALIFICATIONS ANDTRAINING
Essential
- Qualified teacher status
- Degree level qualification
- Experience of teaching KS3 and KS4
- Evidence of continuing and recent professional development relevant to the post.
Desirable
- Relevant
postgraduate professional qualification
KNOWLEDGE
AND UNDERSTANDING
Essential
- An excellent understanding and proven track record of effective leadership and management in relation to raising standards of pupil behaviour, attitudes, attendance and personal development.
- A good understanding of the importance of the culture and ethos of a school in securing high standards and of strategies for improving these.
- Excellent understanding of effective strategies for gaining and maintaining high standards of pupil behaviour at whole school level
- Excellent and up to date understanding of safeguarding issues, procedures and pupil well being
- Good understanding of statutory requirements upon schools
- Knowledge and understanding of the relevant statutory frameworks that set out professional duties and responsibilities
- Knowledge of equality of opportunity issues and how they can be addressed in schools.
- An understanding of the role of parents and the community in school improvement and how this can be promoted and developed
EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Recent Leadership experience in a secondary school
- Recent, proven track record of positive impact on pupil progress in the classroom
- Experience of analysing data and using it to inform future practice
- Experience of line managing other members of staff
- Experience of developing and leading staff development programmes for teachers and other staff.
- Experience of initiating and implementing strategies to improve parental involvement in their children’s learning.
Desirable
- Experience of making effective use of funding and other resources
- Teaching/leadership experience in a school with a similar context.
APTITIUDE
AND SKILLS
Essential
- To be a good/outstanding teacher.
- To be able to demonstrate sustained positive impact on pupil achievement.
- To demonstrate leadership qualities, including the ability to enthuse and motivate others.
- To be able to articulate a clear vision for high quality education.
- To have a good personal presence, good communication skills and a sense of humour.
- To be able to communicate clearly both orally and in writing with a diverse range of audiences, including children, parents and carers, governors, staff and outside agencies.
- To relate well to children and be responsive to their needs.
- To be able to develop and maintain effective relationships with all members of the school community and outside agencies.
- To be approachable, accessible and flexible.
- To be able to work effectively under pressure, to prioritise appropriately and to meet deadlines.
- To have good analytical skills, being able to synthesise complex information, summarise, draw appropriate conclusions and make decisions.
- To be able to understand, interpret and present school performance and financial data.
What the school offers its staff
‘Warm and respectful relationships characterise life at this school. Pupils are happy and safe. Pupils value the support staff give them’ Ofsted, March 2023
Strong effective teaching and a stimulating environment characterise our school. Children of all abilities experience success, progress well, develop feelings of self-worth, and participate in a variety of interesting, enriching experiences in and out of the classroom. Our pupils are supported to grow into responsible, self-disciplined young people ready for the next stage of their lives. We welcome staff who are enthusiastic and enjoy teaching and working hard with and for our young people. In return, we invest hugely in staff support and development.
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
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@bartleygreen.org.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bartley Green School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 940 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bartley Green School website
- Email address
- recruitment@bartleygreen.org.uk
- Phone number
- 0121 476 9246
‘Warm and respectful relationships characterise life at this school. Pupils are happy and safe. Pupils value the support staff give them’ Ofsted, March 2023
Strong effective teaching and a stimulating environment characterise our school. Children of all abilities experience success, progress well, develop feelings of self-worth, and participate in a variety of interesting, enriching experiences in and out of the classroom. Our pupils are supported to grow into responsible, self-disciplined young people ready for the next stage of their lives. We welcome staff who are enthusiastic and enjoy teaching and working hard with and for our young people. In return, we invest hugely in staff support and development.
Arranging a visit to Bartley Green School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bartleygreen.org.uk.
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