Deputy Head Teacher
Blakesley Hall Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 8THThis job expired on 9 October 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 January 2025
Closing date
9 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
23 September 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time: Monday to Friday 36.5 hours
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £66,919
Pay scale
- L13-L17
What skills and experience we're looking for
Deputy Head Teacher
Full time, permanent - required for January 2025
Leadership scale 13 to 17
Our values: Respect, Resilience, Care, Honest, Unity, Appreciation.
We are seeking to appoint two inspirational Deputy Head Teachers to join our senior leadership team. The successful candidates will need to demonstrate drive and passion for ensuring that all children achieve their full potential, combined with strong leadership, management and interpersonal skills.
We have a positive, nurturing ethos and we are very proud of our school community. Blakesley Hall Primary supports a broad range of pupils and has a resource base for children with Autism and language and communication difficulties. Our setting is culturally diverse with a large number of languages spoken. We have a reputation for supporting children with a range of complex special educational needs and disabilities, as well as support for families who may have additional challenges in their lives.
The successful applicant will have:
· Substantial leadership experience in senior roles within schools, managing teams of people effectively, and supporting staff to deliver high quality curriculum content and outcomes.
· Experience in teaching and leading across the primary age range
· Led a core curriculum subject across the whole school or Key Stage.
· A willingness to continually develop their skills with a desire for future headship
· Evidence of continuing professional development.
· Substantial experience in successfully managing initiatives relevant to the role, as set out in the job description and person specification
The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the spring term.
Prospective candidates are welcome to visit the school and meet our community.
Closing Date: 9th October
Blakesley Hall Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and Safer Recruitment checks.
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender assignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. Blakesley Hall Primary strives to be a fully inclusive school, supporting a diverse workforce with equity as a key priority. In supporting applications from neurodiverse applicants, we adapt recruitment processes to include all candidates.
The post falls under the requirements of the Fluency Duty (part of the Immigration Act 2016) which makes it a requirement for all public sector workers operating in ‘customer facing’ role to be able to speak fluent English
What the school offers its staff
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 Blakesley Hall Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 538 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Blakesley Hall Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- enquiry@blakesley.bham.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01217832148
Arranging a visit to Blakesley Hall Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email enquiry@blakesley.bham.sch.uk.
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