Deputy Headteacher

Hodge Hill Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 8LD

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  2 May 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  8 April 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £66,919.00 - £73,819.00 Annually (Actual)

Deputy Headteacher job summary

We are seeking a talented leader to join our Leadership Group as a Deputy Headteacher. This is an excellent opportunity for an outstanding and ambitious leader with a proven track record of whole school impact to work alongside a new Headteacher and established AHT team, in providing exemplary whole school leadership and high expectations for the school’s optimum success.

Could you work in collaboration with the new Headteacher and the Trust to support the vision, direction and leadership of the school? You will have a proven record of:

Providing consistently excellent classroom provision, resulting in high levels of pupil engagement and progress in at least two Key Stages

Dedication to influencing and leading high-quality teaching and learning for all pupils

Identifying, implementing and sustaining school improvement priorities and strategies

Leading by example, embedding excellent practice and committed to meeting the learning needs of all pupils

Have a passion for wider reading and continuing professional development.

You will be:

Skilled in contributing to and implementing strategic direction and operational management

Able to demonstrate the character and ambition to work in close partnership with all stakeholders

An outstanding practitioner who can lead by example and support the further development of our committed team

Self-motivated and dynamic with the ability to provide both challenge and support for colleagues and pupils through coaching and mentoring

Skilled in leading research-based initiatives to meet curriculum and assessment expectations, including a focus on vulnerable and disadvantaged pupils

Willing to undertake professional development opportunities and share these school-wide to embed the culture of continuous learning for all

The closing date for applications is Friday 2nd May 2025 at 9.00am,with interviews scheduled for the week commencing 19th May.

Observations for successful short listed candidates will take place week commencing 5th May (exact date and time will be confirmed on 2nd May) .

Please contact Victoria Wilson at Hodge Hill v.wilson@hodgehill.create.org.uk if you need any further information about the school or the post, including a visit to the school.

Please also provide the names and contact numbers/addresses of two referees, one of whom must be your current Headteacher. Your referees need to be ready to provide a reference by 2nd May.

Create Partnership Trust was formed in September 2016 by Greet Primary School and Conway Primary School. They were joined in January 2017 by Hodge Hill Primary School and November 2018 by Brookfields Primary School. Greet Teaching School is the fifth partner in the MAT. All are supported by CREATE CENTRAL, a growing team of specialists building the MAT’s infrastructure.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by part 7 of the immigration act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement of this role.

Create Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.

Please find a link to our safeguarding policy https://www.createpartnership.org.uk/policies-documents you are encouraged to read this policy prior to applying to work with us.

CREATE PARTNERSHIP TRUST IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Hodge Hill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 679 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hodge Hill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hodge-hill-primary-school-birmingham

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