Deputy Headteacher - Pastoral
King Edward VI Five Ways School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 4BTThis job expired on 11 March 2024 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2024
Closing date
11 March 2024 at 9am
Date listed
22 February 2024
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Skilled Worker visas can be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: 32.5 hours per week
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L21 - L25
What skills and experience we're looking for
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
- First degree or equivalent
- Qualified teacher status
- Attendance at relevant courses together with evidence of preparation for senior management
- Evidence of further advanced study, e.g. a second degree
EXPERIENCE
- At least 5 years highly successful teaching experience
- Able to demonstrate evidence of excellent pupil progress.
- Experience as a middle and/or senior leader with a whole school responsibility
- Able to provide evidence of leadership of whole school improvement
- Evidence that the candidate has supported colleagues effectively; experience of dealing with student indiscipline, in a caring and compassionate manner.
- Experience of managing staff under performance and disciplinary investigations.
- Successful experience of bringing about change in a logical and technically sound manner which was acceptable to the interested parties.
- Teaching experience in more than one school
- Experience of curriculum management issues and knowledge of curriculum developments and related matters
PERSONAL QUALITIES
- Aspiring to Headship in the future.
- Personal “presence” and confidence; warmth and sensitivity: flexibility and maturity of approach; enthusiasm and a sense of humour
- Drive, energy, commitment, proven capacity for hard work and pragmatically optimistic; capacity to manage own work pressure and that of others effectively
- Commitment to collaborative working with other schools & institutions
- Leadership skills, e.g. ability to influence positively and provide a structure for others in formulating policy, solving problems and implementing decisions effectively; caring and approachable; trustworthy and the capacity to motivate and inspire teachers
- Proven ability to work as a team member
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
- Able to think creatively and strategically and work as part of a team
- Evidence of successful self-organisation and effective time management.
- Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with students, teaching and non-teaching colleagues, parents, governors and others associated with the school
- Ability to mediate, arbitrate and negotiate in appropriate circumstances
JOB RELATED APTITUDES, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE
- Be able to demonstrate an ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Good understanding of national educational issues
- Ability to communicate effectively with different audiences, orally and in writing
- Management skills, e.g., the ability to successfully build teams; motivate others; contribute to staff development; delegate; manage time; chair meetings
- Willing to respond wholeheartedly to the need for good public relations and school promotion
- Good I.C.T. skills and knowledge of data information management systems
What the school offers its staff
The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the City since 1552. Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of “making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK”.
Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and six nonselective academies. Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.
The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham (“the Academy Trust”) was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above. The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the Foundation Office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About King Edward VI Five Ways School
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1301 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King Edward VI Five Ways School website
- Email address
- headspa@fws.kevibham.org
King Edward VI Five Ways School makes up one of the schools of the successful King Edward VI Academy Trust. The Academy Trust is committed to making a significant contribution to the life of the children of Birmingham. King Edward VI Five Ways is defined by its core values of respect, equality, compassion and aspiration.
We are seeking to appoint an IT Technician to support staff and pupils at this successful and popular school. There is an excellent induction programme for new staff as part of a strong career development framework; the school has first-rate accommodation, with several recent developments and is in an attractive position to the South of the City
Arranging a visit to King Edward VI Five Ways School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email headspa@fws.kevibham.org.
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