Head Teacher
Twickenham Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 0NR40 days remaining to apply
Job start date
14 April 2026
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £93,424
Pay scale
- L25
What skills and experience we're looking for
With the upcoming retirement of our long serving headteacher, the Governors are seeking to appoint an exceptional, dynamic, and visionary Head Teacher who will lead our school with passion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.
The successful candidate will have a strong track record of leadership, a clear understanding of the challenges facing schools in today’s educational landscape, both locally and nationally, and the ability to inspire and empower others. We have maintained our ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted, and we are seeking someone who can demonstrate our continued success and will seek to address the school’s development priorities at the next inspection.
The successful candidate will also:
- Drive forward academic and personal development so every pupil can “be all they can be.”
- Innovate further in curriculum design and delivery, shaping the broad, life affirming learning experiences we offer.
- Develop staff capacity, celebrate their successes, and foster professional growth.
- Strengthen community engagement: with parents, local organisations, and through extra-curricular opportunities.
- Ensure that Twickenham continues to be a place where values such as integrity, kindness, respect, and responsibility are lived daily.
We encourage all perspective candidates to visit the school to gain an insight into the role. We are able to offer the following dates and times:
Tuesday 14th October from 9am-10am
OR
Wednesday 15th October from 4pm-5pm
School visits must be made by appointment and can be booked by contacting our Head’s PA, Mrs J Whateley, at joanne.whateley@twickenhamprimary.co.uk or calling 0121 675 6840.
Closing date for applications is Monday 3rd November at 9am.
Shortlisting will take place week beginning 3rd November.
Interviews will take place week beginning 17th November.
We welcome applications from all parts of our community.
Safeguarding
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This 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.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
What the school offers its staff
Nestled in Kingstanding, Birmingham, Twickenham Primary School is a thriving academy for children aged 3 to 11. Twickenham is a stand-alone academy with a capacity of around 450 pupils; we are proud of our strong identity and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
We are committed to fostering a nurturing, engaging and challenging environment for all our pupils. Our dedicated staff and supportive governors work together to engage with families and provide an enriching educational experience for every child.
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Twickenham Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 442 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Twickenham Primary School website
- Email address
- joanne.whateley@twickenhamprimary.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01216756840
Twickenham Primary School is a place for outstanding academic excellence. We encourage a consensus of kindness and respect because we believe that it is only possible to achieve your true potential if you feel valued. Our school motto 'Be all you can be' is the basis of everything that we do. We are a school where independence is celebrated and individuals can flourish in a productive and secure atmosphere. Our school has a tradition of celebrating and sharing success in everything that we do.
We expect every child to attain the highest levels of academic achievement and believe all our children can be extremely successful learners. All pupils feel cared for because we provide a setting where every individual feels respected, valued and safe. All members of the school community, including parents and visitors, work together as a team to act responsibly, show courtesy, respect diversity and promote positive behaviour.
Arranging a visit to Twickenham Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email joanne.whateley@twickenhamprimary.co.uk.
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