Headteacher -Brookfields Primary School

Brookfields Primary School, Birmingham, B18 6PU

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  9 April 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  21 March 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £73,819.00 - £87,651.00 Annually (Actual)

Headteacher -Brookfields Primary School job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong leader with high expectations and a deep understanding of curriculum, to work closely with the school’s senior leaders and the Trust to lead Brookfields through the next stages of development and demonstrate the commitment to build on the schools’ successes.

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

• Dedication to influencing and leading high-quality teaching and learning (as a teacher and senior leader), resulting in high levels of pupil engagement and achievement across the primary age-range
• Identifying, implementing and sustaining school improvement priorities and strategies
• Leading by example, embedding excellent practice and making a difference to individual pupils and the wider school community
• Outward-facing leadership and collaboration with others

You will be:

• Skilled in implementing a school’s strategic direction and its operational management
• Able to demonstrate the character and interpersonal skills 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
• Capable of inspiring and empowering others
• Have the skills, knowledge and experience to make the most of the school’s resources in a challenging financial environment

For more information about the role please contact:

Mark Unwin, CEO mark.unwin@create.org.uk

to arrange a visit please contact Leanne Mahony Executive Headteacher l.mahony@create.org.uk

CLOSING DATE: 9th April 2025, 5.00pm.

INTERVIEWS: 29th April 2025

Create Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks. Our safeguarding system is underpinned by policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

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.

Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates for positions at Create Partnership Trust. The searches are carried out to identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the Trust might want to explore with the candidate at interview. Please find a link to our safeguarding policy https://www.create.org.uk/policies-documents you are encouraged to read this policy prior to applying to work with us.

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 Brookfields Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 410 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Brookfields Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/brookfields-primary-school-birmingham

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