Headteacher

Brookfields Primary School, Birmingham, B18 6PU

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  24 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £66,368.00 - £90,255.00 Annually (Actual)

Headteacher job summary

The Board of Trustees is seeking to appoint a Headteacher for Brookfields Primary School within Create Partnership Trust.

This role presents an excellent opportunity for an ambitious and capable leader with high expectations and strong curriculum expertise. You will work closely with the school’s senior leadership team and the Trust to guide Brookfields through its next phase of development and continue to build on the school’s 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:

• 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
• 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
• Outward-facing leadership and collaboration with others

The successful candidate 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 and to arrange a visit please contact Chris Dyson interim CEO chris.dyson@createpartnership.org.uk

CLOSING DATE: Tuesday 24th March, Midday. INTERVIEWS: Wednesday 15th April 2026.

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.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Brookfields Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 400 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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