Headteacher

Glenmead Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 8UQ

25 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2025

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  16 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £73,104.00 - £84,698.00 Annually (Actual)

Headteacher job summary

Glenmead Primary School is a one-form entry school for 4-11 year olds, with a current admission limit of 30 pupils per year. At Glenmead we prioritise inclusion in all its forms and will work hard to ensure that all members of the school community are able to enjoy the activities of the school free from any discrimination. We strive to create and maintain an atmosphere and ethos of acceptance, equality, diversity, respect, understanding and kindness throughout the school community in everyday practice. We aim to foster a collective ethos amongst all members of the school community, and promote values of caring, empathy, teamwork and co-operation.

Our New Headteacher will be:

- An inspirational leader who can support and motivate our dedicated school team

- Skilled in maintaining collaborative partnerships with the Governing Board, staff, pupils, parents and the local community

- An outward and forward-looking leader who is able to demonstrate strategic thinking and drive the schools vision forward

- A champion of inclusion and wellbeing for both staff and pupils

We encourage all perspective candidates to visit the school to gain an insight into the role.

We are able to offer the following dates:

Wednesday 5th November OR Thursday 6th November.

School visits must be made by appointment and can be booked by contacting Brendan Hilton at b.hilton@glenmead.bham.sch.uk.

Closing date for applications is Monday 10th November at 5pm.

Shortlisting will take place week beginning 10th November.

Interviews will take place on Monday 24th 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.

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 Glenmead Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 264 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Glenmead Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/glenmead-primary-school

We are a one form entry maintained primary school, judged to be good by OFSTED, having been inspected in June 2022. The leadership team are hard-working supportive and innovative. They are able to offer in-house professional development alongside wider CPD opportunities. We are an inclusive school and are looking for a teacher who can deonstrate the skill to adapt the curriculum and teacher pupils of all abilities, as well as being resilient enough to support the continued professional development of our team.

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