Headteacher

The Meadows Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2SW

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  23 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  9 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £82,654.00 - £88,951.00 Annually (Actual) L20 - L23

Headteacher job summary

The Meadows Primary School has recently joined Excelsior Multi Academy Trust. This is a pivotal and exciting time to join The Meadows Primary School and make a real difference to children's progress and outcomes.

The Head Teacher will report to the Directors of Education and the Chief Executive Officer.

They will:

• support the Director of Education and the Chief Executive Officer to set and review the school’s priorities and objectives, leading activity to ensure these are delivered and standards are raised.
• demonstrate exemplary leadership.
• develop, motivate, and deploy teaching and non-teaching staff to secure the best possible use of available talent.
• determine and drive appropriate standards and targets to deliver improvement.
• promote and demonstrate strong parent partnerships.
• create an accountable, safe, and positive learning environment in which diversity and co-operation are celebrated.

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 The Meadows Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 600 pupils
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Meadows Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-meadows-primary-school-b31-2sw

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