Primary Headteacher

Woodhouse Primary Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B32 2DL

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Easter 2026

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 November 2025

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)

Primary Headteacher job summary

Headteacher - Woodhouse Primary Academy

Location: Quinton, Birmingham

Lead, Inspire, Achieve

Woodhouse Primary Academy, part of the Greenheart Learning Partnership, is seeking an exceptional, dedicated and visionary Headteacher to lead our school into its next exciting chapter.

Our academy is a caring, inclusive and ambitious school where every child is known, valued and inspired to reach their full potential. We are proud of our creative curriculum, our strong pastoral care, and our commitment to developing learners who are confident, curious and ready for the future.

We are looking for an exceptional leader who will:

• Provide strategic direction, professional leadership and with the support of the Executive Leadership Team, develop a strong strategic direction and a clear, ambitious vision for the continued success and improvement of the school.
• Motivate, develop and empower staff to deliver high-quality teaching and learning that enables all pupils to thrive.
• Champion inclusion, ensuring every child—regardless of background or need—has the opportunity to thrive.
• Promote a culture of high expectations, respect and aspiration across the whole school community.
• Lead with integrity, compassion and resilience, modelling the values of the school and the wider Greenheart Learning Partnership.
• Build and sustain strong, positive partnerships with parents, carers and the wider community.

We can offer you:

• A welcoming, committed and talented team of staff who put children at the heart of everything they do.
• Enthusiastic, kind and motivated pupils who love learning and take pride in their school.

• A supportive school with a shared commitment to collaboration, innovation and excellence.
• Excellent professional development opportunities and a genuine focus on wellbeing and growth.
• The chance to shape the future direction of a thriving, ambitious school at the heart of its community.

About You:
You will be an experienced leader—currently a Headteacher, Head of School or Deputy Headteacher—who can demonstrate a proven track record of school improvement and raising standards. You will hold Qualified Teacher Status, and ideally NPQH or NPQEL, and be committed to your own professional growth.

If you are an inspiring, values-driven leader with a passion for primary education and a commitment to every child’s success, we would love to hear from you.

How to Apply:

If you would like to discover more about this exciting opportunity, need any further information or wish to arrange a visit to the school, please contact our retained consultant at Academicis: William Bridge on 07825 346535 or via email at wbridge@academicis.co.uk.

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

GLP is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We therefore expect all staff and volunteers to work to and within school policies and procedures, including safeguarding, child protection and health and safety.

This post is subject to satisfactory references, requested prior to the interview, an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, medical check, evidence of qualifications, plus verification of the right to work in the UK.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore requires the ability to speak fluent English.

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 Woodhouse Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 467 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodhouse Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodhouse-primary-academy

WWoodhouse Primary Academy is a successful and happy school based at the heart of the local community in Quinton, West Birmingham. Our academy community is very diverse and closely reflects the demographic population of our local area. Our heavily over-subscribed, two-form entry academy is fast becoming the school of choice in our local area and currently has 468 children on roll from Nursery to Year 6, including children in our specialist Resource Base for autism. Our building is well maintained and equipped, and we are blessed with access to our own substantial Forest school area – Pitts Wood.

We are a highly inclusive and caring school, where every child is given the knowledge, opportunity and support to meet their fullest potential. Our children are kind, well behaved, thirsty for knowledge and committed to their learning. Our carefully designed and ambitious knowledge engaged curriculum supports all children to achieve high standards and to progress successfully to the next stage in their education. Our academy was last inspected by Ofsted in December, 2019 and retained the Good rating awarded in July, 2015 (with Behaviour and Safety graded as Outstanding). “Since the last inspection, this school has gone from strength to strength. Staff say that new leadership has re-energised the school and raised aspirations. Parents agree. There is a ‘can-do’ attitude across the whole school. Staff report that leaders genuinely care about their well-being and workload.” (Ofsted, December 2019).

Our academy has a lot to be proud of. We have a long history of sporting and artistic excellence and success in local and regional competition. We have the Sainsbury’s School Games Platinum award, first achieved in June 2019, after winning the Gold award for the previous 4 years. Our academy is designated as a Flagship School for inclusion for 2023-2026 through the Inclusion Quality Mark. We consider our environment, having been awarded the Green Flag Eco-Schools award in 2023 and 2024. We are an artistic and creative school, with Artsmark Gold, with strong links to artistic groups in and out of school. We are a UNICEF Rights respecting school, awarded Bronze in 2020.We hold the skills quality mark, which was last awarded in April 2021.

We have a highly skilled and settled team of dedicated and committed staff. Woodhouse Primary Academy is proud to be a part of the Greenheart Learning Partnership (GLP). We work closely with our fellow trust schools, sharing expertise, experience, CPD and providing further opportunities for staff development and progression. We have our own trust initial teacher training, working with Sheffield Hallam University and Teach First. We also work closely with local universities for initial teacher training and engage fully with a variety research opportunities. A number of our staff are completing postgraduate and NPQ study to further their professional development.

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