Deputy Headteacher

1 month ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

Start date September 2024 or as soon as possible

Hours full time

Fairway Primary Academy

Muirfield Gardens

Birmingham

B38 8XQ

Contact email

Are you looking for your next leadership role and possess experience of working at a senior level? Are you a team player with the ability to motivate and inspire your team and pupils? If your answer is 'yes' to the above – then please apply for this exciting opportunity.

Fairway is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and experienced Deputy Head Teacher to join us from September 2024, to work with the Head Teacher in this popular and happy school.

As part of your role, you will be expected to have:

  • recent experience on a senior leadership team at AHT level or above, with a proven track record of improving outcomes for children across a year group or phase
  • a proven ability to lead within a distributed leadership ethos, with leadership skills that motivate and inspire staff and pupils to achieve the highest standards
  • demonstrate commitment to further raising the standards of teaching and learning that our school has achieved
  • demonstrate good or outstanding teaching with an excellent record of classroom practice
  • demonstrate excellent leadership skills, a sense of humour and a caring personality
  • a successful record of leading all aspects of English (Reading, Writing and Phonics)

    You will benefit from:
    • a welcoming school with a very friendly and enthusiastic staff team
    • happy, welcoming children who are keen to learn
    • a partial non-class-based role, with plenty of opportunities to teach
    • excellent professional development opportunities

      If you would like to discuss the role, informally, in more detail, please contact Darren Mann, Head Teacher on or email at , who will happily respond to you regarding the position.

      Please download applicant pack and complete the Application Form and return to Central HR Team / Location enquiry inbox at: by 12pm on Friday, 17th May 2024.

      Date of interview: Shortlisted candidates will be contacted, within two weeks from the closing date Interview

      Venue: Fairway Primary Academy, Muirfield Gardens, Birmingham, B38 8XQ

      Commencement date in role: as soon as possible - following negotiation with successful candidate.

      This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) 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 on all shortlisted candidates.

      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 not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.


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