Head Teacher

1 month ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

James Watt Primary School

Boulton Road

Birmingham

B21 0RE

Telephone number:

Email:

Chair of Governors: Mr A Spence & Mrs F Cave

Acting Head Teachers: Mrs T Smith and Mrs T Nener

Required for September 2024 or January 2025, depending on the circumstances of the successful applicant

James Watt Primary School is a two-form entry school with a nursery provision, situated in Handsworth, Birmingham.

The Governing Board is looking for an inspirational and dedicated individual who will build on the excellent work already undertaken and take this popular and thriving school forward on its journey of continuous improvement. The governors, staff, parents and most importantly the children are all extremely proud of our school.

We strongly encourage all interested applicants to arrange an informal visit - as you will see when you visit our school, it is a happy place. Informal visits will be held on: 9 & 10 April 2024 and 16 & 17 April 2024. Please contact the school for more details and to arrange a visit.

Please download the application pack and return your completed applications to: Sukninder Manik, School Business Manager via email to by the closing date.

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.

BCC is a Living Wage employer.



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