Assistant Head Teacher

2 weeks ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Birmingham City Council Full time

Job start date: 2 September 2024

Hours per week: Full time

Hodge Hill Girls School

Bromford Road

Birmingham

B36 8EY

Telephone number:

Contact email:

Contract type: Permanent

We are seeking to appoint a passionate and enthusiastic Assistant Headteacher with responsibility for teaching and learning. You will possess the experience and skills necessary to manage and develop teaching and learning across school. You will lead the school's programme of continuing professional development with a view to fostering outstanding teaching and raising pupil outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious professional with a real passion for learning and an excellent understanding of current education developments and priorities. If you believe you have the enthusiasm and ability to contribute to our vibrant school community, we look forward to hearing from you.

The successful candidate will:


• have recent and relevant professional development


• have excellent leadership, organisational and management skills


• demonstrate experience of building success and managing/implanting change


• show commitment to a culture of continuous improvement that promotes excellence for staff and pupils alike and builds on our current Ofsted rating In return

We can offer you:


• a caring and happy community that always puts our young people first


• a supportive environment that takes an active interest in your professional development and personal wellbeing


• a highly supportive Senior Leadership Team


• access to a wide range of CPD courses


• use of a school laptop


• access to the teachers' pension scheme


• 24 hours access to the Employee Assistance Programme


• a strong and supportive Governing Body


• classrooms equipped with projection and interactive capabilities


• a well-equipped staffroom


• free on-site car parking

Found in the heart of the Hodge Hill community, we are a small secondary girls' school with strong community values. We know and care for every pupil as an individual. We strive to meet the needs of each member of our school community, celebrating diversity and always striving for equality in our school family and the wider world.

Our ethos encourages mutual respect and support to enable every pupil to make the greatest personal, social, and academic progress during their time here, preparing them for successful careers and fulfilling lives. A relentless drive for the best academic progress for each individual pupil, sits comfortably alongside our wider curriculum that embraces citizenship, pupil voice, charity, and community work.

Here at Hodge Hill Girls' School, we genuinely value and strive to enhance working partnerships with our families, feeder schools and our local community. This partnership is essential in raising standards and achievement, every member of our family has a role to play in raising the aspirations of all our pupils to ensure we really are "Educating Tomorrow's Women Today".

Please download an applicant pack, job description and person specification and Apply Online

Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above.

We do not accept CVs; applications will only be accepted with a completed application form.

We encourage visits from prospective candidates to meet members of our school community and experience our school at first hand. If you would like to arrange a visit please contact HR Assistant Natasha Panton via email:

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.

BCC is a Living Wage employer.

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.

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