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Deputy Head Teacher

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Selly Park Girls' School 5 Selly Park Road Birmingham B29 7PH Telephone Number: 0121 472 1238
Salary
ISR L21 to L25 £69,031 to £76,141
Closing date
30 Sep 2021

Job Details

Deputy Head Teacher

Salary Range: ISR L21 to L25 £69,031 to £76,141

Hours: Full time

Contract Type: Permanent

Selly Park Girls' School

5 Selly Park Road

Birmingham

B29 7PH

Telephone Number: 0121 472 1238

Email Address: recruitment@sellyparkgirls.org

Job Start Date: 1 October 2022

Are you an ambitious senior leader looking for a Deputy Head post in a school of hard working and well-behaved students? Could you inspire a team of teachers determined to deliver an engaging curriculum and secure the best possible outcomes for our committed students? Are you a leader who will develop staff, including the leadership team, and help them realise their own ambitions?

The post holder will be expected to lead on:

• preparing the school for the current EIF

• personal Development

• behaviour and Attitudes

• safeguarding

• transition from Key Stage 2 to 3

• attendance

We offer an exciting and stimulating environment and a dedicated, hardworking and supportive staff team.

We are looking for a Deputy Head who:

• has the strategic vision to motivate and inspire our learning community to educational excellence

• has a passion for pastoral care and personal development, with high expectations of staff and students

• is willing to support every individual to fulfil their potential

• has an up to date understanding of current educational research and policies and can use this to drive continued school improvement

• can understand and analyse data to inform strategy in school

• will innovate, cultivate and recognise outstanding practice in the fields of personal development and behaviour and attitudes

• has excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills

• will lead and inspire good behaviour outcomes to enable learning

• will foster a positive and effective partnership between students, parents and the community

• will work closely with the Head Teacher, Senior Leadership Team and governing body

We will offer you:

• pupils who are friendly and well behaved who have an excellent attitude to learning

• a staff team committed to supporting the further development of the school

• a Senior Leadership Team which believes in support and challenge in equal measure and sees staff wellbeing as vital for all to be the best they can be

• a supportive governing body, committed to school improvement

• a pleasant, well-resourced provision

• access to regular excellent continuing professional development.

Closing Date: 30 September 2021, 12 midday

For further details and an application form, visit the school website

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 all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an 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. 

Company

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city.

We welcome people from diverse and underrepresented communities and encourage applications from, those with caring responsibilities, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, neurodivergent, disabled and LGBT+ people. As part of our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, we are committed to promoting and supporting the physical and mental health of all our staff and removing barriers to improve inclusion.   We are making significant strides to understand and continuously improve our employees’ experience and we are committed to implementing progressive diversity talent management.

Information for applicants with a disability

We are a proud Disability Confident Employer.  We encourage applicants to disclose disabilities, so we can support them fully during our recruitment process and make any necessary reasonable adjustments. Please contact: 0121 675 7070 option 3 (lines open between 8.45am to 5.15pm Monday to Friday).

If you require an application in an alternative format, such as Braille or you are unable to complete an application form via WMJOBS, please contact bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk. When you have completed your application form this can be returned to bccHR@birmingham.gov.uk or for Braille applications these can be posted to, Recruitment Team, 2nd Floor, 10 Woodcock Street, B7 4BG.

The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. 

There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:

  • A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
  • An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
  • A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
  • A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
  • A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We see the Council’s role as providing strategic leadership – that’s being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making.

We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision.  We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.

Birmingham City Council is a Foundation Living wage employer - known as the Birmingham Living Wage. The Birmingham Living Wage, is determined by the Living Wage Foundation on an annual basis by the Centre of Research in Society Polity at Loughborough University. The current rate can be found at: www.livingwage.org.uk.

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Telephone
0121 675 7070
Location
Birmingham City Council
Birmingham
West Midlands
B2 2XU
United Kingdom

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