Head Teacher

Head Teacher

Leadership Group Pay Range: L15 - L21 £59,581 - £69,031

Woodcock Hill Primary School

Far Wood Road

Northfield

Birmingham

B31 1BS

 Chair of Governors: Mr A Saunders

 Head Teacher: Mrs H J Kitaratzis

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full time

The vacancy arises due to the retirement of the previous Head Teacher at the end of the Summer Term, 2022.

Woodcock Hill Primary School is a single form-entry mixed Primary school for pupils aged 4 to 11 years, which currently has 206 pupils on roll.

The Governors of Woodcock Hill Primary School are seeking to appoint an experienced individual to lead our school in the next phase of our development.

 We are looking for a Head Teacher who will:

• provide strong focussed leadership that will inspire and motivate staff
• have the highest expectations of our children to ensure they succeed by nurturing, supporting and inspiring them
• deliver on the school’s vision of working in partnership with our parents and local community
• have the highest expectations that our children will achieve and progress
• ensure the Post Ofsted Action Plan continues to deliver the required improvements
• continue to seek and receive advice from our partnership with local schools

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Autumn Term, 2022.

Informal contact with the school is most welcome. Informal visits will be taking place on Friday 6 May 2022. 

Closing Date: Monday 16 May 2022, 12 noon

Please download an application pack or email: CSURecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk quoting reference ES2251.

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.

Rehabilitation of offenders: 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.