Headteacher
- Employer
- Birmingham City Council
- Location
- Colmore Infant and Nursery School Colmore Road Birmingham B14 6AJ
- Salary
- L18 to L24
- Closing date
- 7 Mar 2025
- Reference
- JOB003057
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- Sector
- Education
- Job Type
- Schools / Academies - Leadership Roles, Headteacher
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Start date: 1 September 2025
Colmore Infant and Nursery School
Colmore Road
Birmingham
B14 6AJ
Telephone number: 0121 464 2820
Contact email: info@colmoreinf.co.uk
Contract type: Permanent
Key Stage: EYFS and KS1
What skills and experience are we looking for?
This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated leader who is approachable, kind, caring and driven to join our happy, nurturing and successful school team at Colmore Infant and Nursery School. We are proud of our welcoming ‘Colmore Family’ community and are now looking for a head teacher to lead the school on the next stage of our journey. This is following the retirement of our current head teacher in August 2025.
In our most recent OFSTED inspection in November 2023 we successfully maintained ‘Outstanding in all areas’. Our mantra, since our previous inspection in 2011 has always been, ‘Outstanding but not perfect’ and as a school we continually strive to give the children the best education we can with the resources we have. In 2025 we are looking for our next head teacher to help our lovely school to continue to thrive and flourish. That person could be YOU!
The post is a full-time permanent position from 1 September 2025.
We are looking for someone who:
- is an experienced head teacher; or is an experienced deputy head who has worked across multiple key stages, including EYFS
- is able to articulate a strong, clear vision for high quality primary education which maximises the potential of the school
- demonstrates an understanding of the need to develop and sustain a safe, secure, healthy and fair school environment
- puts safeguarding at the heart of everything they do and has Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) experience
- has demonstrated outstanding classroom practice and who can model the principles of effective teaching and learning to a high standard
- has excellent organisation and interpersonal skills and can communicate effectively with all stakeholders
- is approachable and has integrity and embeds an ethos of trust, openness and positivity
What the school offers its staff
- an experienced, supportive and collaborative senior management team and senior leadership team, including governors, who care about all staff, their development and wellbeing
- a kind and caring, welcoming and friendly school with a really positive ethos
- lovely children who enjoy coming to school and who are all ‘ACE’ (Amazing, Confident Experts)
- a supportive parent body within our ‘Colmore Family’
- an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that prioritises staff well being
- continued professional and career development
Tour of the School
- Wednesday 5 February - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Wednesday 5 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm
- Thursday 6 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm
- Friday 7 February - 3.45pm to 4.45pm
- Thursday 13 February - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Thursday 13 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm
- Monday 10 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm
- Monday 24 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm
- Wednesday 26 February - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
- Monday 3 March - 3:45pm to 4:45pm
- Wednesday 5 March - 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Key Dates
Interviews: Monday 24 March to Wednesday 26 March 2025
CVs are not accepted.
Visas cannot be sponsored
Further information about our lovely school can be found by accessing our website.
Colmore Infant and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
How to Apply
If you would like to attend a tour of the school, please click the link to complete the booking or contact Stephanie Fisher (HR manager) at info@colmoreinf.co.uk Telephone number: 0121 464 2820 for an application pack or to book a tour of the school.
Interview packs will include;
- Application form
- Head Teacher Job Description (JD) and Person Specification (PS)
- Chair of Governors Letter
- 2024 to 2025 School Prospectus
Colmore Infant and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers 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.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
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.
For the awards and support for our employees, please follow https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/homepage/169/job_vacancies
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- http://birmingham.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0121 675 7070
- Location
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