Start date: 1 September 2025

Leigh Trust
Nansen Junior And Infant School
Naseby Road
Birmingham
B8 3HG
Telephone number: 0121 809 9837

Contact email: y.wakefield@leightrust.co.uk

Contract type: Permanent

An Exciting Leadership Opportunity:

Are you an ambitious, forward-thinking leader with a passion for shaping the future of education?

Do you have the drive and vision to lead a thriving school, making a lasting impact on the lives of children and the wider community?

Leigh Trust is seeking an exceptional and inspiring Head Teacher to lead Bentley West Primary School into its next phase of success. This is a career-defining opportunity for an experienced leader who is committed to raising standards, driving innovation, and fostering a culture of excellence.

About Bentley West Primary School:
Bentley West is a diverse, vibrant, and inclusive school where every child is nurtured, challenged, and inspired to reach their full potential. As part of Leigh Trust, we are proud of our strong ethos, high expectations, and collaborative approach to leadership.

Our school is built on creativity, aspiration, respect, excellence, and support – values that drive our commitment to ensuring every child thrives academically, socially, and emotionally.

What We Can Offer You:

a collaborative leadership environment – Join a strong network of experienced Head Teachers and school leaders across Leigh Trust, with access to peer support and shared expertise strategic Influence – play a key role in shaping the direction of the school and contributing to Trust-wide initiatives a commitment to your wellbeing – dedicated headship time, professional development opportunities, and a supportive central team offering HR, finance, governance, and school improvement expertise autonomy with trust support – the freedom to lead your school while benefiting from a central team that empowers you with the resources and guidance needed to excel opportunities for growth – continuous professional development, coaching, and mentoring within a Trust that values leadership progression

The Role – Your Key Responsibilities:
As Head Teacher, you will:

lead with vision and purpose – set and drive a clear strategic direction for the school, ensuring outstanding outcomes for all pupils raise standards and achievement – inspire high-quality teaching and learning, creating an engaging and ambitious curriculum develop a culture of excellence – foster a school environment where children feel safe, supported, and challenged to achieve their best empower and develop staff – lead and inspire a high-performing team, ensuring staff well-being, professional development, and accountability engage with the community – build strong partnerships with parents, carers, governors, and the wider community to enrich the school’s provision work in collaboration with Leigh Trust – contribute to the shared success of our Trust, benefiting from collective expertise and resources

What We Are Looking For:
We are seeking a strategic, compassionate, and dynamic leader who:

has proven leadership experience within a primary school setting, with a track record of driving improvement is committed to inclusivity and ensuring every child has access to an outstanding education demonstrates a deep understanding of curriculum innovation, pedagogy, and evidence-based practice thrives in a collaborative leadership environment, valuing teamwork and professional generosity is confident in leading change, making difficult decisions, and driving school-wide improvement can effectively manage resources, finances, and operational strategy within a challenging educational landscape is an outward-facing leader, committed to partnerships, networking, and system leadership

About Leigh Trust:
Leigh Trust is a thriving family of seven large primary schools in the West Midlands, committed to ensuring the best outcomes for all our children. We believe in:

collaboration over competition – working together for the benefit of all children professional generosity – sharing expertise, best practice, and leadership development inclusion and opportunity – ensuring every school, child, and member of staff flourishes innovation and excellence – constantly evolving to provide high-quality education in every classroom

We are proud of our TEAM ethos: Together Everyone Achieves More – and our Head Teachers play a crucial role in shaping our collective success.

How to Apply

If you are a dedicated, values-driven leader with the passion and expertise to lead Bentley West Primary School to its next level, we would love to hear from you.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Leigh Trust Head Office and ask to speak to our CEO Rehana Yasmeen.

Telephone number:  0121 809 9837

Email: y.wakefield@leightrust.co.uk

For more information and to apply, please visit our website.

Only applications submitted via the MyNewTerm portal will be considered.

Leigh Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. 
Join us and be part of a Trust that is shaping the future of primary education.

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. 

Applicants please note: This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment. Please use the contact details in the advert for information on actual employment conditions.

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.