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Headteacher

Employer
Birmingham City Council
Location
Ward End, Birmingham
Salary
L21 – L27 £68,347 - £79,167
Closing date
26 Feb 2021
Reference
ES2161

Job Details

Thornton Primary School

Thornton Road

Ward End

Birmingham

B8 2LQ

Tel: 0121 327 0824

School Website

Chair of Governors: Mr Amjid Ali

Head Teacher: Cathy Grace - Acting

Job Start Date: beginning of the autumn term 2021

The vacancy arises upon the previous headteacher’s appointment at another post at the end of the summer term 2020. Thornton Primary School is a mixed 4 form-entry school for pupils aged 7-11 years, which currently has 570 pupils on roll. Thornton Primary School is a large junior school with a cohort of 570 pupils (4 form entry).  Each September, 120 children join Year 3 in Thornton from a feeder infant school (Sladefield Infant School).  There are currently four classes in Year 3 and five classes in each of Years 4 to 6 as Thornton historically had a single form entry Key Stage 1.  Due to site restrictions, a school restructure began in 2016 to remove Key Stage 1 and this is continuing through to 2023 when the school will become a four-form entry junior school.  Around 35.8% of pupils are currently eligible for Pupil Premium: 57.3% have English as an additional language and 16.9% have Special Educational Needs.  This has remained fairly static over the last 6 years.  The school’s intake is now almost completely from minority ethnic groups with a high proportion (75%) of Pakistani heritage. Within school there are over 38 ethnic groups represented and a similar number of languages spoken (32).  The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Autumn Term 2021. Informal contact with the school is most welcome.

For further details and application form, please email the job reference number ES2161 to CSURecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk or you can download the application pack.

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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