Assistant Headteacher - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham City Council

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Job start date: 1 September 2024

Hours per week: Full time

St John Paul II Multi-Academy

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School

Earlsbury Gardens

Birmingham

B20 3AE

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Contract type: Permanent

The St John Paul II Multi Academy is a highly successful Catholic Multi Academy encompassing seven Primary Schools and two Secondary Schools. Our schools are based in Sutton Coldfield, Erdington and Aston. The ethos of St John Paul II Multi Academy is Catholic and was founded by the Catholic Church to provide education for children of Catholic families.

As a Catholic multi academy, we aim to provide a Catholic education for all our pupils. As a Catholic multi academy, Catholic doctrine and practice permeate every aspect of every one of our school's activities. It is essential that the Catholic character of the school's education be fully supported by all staff within the multi academy. We therefore hope that all staff will give their full, unreserved and positive support for the aims and ethos of the St John Paul II Multi Academy.

The Board of Governors are seeking to appoint an aspirational Assistant Head Teacher to support the leadership team in developing the teaching and learning in school, ensuring that standards continue to rise and the school continues its rapid improvement journey. An interest in RE or a core subject is desirable for this post.

This position would ideally suit someone who is ambitious and aspires to lead in Catholic Education. It provides an excellent opportunity to develop skills alongside an experienced leader and supportive staff and academy community.

The Governors are seeking to appoint an individual who:

Is a committed practising Catholic or has respect for the values of the Catholic faith and will act as a role model to others.

Has a good teaching record and knowledge of the primary curriculum.

Can work with initiative, able to make decisions and work collaboratively with others to ensure policies, practices and procedures are consistently followed.

Has experience of leading and impacting in a subject area.

Has the drive, ability and commitment to raise standards across the curriculum.

Is resilient, innovative, creative and forward-thinking.

Has highly developed interpersonal skills to work with all parties in the school community and with other schools/external agencies.

Is confident to deal with safeguarding concerns.

At Sacred Heart we can offer you:

Committed leaders and governors to support you within the role.

Quality continued professional development.

A very supportive team of staff who want the best for all children.

Children and parents who value education.

Opportunities to work across an academy working with other leaders.

To apply, please visit the school website

Please note we do not accept CVs, applications will only be considered if received on a Catholic Education application form.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: 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.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.

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.