Permanent Full Time Post: Assistant Head Teacher (must have leadership experience and QToD)
Salary: L8 to L12 (£56,082 to £61,882) 2023 pay scale (0.6 fte Leadership Duties & 0.4 fte Classroom Based)
Contact: Head Teacher - Mrs Alison Carter, Longwill Primary School for Deaf Children, Bell Hill, Northfield, Birmingham B31 1LD. Telephone: 0121 475 3923. Email: enquiry@longwill.bham.sch.uk
Our highly successful, innovative, and welcoming primary special school caters for children between the ages of 2 to 11 years old who are Deaf and require a sign bilingual education. We are currently funded for 65 places. The school has a national reputation as a centre of excellence in Deaf Education.
We seek to appoint a committed and skilled Assistant Head Teacher who is also a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf, passionate about learning, and wishes to work within our sign bilingual setting. The successful candidate would work 3 days each week focusing on leadership responsibilities and 2 days as a class teacher.
Longwill is a small, friendly special school which offers an excellent education to Deaf pupils from throughout the West Midlands and surrounding areas. We are looking for a practitioner who:
* is a qualified Teacher of the Deaf, or an outstanding classroom practitioner
* has experience in leadership
* has experience of a SENCO role
* has high expectations for pupils and is an excellent communicator
* thinks creatively
* is enthusiastic, motivated, and a lifelong learner
* is able to work well in teams
* the ability to communicate in British Sign Language at Level 2 or above is essential
We can offer you:
* an innovative and exciting special school environment, committed to providing the best opportunities for Deaf children and staff
* delightful and hardworking Deaf sign bilingual children
* a supportive environment with dedicated and highly skilled staff
* a commitment to CPD is essential
Informal visits are strongly encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange on 0121 475 3923.
Application Packs are available on our website
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable); 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 on all shortlisted candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, and 2020. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
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