Job start date: 28 April 2025
Hours per week: Full time
George Dixon Primary School
City Road
Harborne
Birmingham
B17 8LE
Telephone number: 0121 675 2775
Contact email: enquiry@georgedixonprimary.bham.sch.uk
Contract type: Permanent
Children, staff and governors are seeking to appoint an inspirational and highly motivated Deputy Headteacher. We are looking for someone who is passionate about education, who constantly strives for excellence and who can take our school forward on its path of continuous improvement. Working in close partnership with the Headteacher, the Deputy Headteacher will play a vital role in shaping the school’s strategic direction and school improvement plan, the day-to-day operation of the school and maintaining a relentless focus on improving outcomes for all pupils.
The school is currently in the process of joining a Multi-Academy Trust.
We can offer you:
* an inclusive, values-driven ethos
* a diverse, supportive school community
* wonderful, energetic, receptive, polite and fun children
* committed staff
* parents who want the best for their children
* a supportive Governing Body
* a team committed to innovative school improvement
We are looking for someone who:
* Demonstrates a Strong Moral Purpose
* puts pupils first with a belief that all pupils can achieve and an unwavering commitment to pursue successful outcomes for all
* champions the vulnerable and is committed to equality of opportunity
* is supportive, committed and passionate
* is innovative and high performing
* has emotionally intelligent creative and strategic leadership
* leads through others and makes an altruistic collaboration
* oversees the development of strategy and policy and leads consultation and implementation
* exhibits courageous and committed leadership, effective role modelling
* observes the highest standards
Personal Qualities:
* capacity for hard work, eternal optimism and resilience in the face of challenges
* the ability to inspire with an unshakeable conviction that young people can be successful
* high level interpersonal skills and excellent time management
* the ability to remain calm under pressure; to pause and reflect and think before making an important decision
* the ability to respond positively to and deliver constructive criticism
* the ability to delegate effectively
The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Summer Term 2025.
We encourage all interested applicants to contact the school to arrange an informal visit.
How to apply:
Application packs and completed application forms should be requested from and returned to: enquiry@georgedixonprimary.bham.sch.uk
Interviews will be the week of the 24 February.
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 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 exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This 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.
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