Start date: 1 September 2025 Colmore Infant and Nursery School Colmore Road Birmingham B14 6AJ Telephone number: 0121 464 2820 Contact email: i nfocolmoreinf.co.uk Contract type: Permanent Key Stage: EYFS and KS1 What skills and experience are we looking for? This is a fantastic opportunity for a motivated leader who is approachable, kind, caring and driven to join our happy, nurturing and successful school team at Colmore Infant and Nursery School. We are proud of our welcoming ‘Colmore Family’ community and are now looking for a head teacher to lead the school on the next stage of our journey. This is following the retirement of our current head teacher in August 2025. In our most recent OFSTED inspection in November 2023 we successfully maintained ‘Outstanding in all areas’. Our mantra, since our previous inspection in 2011 has always been, ‘Outstanding but not perfect’ and as a school we continually strive to give the children the best education we can with the resources we have. In 2025 we are looking for our next head teacher to help our lovely school to continue to thrive and flourish. That person could be YOU The post is a full-time permanent position from 1 September 2025. We are looking for someone who: is an experienced head teacher; or is an experienced deputy head who has worked across multiple key stages, including EYFS is able to articulate a strong, clear vision for high quality primary education which maximises the potential of the school demonstrates an understanding of the need to develop and sustain a safe, secure, healthy and fair school environment puts safeguarding at the heart of everything they do and has Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) or Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead (DDSL) experience has demonstrated outstanding classroom practice and who can model the principles of effective teaching and learning to a high standard has excellent organisation and interpersonal skills and can communicate effectively with all stakeholders is approachable and has integrity and embeds an ethos of trust, openness and positivity What the school offers its staff an experienced, supportive and collaborative senior management team and senior leadership team, including governors, who care about all staff, their development and wellbeing a kind and caring, welcoming and friendly school with a really positive ethos lovely children who enjoy coming to school and who are all ‘ACE’ (Amazing, Confident Experts) a supportive parent body within our ‘Colmore Family’ an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that prioritises staff well being continued professional and career development Tour of the School Wednesday 5 February - 1:30pm to 2:30pm Wednesday 5 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Thursday 6 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Friday 7 February - 3.45pm to 4.45pm Thursday 13 February - 1:30pm to 2:30pm Thursday 13 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Monday 10 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Monday 24 February - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Wednesday 26 February - 1:30pm to 2:30pm Monday 3 March - 3:45pm to 4:45pm Wednesday 5 March - 1:30pm to 2:30pm Key Dates Interviews: Monday 24 March to Wednesday 26 March 2025 CVs are not accepted. Visas cannot be sponsored Further information about our lovely school can be found by accessing our website. Colmore Infant and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. How to Apply Download Application Pack. If you would like to attend a tour of the school, please click the link to complete the booking or contact Stephanie Fisher (HR manager) at infocolmoreinf.co.uk Telephone number: 0121 464 2820 for an application pack or to book a tour of the school. Interview packs will include; Application form Head Teacher Job Description (JD) and Person Specification (PS) Chair of Governors Letter 2024 to 2025 School Prospectus Colmore Infant and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers 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. 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.