Job start date: 1 September 2025
Hours per week: Full time
Cockshut Hill School
Cockshut Hill
Yardley
B26 2HX
Telephone number: 0121 624 9010
Contact email: Rebecca.Hill@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
Contract type: Permanent
Summit Learning Trust is seeking an exceptional, experienced Headteacher, with a strong track record of school improvement, to lead Cockshut Hill School.
Cockshut Hill School is a secondary school within our Trust family which comprises five primary schools, three secondary schools, and Solihull Sixth Form College.
The successful candidate will enjoy the support of a committed team of senior leaders and teachers, all determined to build on current strengths and secure rapid improvements.
The Summit Learning Trust Executive Team provides excellent expert support in all key areas, allowing leaders to focus on teaching and learning.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide strong, innovative leadership to lead Cockshut Hill School forward on its journey to excellence.
* Inspire, motivate, and encourage learners, staff members, and the school community to excel.
* Prioritize the welfare and wellbeing of staff members and learners.
* Communicate effectively and listen to the needs of the school community.
* Demonstrate successful experience of leadership in a diverse, urban educational setting and work positively with parents and carers.
* Show a significant, proven impact on raising standards in their current role.
* Collaborate dynamically with other high-caliber Principals and Executive Directors across our Trust.
* Contribute significantly to the realization of the shared Trust and school vision and strategy.
* Exhibit curiosity, energy, determination, resilience, and optimism.
Could this be you? If you have the drive and vision to lead Cockshut Hill School to its next stage of its journey from its last Ofsted ‘Good’ judgement, we would like to hear from you.
How to Apply:
Please apply online
We encourage you to arrange an informal discussion with our Chief Executive Officer Vince Green or a visit to Cockshut Hill School. Please contact Rebecca Hill at: rebecca.hill@summitlearningtrust.org.uk or call 0121 624 9010 (ext 1027).
Interview date: Week beginning 20 January 2025.
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 shortlisted 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. Certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers. If disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
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