Headteacher
Holte School
Birmingham
- £99,681 - £115,483 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- L36 - L42
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 3 March 2023
Job overview
HOLTE SCHOOL, WHEELER STREET, LOZELLS, BIRMINGHAM B19 2EP
0121 566 4370 (Option 1)
HEADTEACHER
L36 – L42 (£99,681 to £115,483)
Full-Time
Permanent
Required to start September 2023
An exciting opportunity at Holte School!
Governors are seeking to appoint an outstanding Headteacher who shares our vision, ethos and passion for the role of education in transforming lives. Who can drive school improvement, enthuse staff, is innovative, dedicated and a highly skilled and effective leader.
Our new Headteacher will be an experienced senior leader with strong academic qualities, vision and ambition for the further development of the school. They will be highly skilled with the resilience and determination to deliver an outstanding curriculum and pastoral education; and will have excellent communication skills, a commitment to wellbeing, diversity and inclusion, whilst holding high the values and ethos of the school.
Due to the retirement of the current highly successful Headteacher there is an opportunity for a strong, ambitious and exceptional candidate to continue to drive the school forward, to meet the challenges it faces and to continue its development.
Holding high expectations and aspirations for our pupils the successful candidate will:
- Be an experienced senior leader with a proven track record of managing and implementing change.
- Be able to inspire and motivate others.
- Have extensive experience of working in a multi-diverse environment.
- Have high standards and expectations of self and of others and be able to lead by example.
- Be aspirational, ambitious and committed to excellence in teaching and learning.
- Demonstrate a clear strategic vision and proven ability to generate support and commitment from all stakeholders.
- Have an understanding and commitment to strong financial management and a firm grasp of the concept of value for money.
- Be an excellent communicator able to work successfully with both internal stakeholders and external agencies.
We offer:
- Enthusiastic and ambitious pupils who are keen to learn.
- A supportive Governing Board.
- A talented staff team that welcomes new challenges and are committed to supporting and developing pupils and colleagues.
- Opportunities to work in collaboration with partner schools.
- Quality continuous professional development.
- An opportunity to work with a coach/mentor.
Are you an experienced leader looking for something different? Do you want to lead a school where you can feel you are making a difference every single day? If so, we’d like to hear from you.
Potential candidates are encouraged to visit the school. Requests for visits should be to Melissa Bowen, Strategic Business Manager on 0121 566 4370/4371.
Closing Date: Friday 3 March 2023 at 10:00am
Interviews for shortlisted candidates will take place on Tuesday 21 March and Wednesday 22 March 2023; candidates may be required to attend both days. CVs and applications from Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted.
Holte School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks in line with the KCSIE guidance, 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. It is a requirement for all shortlisted candidates to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and to undergo a general online search carried out by the school.
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.
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About Holte School
At Holte we care deeply for our pupils, our primary concern is their safety and well-being. The pupils are the focus of all our efforts. Parents and carers should know that we value each child equally. We constantly work to ensure that pupil motivation is maintained at all times.
We require pupils to promote the school through excellent attendance, punctuality, behaviour and smart uniform. By working hard together to achieve targets that stretch them, our pupils are able to realise outstanding goals. Through encouraging one another the school has developed an ethos which builds success.
The community we serve is blessed with a rich diversity of languages, cultures and faiths. It is a credit to the school that, together, we learn how to embrace and respect each others’ identity. Above all we are a community school developing our learning programmes to meet the needs of all pupils.
We recognise that we are preparing our pupils for the world of further study, employment and adulthood. Achievement at Holte is broad. Whether through our extensive arts or sports programmes we expect all pupils to contribute to the wider life of the school. We aim to equip our pupils to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing society, aware of the opportunities available to them.
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