- Vacancy Reference
- JOB002662
- Job Title
- Headteacher
- Job Start Date
- September 2025
- Salary Range
- Group 3, L18 to L24 £71,729 to £83,081 (2023-24) starting salary dependant on experience
- Hours Per Week
- Full time
- School Address
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Longwill School for the Deaf
Bell Hill
Northfield
Birmingham
B31 1LD
Tel: 0121 475 3023
Chair of Governors: Mrs. Caroline Lane
Headteacher: Mrs. Alison Carter
- Contact Email
- enquiry@longwill.bham.sch.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 16 December 2024, 12 midday
- Job Information
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Due to the retirement of our long serving headteacher in July 2025, the governing body of Longwill School for the Deaf are looking to appoint an inspirational and dedicated headteacher.
Longwill is a highly successful innovative primary school for deaf children who require a sign bilingual education. Our pupils are aged between 2-11 and we currently have 54 pupils on role. We are an outstanding school, (Ofsted Nov 2022). Longwill is a regional provision taking children from 10 local authorities.
We are looking for someone inspirational who can lead this exceptional school and its committed staff team.
The governors, staff, parents and, most importantly, the children all feel extremely proud of our school - as you will see when you step through our doors.
The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Autumn Term 2025.
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How to apply:
Informal contact and visits to the school are most encouraged. Further information is available on the school website.
Please refer to the applicant pack and Apply Online
Please note that we are unable to accept CV’s.
- Safeguarding
- This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect 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.
- References
- All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
- Short-listed candidates
- An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
- Terms and Conditions
- BCC is a Living Wage employer.
- 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.
- How to submit your application
- Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above.