Vacancy Reference
JOB002833
Job Title
Headteacher
Job Start Date
1 September 2025
Salary Range
Group 2, leadership group pay range: L14 to L20 £68,586 to £79,475
Hours Per Week
Full time
School Address
Ladypool Primary School,
Stratford Road,
Sparkbrook,
Birmingham
B11 1QT
Contact Email
enquiry@ladypool.org.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
26 January 2025
Job Information

Chair of Governors: Elaine Ashraf

Be the Heart of Our Community – Become Our Next Visionary Headteacher at Ladypool Primary School!

Are you ready to lead with passion and dedication?

We are a dynamic community school, seeking an inspiring Headteacher to ignite minds and transform futures.

This is your chance to create a lasting legacy.

With confidence, autonomy, and flexibility, you will shape the educational journey of our children and wider school community.

Join us, and lead a school where vision becomes reality. Make your mark – apply today!

Ladypool Primary School is a thriving and diverse community school with 247 pupils on roll which includes a Nursery class.

Informal visits to the school, can be arranged by contacting the school.

Governors will be seeking to visit you in your school context, between 10 Feb and 12 Feb.

Interviews are scheduled for 14 Feb 2025

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Autumn Term, September 2025.

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.