- Vacancy Reference
- JOB003045
- Job Title
- Headteacher
- Job Start Date
- 1 September 2025
- Salary Range
- L18 to L24
- Hours Per Week
- Full time
- School Address
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Kingsland Primary School
Bandywood Crescent
Kingstanding
Birmingham
B44 9NA
Telephone number: 0121 464 7707 - Contact Email
- c.stephenson@kingsland.bham.sch.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 28 March 2025, 5:00pm
- Job Information
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Kingsland Primary School is a Birmingham local authority school and our provision covers children aged 3 to 11 years old. We are an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ school following our inspection in January 2023. Our EYFS was rated outstanding. We provide pupils with the opportunity to learn and achieve in every aspect of school life within in a caring, happy and safe environment.
Our school is seeking to appoint a Headteacher who will have the ability to consolidate and build upon our current successes and continue to improve the school further on our journey towards becoming an outstanding provision across the board.
Children are at the heart of everything we do. Kingsland Primary School offers a highly skilled, motivated and experienced staff and leadership team, and a wonderful learning environment. The successful candidate will have no limitations on their scope of thought or ideas other than to ensure that the school continues to thrive and flourish.
The Governing Board are seeking to appoint an aspirational and inspirational Headteacher who will:
• continue to improve our quality of educational and extra- curricular provision
• consolidate and continue to develop our community links and collaborative networks
• provide inspirational leadership, ensuring delivery of educational excellence through the highest possible standards of teaching and learning
• strengthen and improve upon our reputation as a caring, nurturing and inclusive school, with a particular focus on staff and pupil wellbeing
• maintain high aspirations for students, ensuring they are equipped with the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to face the challenges of the ever-changing world
Candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the school to view the exciting opportunities we have to offer. School visits must be arranged by appointment and can be booked by contacting our School Business Manager, Carol Stephenson on 0121 464 7707.
Visits: Friday 14 March at 4pm and Wednesday 19 March at 2pm.
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How to apply:
You can download an application pack and completed application forms should be returned to: c.stephenson@kingsland.bham.sch.uk or returned by post to:
Kingsland Primary School
Bandywood Cresent
Kingstanding
Birmingham
B44 9NA
Interview date: Thursday 3 April and Friday 4 April 2025.
Kingsland Primary School positively welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
- 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.
- 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.