Vacancy Reference
JOB003051
Job Title
Deputy Head Teacher
Job Start Date
28 April 2025
Salary Range
(L7-11) £57,831 to £63,815
Hours Per Week
34.5
School Address
Highfield Nursery School
Highfield Road
Washwood Heath
Birmingham
B8 3QF
Contact Email
s.carter@hifieldn.bham.sch.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
7 February 2025, midday
Job Information

Governors are looking for a Deputy Head Teacher with strong early years’ pedagogy to join us at Highfield Nursery School. The role offers an opportunity to work with a leadership team committed to delivering the best outcomes for all children in a busy environment which is exciting, challenging and highly rewarding. ‘There is a commitment from staff that every moment will count for every child.

Our provision for children with special educational needs/disabilities is exemplary. Staff are well trained and incredibly skilled in child development. This is a very positive and inspirational community.’ Ofsted November 2023.

Birmingham Federation of Maintained Nursery Schools consists of nine Nursery Schools delivering inclusive high-quality early education and care to children aged 0 to 5 across Birmingham. We have a vibrant and enthusiastic staff of teachers, teaching assistants, nursery officers, play workers, administrators and other support staff who make up our large staff team.

As well as outstanding provision for children and families we are committed to staff professional development and you would have opportunities to be part of the wider and developing role of our nursery schools.

You will offer us:

  • your considerable skill as an outstanding teacher who has experience of working in a senior leadership role in an Early Years setting and with children with special educational needs
  • your commitment to engaging and inspiring our pupils and the ability to make a real difference to their learning
  • your flexibility, commitment and excellent interpersonal skills
  • your ability to initiate and lead change in a positive way

You can find out all about our school on our website

For an application pack please email s.carter@hifieldn.bham.sch.uk.  

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Informal enquiries to Sadia Carter-Mirza – School Business Manager on 0121 675 4617.

Interview dates Wednesday 26 February 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
This post is not part of the City Council and the successful candidate will not hold a Birmingham City Council Contract of Employment.
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.