- Job Title
- Principal
- Job Start Date
- 1 September 2025
- Salary Range
- L19 to L23 (starting salary is dependent upon experience)
- Hours Per Week
- Full time
- School Address
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Kineton Green Infant School
Kineton Green Road
Olton
Solihull
B92 7EB
Telephone number: 0121 624 9010 (ext 1027) - Contact Email
- recruitment@summitlearningtrust.org.uk
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Closing Date
- 1 April 2025, 12 midday
- Job Information
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Summit Learning Trust Mission Statement
Success through Endeavour
Ambition through Challenge
Strength through Diversity
Summit Learning Trust are seeking an exceptional, experienced Principal, with a strong track record of school improvement, to lead Kineton Green Primary School.
Kineton Green Primary School is a primary school within our Trust family which comprises of five primary schools, three secondary schools, and Solihull Sixth Form College.
The successful candidate will enjoy the support of a committed team of senior leaders and teachers, all determined to build on current strengths and secure rapid improvements. The Summit Learning Trust Executive Team provides excellent expert support in all key areas, allowing leaders to focus on teaching and learning.
The school and our Trust are seeking to appoint a leader who:
• can provide strong, innovative leadership to lead Kineton Green Primary School forward on its journey to excellence
• is approachable, and can inspire, motivate and encourage learners, staff members and the school community to excel
• has the welfare and wellbeing of staff members and learners at the heart of their work
• listens, and is an excellent communicator
• has successful experience of leadership in a diverse, urban educational setting and of working positively with parents and carers
• has had a significant, proven impact on raising standards in their current role
• is looking for dynamic collaboration with other, high-calibre Principals and Executive Directors across our Trust
• is keen to make a significant contribution to the realisation of the shared Trust and school vision and strategy
• demonstrates curiosity, energy and determination
• is resilient, and optimistic
Could this be you?
If you have the drive and vision to lead Kineton Green Primary School to its next stage of its journey from its last Ofsted ‘Good’ judgement, we would like to hear from you.
We encourage you to arrange an informal discussion with our Chief Executive Officer Vince Green or a visit to Kineton Green Primary School, please contact Rebecca Hill at: rebecca.hill@summitlearningtrust.org.uk or call 0121 624 9010 (ext 1027)
We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. - 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.