Vacancy Reference
JOB003379
Job Title
Deputy Headteacher
Job Start Date
1 September 2025
Salary Range
L13 - 17 (£66,919 to £73,819)
Hours Per Week
32.5
School Address
Rednal Hill Junior School
Irwin Avenue
Birmingham
B45 8QY
Contact Email
g.hall@rednalhilljuniors.com
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
28 April 2025, midday
Job Information

The Governing Body wish to appoint an inspirational and creative Deputy Headteacher to play a pivotal role, here at Rednal Hill Junior School, in pupil, staff and school development. This exciting and dynamic role requires a passionate and visionary practitioner who is committed to driving school improvement and establishing excellence for all.

The leadership position will require a motivational innovator who strives to continually develop and improve a highly inclusive community and curriculum. We pride ourselves on being a school that is committed to providing children with the very best start in life and we have a commitment to ensuring that we are continually driving standards and expectations to achieve excellence.

The school has been on an exciting and upward journey of school improvement over the last few years, and we see our Good Ofsted judgement, in September 2023, as a springboard to even greater success.

We are now seeking an inspiring leader that will join our dedicated team in continuing our drive for excellence on our journey to outstanding.

The candidate will already be able to demonstrate:

  • evidence of vision, innovation, initiative and leadership in managing change to enhance and raise standards at a whole school level
  • a comprehensive understanding and a passion for improving the lives of the most vulnerable
  • substantial evidence of successfully line managing staff to improve outcomes for all
  • an ability to communicate effectively at all levels to ensure positive outcomes for all

We are looking for someone who is:

  • able to drive standards and lead whole school improvement with a specific focus on curriculum and teaching and learning pedagogy
  • able to take a strategic role in leading development and uses monitoring and evaluation to continually seek to better our school offer
  • an innovative practitioner and inspires others to develop and improve
  • an excellent class practitioner who can consistently deliver and model best practice
  • a skilled communicator who builds effective relationships with all members of the school community
  • committed to working with children, parents and staff to raise standards
  • able to challenge and motivate others to achieve outstanding practice
  • able to analyse data, develop strategy, set targets and impact on pupil outcomes
  • inclusive of all members of the school community
  • approachable, resilient and committed to the school and the journey it is on
  • keep up to date with developments in education
  • seek training and continuing professional development to meet own needs

We can offer you:

  • welcoming community whereby everyone is valued
  • enthusiastic and friendly children who work hard and try their best
  • a supportive, talented and committed staff team
  • a commitment to professional development and support for future carer progression
  • supportive governors who are engaged in the life of the school and its aims and objectives

If you are interested in working in an exciting, forward-thinking school, with a real focus on ‘improving the life chances of children’, then we would like to hear from you.

For further details, including the job description, person specification and application pack,  please contact Gemma Hall (Senior Office Manager) on 0121 453 2520 or g.hall@rednalhilljuniors.com 

If you’d like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Gemma Hall.

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.