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Headteacher
| Posting date: | 10 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 September 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands, B31 2SW |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 97c76334-f893-4149-b86c-4b28b8ef1e8c |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Meadows Primary School has recently joined Excelsior Multi Academy Trust. This is a pivotal and exciting time to join The Meadows Primary School and make a real difference to children's progress and outcomes.
The Head Teacher will report to the Directors of Education and the Chief Executive Officer.
They will:
• support the Director of Education and the Chief Executive Officer to set and review the school’s priorities and objectives, leading activity to ensure these are delivered and standards are raised.
• demonstrate exemplary leadership.
• develop, motivate, and deploy teaching and non-teaching staff to secure the best possible use of available talent.
• determine and drive appropriate standards and targets to deliver improvement.
• promote and demonstrate strong parent partnerships.
• create an accountable, safe, and positive learning environment in which diversity and co-operation are celebrated.
What the school offers its staff
An outstanding, innovative, and ambitious executive leadership team who, through their passion and drive to improve outcomes for children, support and motivate each other to achieve great things! In return for your commitment to our Trust, we can offer:
• Sector competitive pay.
• Excellent CPD opportunities.
• A fantastic supportive working environment.
• The opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children across Birmingham.
• Access to our mental health and wellbeing platform, ExcelWell.
• The opportunity to develop into a highly effective leader.
• 24/7 advice and helpline.
• Flexible working arrangements.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
The Meadows Primary School has recently joined Excelsior Multi Academy Trust. This is a pivotal and exciting time to join The Meadows Primary School and make a real difference to children's progress and outcomes.
The Head Teacher will report to the Directors of Education and the Chief Executive Officer.
They will:
• support the Director of Education and the Chief Executive Officer to set and review the school’s priorities and objectives, leading activity to ensure these are delivered and standards are raised.
• demonstrate exemplary leadership.
• develop, motivate, and deploy teaching and non-teaching staff to secure the best possible use of available talent.
• determine and drive appropriate standards and targets to deliver improvement.
• promote and demonstrate strong parent partnerships.
• create an accountable, safe, and positive learning environment in which diversity and co-operation are celebrated.
What the school offers its staff
An outstanding, innovative, and ambitious executive leadership team who, through their passion and drive to improve outcomes for children, support and motivate each other to achieve great things! In return for your commitment to our Trust, we can offer:
• Sector competitive pay.
• Excellent CPD opportunities.
• A fantastic supportive working environment.
• The opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives of children across Birmingham.
• Access to our mental health and wellbeing platform, ExcelWell.
• The opportunity to develop into a highly effective leader.
• 24/7 advice and helpline.
• Flexible working arrangements.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.