Head Teacher
| Posting date: | 25 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 October 2025 |
| Location: | Birmingham, West Midlands, B44 0NR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f21a307d-b9e7-404b-b82b-86e76840f7de |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
With the upcoming retirement of our long serving headteacher, the Governors are seeking to appoint an exceptional, dynamic, and visionary Head Teacher who will lead our school with passion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.
The successful candidate will have a strong track record of leadership, a clear understanding of the challenges facing schools in today’s educational landscape, both locally and nationally, and the ability to inspire and empower others. We have maintained our ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted, and we are seeking someone who can demonstrate our continued success and will seek to address the school’s development priorities at the next inspection.
The successful candidate will also:
• Drive forward academic and personal development so every pupil can “be all they can be.”
• Innovate further in curriculum design and delivery, shaping the broad, life affirming learning experiences we offer.
• Develop staff capacity, celebrate their successes, and foster professional growth.
• Strengthen community engagement: with parents, local organisations, and through extra-curricular opportunities.
• Ensure that Twickenham continues to be a place where values such as integrity, kindness, respect, and responsibility are lived daily.
We encourage all perspective candidates to visit the school to gain an insight into the role. We are able to offer the following dates and times:
Tuesday 14th October from 9am-10am
OR
Wednesday 15th October from 4pm-5pm
School visits must be made by appointment and can be booked by contacting our Head’s PA, Mrs J Whateley, at joanne.whateley@twickenhamprimary.co.uk or calling 0121 675 6840.
Closing date for applications is Monday 3rd November at 9am.
Shortlisting will take place week beginning 3rd November.
Interviews will take place week beginning 17th November.
We welcome applications from all parts of our 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.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This 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.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
What the school offers its staff
Nestled in Kingstanding, Birmingham, Twickenham Primary School is a thriving academy for children aged 3 to 11. Twickenham is a stand-alone academy with a capacity of around 450 pupils; we are proud of our strong identity and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
We are committed to fostering a nurturing, engaging and challenging environment for all our pupils. Our dedicated staff and supportive governors work together to engage with families and provide an enriching educational experience for every child.
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.
With the upcoming retirement of our long serving headteacher, the Governors are seeking to appoint an exceptional, dynamic, and visionary Head Teacher who will lead our school with passion, integrity, and a commitment to excellence.
The successful candidate will have a strong track record of leadership, a clear understanding of the challenges facing schools in today’s educational landscape, both locally and nationally, and the ability to inspire and empower others. We have maintained our ‘Good’ rating by Ofsted, and we are seeking someone who can demonstrate our continued success and will seek to address the school’s development priorities at the next inspection.
The successful candidate will also:
• Drive forward academic and personal development so every pupil can “be all they can be.”
• Innovate further in curriculum design and delivery, shaping the broad, life affirming learning experiences we offer.
• Develop staff capacity, celebrate their successes, and foster professional growth.
• Strengthen community engagement: with parents, local organisations, and through extra-curricular opportunities.
• Ensure that Twickenham continues to be a place where values such as integrity, kindness, respect, and responsibility are lived daily.
We encourage all perspective candidates to visit the school to gain an insight into the role. We are able to offer the following dates and times:
Tuesday 14th October from 9am-10am
OR
Wednesday 15th October from 4pm-5pm
School visits must be made by appointment and can be booked by contacting our Head’s PA, Mrs J Whateley, at joanne.whateley@twickenhamprimary.co.uk or calling 0121 675 6840.
Closing date for applications is Monday 3rd November at 9am.
Shortlisting will take place week beginning 3rd November.
Interviews will take place week beginning 17th November.
We welcome applications from all parts of our 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.
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. This 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.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016). Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role
Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.
What the school offers its staff
Nestled in Kingstanding, Birmingham, Twickenham Primary School is a thriving academy for children aged 3 to 11. Twickenham is a stand-alone academy with a capacity of around 450 pupils; we are proud of our strong identity and commitment to excellence in everything we do.
We are committed to fostering a nurturing, engaging and challenging environment for all our pupils. Our dedicated staff and supportive governors work together to engage with families and provide an enriching educational experience for every child.
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.