Assistant Headteacher - Whole Child

Assistant Headteacher (Whole Child)

Salary: L17 – L21 (£73,818 - £81,441 p.a.)

Required for Easter or September 2025 – full time, permanent.

“Yardleys School is a unique and special place.” *

The Trust Board are seeking an exceptional candidate with a strong desire to improve the life chances of our students through a combination of strong academic standards and a focus on the whole child.

Judged ‘Good’ by Ofsted in 2023 with many outstanding features, Yardleys is a thriving, vibrant and heavily oversubscribed 11-16 multi-ethnic stand-alone academy in Birmingham, with 932 students on roll. The diversity of the school population reflects the rich, cultural mix of the local area.

The school is highly focused on raising standards of pupil achievement and is successful at doing so. Yardleys is consistently in the top 20% of schools nationally and the most recent examination results (2024) we have achieved our best results ever with 52% of students achieving Grade 5+ in English and Maths. The progress of students is above the national average in most subjects.

The school motto “Working together for a better future” is far more than just words. The collaborative ethos which permeates the school is at the heart of our success. Excellent student behaviour and an extremely well organised school provide the foundation for teachers to focus on delivering outstanding lessons and continuously improving their practice.

To become our new Assistant Headteacher, you will have:

• a proven successful track record of sustained improvement and middle leadership experience in a secondary school;
• a belief in the power of education to transform lives and improve social mobility;
• the ability to lead and inspire our pastoral leaders, especially in the areas of personal development, pastoral curriculum, student leadership, careers, enrichment, parental engagement, praise and recognition;
• the creativity and vision to positively lead change and the focus to ensure successful outcomes are reached;
• a clear and committed strategic vision, combined with highly effective communication skills that will inspire, motivate and support all stakeholders.

If you possess the vision to inspire students, staff and the wider school community, and the leadership skills to realise this vision and feel that you meet the relevant person specification, then we would welcome your application.

When joining Yardleys, you will benefit from:

•  A wellbeing day providing all staff with the opportunity to request a day off-site to use as they wish.
• Discretionary healthcare membership to Benenden Health with access to a 24/7 GP helpline, mental health helpline, medical diagnostics & treatment and mobile app with wellbeing classes.
• A keen eye on staff workload with a generous Planning, Preparation & Assessment (PPA) allocation
• Marking days for internal assessment weeks
• A marking day for staff undertaking external examiner marking
• A progressive, dynamic and research informed CPD programme, providing teachers with a genuine opportunity to develop their subject pedagogy and practice.
• A commitment to professional development opportunities with 100+ hours of professional development time that can be accessed throughout the year - including coaching support, sharing good practice with each other through a variety of teacher takeaway approaches, a half termly teaching and learning newsletter, regular hotspots, opportunities to work across partner schools in a joint practice development programme and a regular professional reading group.
• The opportunity to undertake and be supported with a National Professional Qualification (NPQ).
• A collaborative approach with supportive managers and regular weekly meetings where subject specific training is provided through subject mastery sessions.
• An excellent induction programme tailored to your job role.
• State of the art facilities in a modern PFI building including a staff work room and staff room, that are well-resourced with computers, a vending and drinks machine.
• Well-behaved students who are keen to learn
• A Competitive Pension Scheme (Teachers’ Pension Scheme)

“Leaders care deeply about staff. They are mindful of well-being and workload, and staff feel valued and appreciated.” *

Please visit the vacancies page on our website at yardleys-vle.com to download an application pack. In your covering letter (no more than 2 pages of A4) please respond to the following:

“With reference to the person specification, and providing clear evidence of the impact of your actions, please outline your vision for leading whole child development at Yardleys School.”

There are dedicated timeslots for informal visits to the school on Wednesday 15th January at 4:00 pm and Tuesday 21st January 2025 at 9:00 am. To join one of these, to arrange a visit to the school, request more information and to apply, please contact Haseena Waseem, Senior Administrator (HR), on:

T: 0121 675 1761

E: Recruitment@yardleys.bham.sch.uk

Please send completed applications to Recruitment@yardleys.bham.sch.uk . 

Closing date: 9am on Monday 27th January 2025

Interviews to be held on w/c 3rd February 2025

Yardleys School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An Enhanced Disclosure will be required for this post and all shortlisted will be subject to an online search. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

*Ofsted March 2023