Headteacher

Headteacher – Yardleys School

Salary: L37 – L42 (£114,240 - £129,140 p.a.)

 Required for September 2024 – Full-time

“Yardleys is a unique and special place” *

The Trust Board are seeking an outstanding 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. Yardleys is an innovative and forward-thinking community, ambitious for the future.

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 926 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 in the top 20% of schools nationally for progress (Progress 8 +0.33 in 2023) and attainment is above the national average in many subjects including English (+0.7) and Maths (+0.39).

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 Headteacher, you will have:

• a belief in the power of education to transform the lives and improve the social mobility of all learners;
• a proven successful track record of sustained improvement and senior leadership experience in a secondary school;
• the ability to lead curriculum development, building on existing strengths and recognising areas for development;
• a commitment to evidence-based high-quality teaching and learning;
• the creativity and vision to inspire and 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 lead all key stakeholders.

Above all, you will share our passion and belief that children, their learning and developing their potential is at the heart of all decisions.

If you possess the vision to inspire students, staff and the wider school community, together with the leadership skills to realise this vision, we would very much welcome your application.  

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 how your skills and experience would enable you to take Yardleys forward”.

To arrange a visit to the school please contact Dan Sewell, HR Manager at daniel.sewell@yardleys.bham.sch.uk.

 Please send completed applications to daniel.sewell@yardleys.bham.sch.uk

 Closing date: 12 noon on Friday 23rd February 2024.

Interviews to be held on Tuesday 12th and Wednesday 13th March 2024.