Headteacher - Braidwood Trust School for the Deaf

Headteacher

L21 to L27 (£72,483 to £83,956)

Leadership pay can be negotiated within the given range.

Relocation expenses will be considered.

Contract Type: Permanent

Braidwood Trust School for the Deaf

Bromford Road

Birmingham

B36 8AF

Telephone number: 0121 464 5558

Chair of Governors: June Newnham

Braidwood Trust School for the Deaf is seeking a new Head Teacher. The vacancy arises upon the retirement of the current headteacher Karen Saywood, at the end of the autumn term 2023.

Braidwood is a warm and welcoming school with a strong and enduring commitment to providing an excellent education for Deaf young people, aged 11 to 18 years using a Total Communication approach including British Sign Language.

We are a small and friendly school that places positive mental health and wellbeing at the forefront of all we do. Our values of Honesty, Respect and Effort are woven through everything we do as a school and as individuals.

You will find learners who are energetic, imaginative, and eager to learn, and a staff that meet these attributes with enthusiasm and vigour.

Our school has a long history and tradition. We bring this history, together with the flexibility of modern teaching and learning approaches and technology, to deliver a rich, fulfilling, and enjoyable school life for all.

Working in partnership and by bringing passion and commitment to the leadership and development and a shared dedication to improvement through personal and professional development, we will continue the Braidwood journey. 

The successful candidate will be expected to take up the appointment at the beginning of the Spring Term January 2024 although this could be negotiated. Informal visits to the school, can be arranged by contacting the school. 

Closing date: 4 September 2023, 12.00 midday

Please download an application pack or alternatively email CSURecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk quoting ref: ES2399

Completed application form should be returned to: CSURecruitment@birmingham.gov.uk

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check (where applicable) 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 on all shortlisted candidates. 

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. 

BCC is a Living Wage employer.