Bellfield Infant School

Vacancy - Deputy Head teacher

Start date: 28 April 2025 (Can be flexible upon request)

Telephone number: 0121 464 4855

Contact email: c.matthews@bellfield-inf.bham.sch.uk

Contract type: Permanent 

We are seeking to appoint a new Deputy Head teacher to help lead, inspire and develop our school. Bellfield Infant School is a caring, inclusive school at the heart of our community. Our aim is to promote excellence in teaching and enjoyment in learning as the foundation for success in life through a broad and balanced curriculum.

We believe that we make a difference by creating a safe and stimulating environment where our children and families feel happy and secure.

We believe that children's well-being is at the centre of our life in school and the key to raising academic standards. This is supported by high expectations and by developing personal awareness, emotional literacy and social understanding.

Above all, we aim to develop confident children who are proud to belong to our community and who have a sound knowledge of their own value and purpose in the world, who can think creatively and with independence.

We have supportive and friendly staff and governors who are committed to maintaining high standards by achieving the best for all pupils. We are a two-form entry Infant school in Birmingham with capacity for 180 pupils, plus a nursery and day care setting for 2-4 year olds

Our vision is to:

Enable all children to achieve their full potential in a safe, welcoming and happy learning environment. We will strive to create children who are independent and confident lifelong learners equipped to meet the challenges of a changing future.

We can offer:

• Highly motivated and friendly pupils who enjoy learning
• A dedicated team, committed to the development of our children
• A supportive governing body dedicated to moving the school forward
• Parents and carers who want the best for their children in a diverse community
• A culture of reflective learning
• An inclusive school with amazing, diverse, well-motivated pupils
• A Senior Leadership Team focused on continual school improvement,
• A welcoming, friendly, hard-working team who are dedicated to making a difference to the children

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

• Leading our Early Years team
• Mentoring and Coaching including ECTs
• Curriculum and CPD
• Supporting the HT with strategic school development
• Timetables and Organisation including monitoring

We encourage applicants to visit our school

To arrange a visit to the school please call the school office on: 0121 464 4855

Closing date: 20^th January 2024 – 5.00pm

Shortlisting: 23^rd January 2025

Interview and Selection process:

Visits to applicants School – week commencing 3^rd February 2025

Interviews: 7^th February 2025

References will be requested prior to the interview process.

To apply please see application pack below

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 all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an 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.

Rehabilitation of offenders: 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.

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.