Vacancy Reference
JOB003455
Job Title
Deputy Headteacher
Job Start Date
1 September 2025
Salary Range
L16 to L20
Hours Per Week
32.5
School Address
Ward End Primary School
Ingleton Road
Birmingham
B8 2RA
Telephone number: 0121 464 5424
Contact Email
enquiry@wardend.org.uk
Contract Type
Permanent
Closing Date
12 May 2025, midday
Job Information

We are seeking a talented, creative professional who will support us on our journey towards a world class school.
Ward End Primary School is a Reading School, presently involved in developing Reading for Pleasure.
We are a four-form entry school with a BCC Autism resource base for 18 pupils.
We are interested in action research and evidenced based learning to refine and improve how we learn and work together. We are seeking to develop further as an outward facing school, accessing all that Birmingham has to offer.
The deputy head will be responsible for either Key Stage One and EYFS, or Key Stage Two.
The deputy head will be supported by an Assistant Headteacher within the key stage.

Visits to school are strongly recommended. Visit date 9 May.
This opportunity is not open to job share, it is a full time post.

Interviews: w/c 19 May 2025

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.
References
All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
Short-listed candidates
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.
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.
How to submit your application
Please note that offline application forms will not be considered - please submit an online application via the link above.