Start date: 1 September 2024 Contract type: Permanent Kings Heath Boys School Chamberlain Road B13 0QP Telephone number: 0121 464 4454 Headteacher: Mrs Marie Orton Do you want to be part of a fantastic team at a school going through an exciting period of expansion and development? Do you believe that character & experiences are just as valuable as personal achievements? Then Kings Heath Boys is for you. Kings Heath Boys is a school at an exciting stage of its journey with a new build development, which opened in September 2021. We pride ourselves on our balanced approach, which goes into breadth, depth and beyond. Our superb pastoral and inclusion teams ensure that we meet the individual needs of every learner. Kings Heath Boys School is a maintained school for 11-16 year olds. We have places for 792 pupils increasing to 840 pupils. From September 2024 the school will be changing designation from a single sex school to a coeducational school. Our students come from diverse backgrounds and it is the positive community cohesion in our school which we celebrate. We have high expectations of our students in terms of attendance, punctuality, effort and willingness to take an active role in school life. School fosters a happy, caring environment where students feel safe to achieve the very best they can. Strong partnerships exist between the school, the students, their families and the community. We find our students flourish at Kings Heath Boys because they feel supported, encouraged and enthused by all around them. This is an exciting opportunity and we hope that you feel you can make a difference to our journey. Visits to the school are encouraged to see us in action You will need to be: self-motivated and enthusiastic passionate about supporting students to achieve the very best they can able to inspire students, parents and staff be fully committed to providing a safe, caring and inclusive environment for everyone have excellent communication skills, emotional intelligence, resilience and tenacity Candidates are warmly invited and encouraged to visit the school, please contact Mrs C Holmes (HR & cover Manager) on 0121 675 5964 or c.holmeskhb.bham.sch.uk to make arrangements. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via e-mail. If you provide an e-mail address all correspondence will be by e-mail. Application forms can be found on our website www.kingsheathboys.co.uk Completed applications can be sent to c.holmeskhb.bham.sch.uk Download Application Pack or can be found on our website Completed applications can be sent to c.holmeskhb.bham.sch.uk Please note we do not accept CV’s 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.