Location: Birmingham
Salary: MPS/UPS - TLR1 or Day Rate Equivalent PAYE
Start: January 2026
Contract: Full-time / Long-term Cover
Do you have what it takes to nurture today’s young people and inspire tomorrow’s leaders? Do you have the drive, passion and commitment to lead and deliver outstanding learning and teaching to young people in a disadvantaged community?
About The Academy, Birmingham
The Academy in Birmingham is a secondary school for 11 to 16 year olds which opened in 2019 and were graded as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by Ofsted during their first inspection.
They have an exemplary reputation for excellence in every aspect of school life. They provide a knowledge-based academic curriculum alongside a rich and diverse leadership programme that grows character and inspires charitable and social action.
Who they're looking for
They are looking for a SENCo with a proven track record of success in improving standards and raising pupil outcomes. They want to hear from talented middle leaders looking to extend their experience, and outstanding, ambitious teachers seeking their first middle leadership post.
As an experienced teacher, you will develop an exciting curriculum that suits every type of learner and have the resolve to make a real difference to the lives of our young people. The successful candidate will be a committed team player with excellent organisational and motivational skills.
You will be able to demonstrate the ability to lead a successful faculty drawing on your extensive teaching and leadership experience.
You will have:
1. A degree-level qualification and Qualified Teacher Status.
2. The ability to teach to GCSE standard.
3. The ability to coach and motivate colleagues to achieve individual and collective targets.
4. Experience of sustained delivery of outstanding attainment and achievement.
5. Experience of innovation and creativity to engage, enthuse and progress learners.
6. They cannot offer sponsorship for this position.
Why join Protocol Education?
7. Weekly pay through PAYE – no umbrella deductions
8. FREE access to our CPD Academy (including safeguarding and H&S training)
9. Local opportunities matched to your availability
10. Referral rewards when you recommend a friend
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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