Assistant Headteacher: Teaching & Learning (Intervention & Assessment)

Hall Green School is a very popular, heavily oversubscribed and academically successful 11-16 Converter Academy. We are a highly diverse institution, both ethnically and as a fully accessible mainstream school, attracting pupils from across the city with physical disabilities. We have wonderful pupils who fully contribute to the school's caring ethos. Likewise, staff work hard to ensure "there is always an adult on hand whom they [pupils] feel they can talk to and who will listen to them (Ofsted 2025). As a school, we pride ourselves on being warm, inclusive and welcoming where positive relationships are at the end of what we do. The school is part of the newly formed West Midlands Academy Trust (WMAT) which opened in January 2025. As one of the three founding members, the school has been integral to forming the Trust’s mission: Relentless focus upon delivering an excellent Quality of Education, resulting in strong progress and attainment for all groups of pupils. Emphasis upon personal development and well-being for staff and pupils. We are seeking a colleague who: is an experienced, inspirational leader has a proven track record of achieving positive outcomes is energetic, resilient and good humoured cares about nurturing young people to be the best that they can be has excellent communication skills with an ability to develop colleagues is a collaborative team player. You will have responsibility for: leading on the school's teaching and learning strategy (assessment & reporting), exams, and intervention strategies ensuring opportunities are maximised to raise attainment levels being a strategic and supportive member of the core senior leadership team, playing a key role in the development of the school in providing the best possible opportunities for all pupils. This outline is not exhaustive and may change to meet the demands of the organisation and dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate. Most importantly, we are looking for a candidate who shares the school’s approach and commitment to the success and wellbeing of its young people. You are warmly invited to speak to the Headteacher and to make an appointment to visit the school in action. This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak and write fluently in English is an essential requirement for this role. 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. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974. I strongly