Assistant Associate Head for PSHE and Careers

About the Role

We are now seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward‑thinking teacher to provide exceptional strategic vision and operational efficiency in relation to our PSHE and Careers provision at King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls. The KEVIHS experience is built upon the twin pillars of scholarship and character education and this role encompasses both.

This role also comes with a position on the Schools Extended Leadership Team and is an ideal springboard to an appointment as an Assistant Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher in the next two years. It also affords the successful candidate the agency to plan and implement initiatives linked to curriculum and personal development. The post is available due to the promotion of the current incumbent.

Outstanding PSHE leadership is rooted in a strong moral and safeguarding imperative. The successful candidate will ensure our provision aligns clearly with the school’s values, safeguarding priorities, and wider curriculum intent. PSHE forms an integral part of our curriculum at KEVIHS across all key stages. The post holder will have responsibility for developing a spiral curriculum which builds knowledge, skills and personal literacy from Year 7 to Year 13. In addition, the lead for PSHE will ensure compliance with statutory requirements (Relationships, Sex, and Health Education).

As the designated Careers Lead in the School, you be required to provide a model for careers which is strategic, visible, inclusive, and measurable, with a relentless focus on improving pupils’ life chances. Our careers provision at KEVIHS is designed to enhance social mobility, the raising of aspirations and the closing of disadvantage gaps. Our programme is planned, not reactive and incorporates curriculum learning, personal guidance, and real-world experiences

About the Trust

The King Edward VI Foundation, Birmingham, is a progressive charitable organisation which has supported excellence in education across the city since 1552. Our schools are diverse in nature but have a common purpose and commitment to achieving our mission of “making Birmingham the best place to be educated in the UK”.

Our Academy Trust currently consists of two independent schools, six selective, and six nonselective academies. Our recent expansion into a wider diversity of local communities is enabling us to accelerate our strategies for improving the life chances of young people in Birmingham, whatever their background.

The King Edward VI Academy Trust Birmingham (“the Academy Trust”) was established in 2017 and is made up of the academies outlined above. The academies receive back office central support services including governance, from the Foundation Office (a central support services function), with several staff being seconded from the Foundation to deliver support services to the Academy Trust and the academies themselves.

Our highly focused five-year strategy aims to build on our existing strengths and heritage and deliver our ambitious growth strategy.

We are offering the successful candidate the opportunity to work in a thriving school with passionate and enthusiastic students who are dedicated to their learning and to become part of our committed, supportive and dedicated staff team. This is a fabulous community which is full of character; proud of our history and tradition whilst being forward thinking and creative. Staff and students thrive on extremely positive relationships underpinned by our expectations that everyone in our community should strive to be their best. We are committed to excellent teaching and learning in an environment where students relish the opportunities, they are given to master the subjects they are studying, are willing to take risks and enjoy the intellectual challenges this brings. We develop staff and students who have the desire and courage, combined with the emotional, intellectual and practical capacities to change the world in ways that might be great or small but are always for the better. We are a happy and caring school which values and takes pride in diversity and celebrates individuality.

We are looking to appoint someone who believes passionately about making a difference to the lives of every student and who does so with integrity, humility and relentless positivity.

If our vision, ethos and ambition match your own philosophy, please download the , information for applicants and person specification from our website to find out more about the role and the school and how you can fit with our vision and values. Visits are welcomed and encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the Head’s PA, Mrs S Harvey.

To apply, please complete the Academy Trust application form including the names and addresses of two referees, to the Headteacher Mr D Goodwin.

CVs will not be accepted.

Please also use the statement section of the application form to explain the ways in which your experience to date has helped to prepare you for this role and how you would seek to contribute through this role to our vision and ambition.

How to Apply

A full and an application pack for this post, can be found at:

or can be obtained from:

King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls

Rose Hill Road

Handsworth

Birmingham

B21 9AR

Tel: 0121 554 2342

Email: [email protected]

The Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham is an educational charity supporting eleven schools and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

CHARITY NUMBER: 529051