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‘Pupils and staff share positive and respectful relationships. Pupils value the support staff give them. This motivates pupils to achieve well, and they do.

Harborne Academy continues to be a good school’. – Ofsted 2022

We believe that our staff are crucial to the success of Harborne Academy and are the people who will have the most impact on our success. By looking after our staff, we will maximise the life chances and opportunities for our students.

Ensuring our staff are supported and given the opportunities to develop is our priority.

Our staff are dedicated, passionate professionals who go above and beyond to ensure that students are safe, happy, learning and progressing. Staff well-being is paramount, and we strive for that work-life balance for all staff, whatever their role within the academy.

At the academy we have high expectations. We expect staff to challenge students and themselves. We set high standards and aim to display these in all that we do.

We are a great school to work in for a number of reasons:

  • Fantastic CPD with extensive professional development opportunities
  • A vibrant and exciting academy which is culturally and ethnically diverse.
  • Members of the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter (a declaration of support for, and a set of commitments, to the wellbeing and mental health of everyone working in education)
  • 1 paid absence staff day per academic year (to be used for weddings etc.)
  • 24 hours access to our Employee Assistance Programme that offer services like: virtual GP, stress coaching, counselling, physiotherapy sessions and many more
  • Flexible working on offer (period 1 or period 5 PPA for flexibility). Bespoke flexibility for support staff available.
  • Wellbeing comittee with a wellbeing fund available
  • Employee star of the month 

If you share our ambition to provide an exceptional experience for every child in the academy, please click below to see the current opportunities we have available:

We reserve the right to close vacancies early if we receive sufficient applications for roles. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Harborne Academy is committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair, robust, and consistent recruitment process which is in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, which may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.  

As part of our recruitment checks, an online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process, and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.

@@HarborneAcademy12:11 PM - 18th July, 2025 End of Year Assembly Congratulations to the students who won awards! Wishing all of our students, families and staff a lovely and rested break. pic.twitter.com/7BIswIgyCb
@@HarborneAcademy11:19 AM - 18th July, 2025 To see what's been happening at the academy this week, please read our newsletter via the link below:Read more
@@HarborneAcademy10:09 AM - 18th July, 2025 Yesterday, we had our summer fair. Thank you for all the effort and time taken to organise each event. We raised a massive £174.90 for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. pic.twitter.com/586FNofBv0
@@HarborneAcademy01:45 PM - 17th July, 2025 Students are having a fantastic time in Belgium. We look forward to welcoming them back to school tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/9pvybD0FvF
@@HarborneAcademy09:28 AM - 17th July, 2025 Students have been battling it out at this years Spelling Bee. Well done to everyone that took part and a huge congratulations to Hussainali for coming 1st place! pic.twitter.com/d0Wlf5G6Tj
@@HarborneAcademy09:16 AM - 17th July, 2025 Thank you to both students and parents for attending the final mental health event of this academic year. We raised £48 for Edwards Trust and had a lot of fun creating and flying our kites which is their symbol to represent the journey of grief, hope and healing. pic.twitter.com/tTAjD7g8XS
@@HarborneAcademy07:57 AM - 17th July, 2025 Good luck to Miss Matthews on her new adventure. You will be missed by us all! pic.twitter.com/TmhKyTbHpd
@@HarborneAcademy01:29 PM - 16th July, 2025 As a reward for excellent effort throughout the year, some of our year 10 students enjoyed a trip to Hollywood Bowl. Well done! pic.twitter.com/ogOrkOFedb
@@HarborneAcademy10:44 AM - 16th July, 2025 Our year 9’s did a great job with our new DT project, designing and soldering the components of these colour changing nightlights! pic.twitter.com/7hex4gQCpn
@@HarborneAcademy10:01 AM - 15th July, 2025 Yr9s have spent this term studying the play, 'Noughts and Crosses' based on Malorie Blackman's novel of the same name. Ms Matthews has challenged them to create a board game based on the text; they will then give a 'Dragon's Den' pitch. We look forward to finding out the winners! pic.twitter.com/GjyjqtaEVz
@@HarborneAcademy02:23 PM - 14th July, 2025 Congratulations for the excellent effort you have shown with Sparx. pic.twitter.com/zOq9ch73Je
@@HarborneAcademy01:34 PM - 14th July, 2025 Well done to year 8 for designing, casting and finishing their own jewellery mould. This was done using a variety of metal, smithing technique. pic.twitter.com/N5jvIQ0LUo
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