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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.

@@HarborneAcademy04:05 PM - 14th March, 2025 To see what’s been happening at the Academy, please read our weekly newsletter via the link below or from our website.Read more
@@HarborneAcademy01:18 PM - 14th March, 2025 We are delighted to have welcomed Author Tom Palmer to the academy today. Students have enjoyed a wonderful assembly and literacy workshop. pic.twitter.com/sNN1PUVxHq
@@HarborneAcademy12:12 PM - 14th March, 2025 As part of our STEM Week, students from the University of Birmingham are working with a group of our Year 8 students coding and robotics program. Watch this space! pic.twitter.com/HHS7HQ9BEk
@@HarborneAcademy10:10 AM - 14th March, 2025 Good luck to our students taking part in the National Reading Champions Quiz today. We have received an encouraging letter from Preet Kaur Gill 😊 pic.twitter.com/mHuyOrhBkq
@@HarborneAcademy08:43 AM - 12th March, 2025 Year 8 students have been exploring African textiles, these hold cultural significance. They have carefully printed the carved Lino block on to fabric using their own designs. pic.twitter.com/MAT0ukYQww
@@HarborneAcademy12:37 PM - 11th March, 2025 Some of our year 7 & 8 students had a fantastic time visiting Harry Potter World last week! pic.twitter.com/NyyT3upHRe
@@HarborneAcademy11:02 AM - 11th March, 2025 Today, we welcomed Trench Brothers to Harborne. Students learned about the life of a WW1 Tommy and were able to handle and explore a huge range of artefacts. A fascinating day. pic.twitter.com/fiMJtg7Jkk
@@HarborneAcademy08:37 AM - 11th March, 2025 Year 10 students visited the George Marshall Medical Museum to consolidate their knowledge on surgery for their Health & the People unit.Students acted out amputations without anaesthetic, with anaesthetic, and then with antiseptic spray.Their acting was brilliant and historical! pic.twitter.com/6HwhxY5agD
@@HarborneAcademy10:32 AM - 10th March, 2025 Well done to our top scorers and Zephaniah! pic.twitter.com/LnZl1Gwo6y
@@HarborneAcademy10:31 AM - 10th March, 2025 Congratulations to this week’s stars of the week! pic.twitter.com/nOmJwDM0Qx
@@HarborneAcademy10:29 AM - 10th March, 2025 This week is British Science Week. 🔭🧑‍🔬🧪🧬 pic.twitter.com/wbmG5a1B16
@@HarborneAcademy03:54 PM - 7th March, 2025 To see what’s been happening at the Academy, please read our weekly newsletter via the link below or from our website.Read more
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