Staff Development Opportunities

At Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School, staff have opportunities to progress in their careers within the school environment. Please see the biographies of members of staff who have excelled during their time at TIBHS.

Muhammed Patel – Assistant Principal 

Since TIBHS’ inception over seven years ago, I have been moulded by the core principles and foundations of our school. My commitment and dedication towards the school and what it stands for is a reflection of what I have learnt from the school itself. The school’s vision in empowering the young men with outstanding education to transform their lives and enhance their social mobility has motivated me to upscale my own standards. 

I am forever indebted to the school for nurturing not only the young people we serve, but the phenomenal degree of investment in the future perspectives of individuals like my colleagues and I.  

Starting as an LSA in 2012, I have seen rapid development, growth and learning in my day to day practice. The remarkable investment in my professional and personal journey has been humbling to say the least. The school’s leaders have an amazing eye for detail and that translates in to every facet of the school. I have been given ownership to lead projects, initiate new ideas, strategise concepts and then praised when they have been executed well, supported when tweaks were needed but never demoralised or made to feel unworthy.  

If anything, I feel that the contribution to my development, even as a person, has been hugely down not the school and its leaders. Hence, why I wanted to undertake leadership in order to give back a little to an organisation which has given me so much. Not only that, I feel the school gives me a sense of belonging with its unwavering values and its relentless pursuit for excellence and phenomenal friendships we have forged here.  

Zubair Ahmed – Assistant Principal

The journey started in April 2012 when I was employed as Head of Year 8 at the newly formed Tauheedul Islam Boys’ High School. Despite not having extensive experience in pastoral care, I was buddied up with Heads of Year at our sister school Tauheedul Islam Girls’ High School. Their extensive knowledge, experience and guidance provided me with a solid grounding in pastoral care and allowed me to develop as a Head of Year.  

In January 2014, an opportunity was provided to me to move into teaching which was my passion. Again, with limited experience of the classroom, I was greatly supported by Senior and Middle Leaders in developing my pedagogical skills, assessment for learning and classroom management. This support developed me immensely and propelled me to a newly created post of Deputy Director: Humanities. This was a phenomenal opportunity saying that I had only been in a school setting for a little over 2 years.  

This new role allowed me to take on challenges which I had not previously encountered such as managing a group of teachers, preparing schemes of work, scrutinising data, and holding people to account. Again, with continuous guidance from Senior Leaders and the Director of Learning: Humanities, I developed and refined my leaderships skills. Having spent six months in this role, an opening for the Director of Learning: Humanities came, and I was promoted to run the full faculty, leading Geography, History, RS, Life Skills.   

This role proved to be extremely challenging due to the sheer number of subjects and staff to manage. However, regular training of various aspects of the job, meetings with the senior leader and networking with other Star Schools helped develop my leadership skills and honed my leadership skills.  

I continued to work and develop as a leader of the faculty until April 2019 when the school advertised for an Associate Assistant Principal for Curriculum, Data and Standards role with a view to promotion to Assistant Principal in one or two years as part of its succession planning strategy. I had a natural passion for data and curriculum design, so when the opportunity came long, I snapped it up.  was promoted to this role after a rigorous interview process which highlighted areas of development. These areas were addressed through 1:1 support from the Vice Principal through weekly meetings, dedicated CPD on key aspects of the job and access to Trust expertise. This supported me tremendously and allowed me to progress to my current role of Assistant Principal for Curriculum, Data and Standards.   

I am referred to by the Principal as ‘Home Grown Talent’ – an individual who started as a Head of Year in 2012 and although living and embracing the STAR and therefore Tauheedul Boys’ values through and through, with a number of rapid and accelerated progression I have now secured a place at the Senior Leadership table of an outstanding high performing school. I can honestly say that each day for me is amazing, as I absolutely love walking in a forward thinking, academically driven outstanding school which is always striving for excellence.  

TIBHS is the place to be!