Deputy Head (Academic)
Newland House School
Richmond upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly competitive and in accordance with the leadership point commensurate with their experience.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 March 2019
Job overview
The Deputy Head (Academic) has a pivotal role within the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and plays a key part in maintaining and improving the School’s reputation for achieving high academic performance.
The successful applicant will be a first-class teacher with energy, enthusiasm, vision, ambition, good leadership skills, and a genuine interest in academic and related issues with a tenacity and intelligence to keep pace with the requirements of this challenging and rewarding role. S/he will be keen to innovate and demonstrate a passion for developing enthusiastic learners in both the student and staff body; someone with the vision and ability to understand the needs of the School, and how to successfully deliver them.
The post would suit someone looking to move to a Headship in due course.
The primary role of the Deputy Head (Academic) is to lead, improve and manage the academic provision at the school in order to provide a positive and happy learning environment where children can be curious, creative and inspired. The Deputy Head (Academic) will work closely with the Deputy Head (Pre-Prep) to ensure that there is academic continuity throughout the School. The post involves direct leadership of the Heads of Department (subject).
The Deputy Head (Academic) is on the Senior Leadership Team and has a key role to play in both the strategic development of the school and the day-to-day management of it. Members of the team are expected to have a knowledge of relevant issues affecting schools nationally and globally.
Responsible to the Head, the post holder is expected to uphold the main aims and ethos of the school. It is also expected that they will deputise for the Head in his absence.
We are looking to appoint from 1 September 2019.
The salary that we are willing to offer to the right candidate will be highly competitive and in accordance with the leadership point commensurate with their experience. You can enjoy a number of benefits in connection with your employment along with a very exciting opportunity to work in one of the outstanding Prep schools in the country. Subsidised staff accommodation may be available for the right applicant.
Applicants should complete the Newland House School application form and return to Alka Soni, HR & Compliance Manager by 8 a.m. on Monday, 25 March 2019. Early applications would be appreciated. In the statement of suitability in section 7, applicants should explain how they meet the essential and desirable criteria. Successful applicants will be invited for an interview, lesson observation and tour of the school on 28 March 2019.
The post holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom he/she is responsible, or with whom he/she comes into contact will be to adhere to and ensure compliance with the school’s Safeguarding and child protection policy at all times. If in the course of carrying out the duties of the post, the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the school he/she must report any concerns to the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead or to the Head. The post holder must possess an enhanced DBS check.
Newland House School is a successful, over-subscribed, flourishing co-educational independent day school for pupils aged from 3 to 13, based in Twickenham, in South West London. To give you a flavour of life at our school, please take a look around our website http://www.newlandhouse.net/
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About Newland House School
Newland House is a very special school. You only have to walk through the front door to experience its wonderfully friendly atmosphere and the great sense of purpose that symbolises so much of what is done here. Set in three buildings, it boasts a newly established Nursery, a Pre-Prep in a new, stylish and ergonomic building and a Prep which mixes the modern and traditional.
It is proud of its achievements, not only because children regularly win scholarships to some of the best independent senior schools in the country, but because their awards are not just academic but are for music, sport, art and all round ability too.
The school’s strength lies in the breadth of education it provides. Every child has the ability to succeed. Teachers find the areas in which they show promise and nurture them.
The sense of family and community and the mutual support between teachers and pupils is an especially strong feature of the school. Newland House School wants its children to be happy and self –confident, as well as having the desire to care for and respect others too.
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