Head of Junior School
Wimbledon High School
Wimbledon
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 9 November 2018
Job overview
With a prestigious history of educating girls to go out into the world and make a difference, WHS is an exciting and dynamic school, proud to be a beacon Girls’ Day School Trust school and with a worldwide reputation for pastoral and academic innovation and outstanding teaching and learning at every level.
Pioneers in the Creative Curriculum and with a clear agenda to promote cross-curricular learning across the school through its STEAM initiative, WHS embraces the joy of discovery and the great and ongoing adventure of learning.
Our girls achieve excellent results at every stage but more than that, they love to learn and they love being at school. That engagement, warmth and sense of community is at the heart of all we do.
The school is now seeking a forward-thinking, ambitious and imaginative Junior Head with great energy and a sense of fun to lead its Junior School and to play a key role in developing and delivering the whole school strategic vision.
The Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST) is the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, with 23 schools and two academies throughout England and Wales. Founded in 1872, the GDST now educates 19,000 students and employs 3,500 staff.
Further information on Wimbledon High School and the GDST can be found at www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net and www.gdst.net
A candidate brief can be downloaded from www.odgers.com/69262
Covering letters, CVs and application forms should be submitted by 12.00 on Friday 9 November 2018.
Wimbledon High School and the GDST (Registered Charity No. 306983) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About Wimbledon High School
An academically successful school, with meaningful partnerships placing us at the heart of our community, Wimbledon High School is a hub of intellectual activity, fun and laughter.
We are proudly a flagship school of the Girls' Day School Trust, experts in educating girls, from 4 to 18. We like to challenge and inspire our students through an innovative focus on 'play' in our Junior School and 'playful scholarship' in Seniors, which sees us embrace problem-solving, critical and disruptive thinking and creativity in and out of the classroom. It may seem a contradiction but at Wimbledon High we are as serious about play as we are about academic rigour – and indeed, believe that the one cannot exist without the other. A highly selective school, with outstanding results, our students do nine GCSEs and 3 A levels, giving them time and space to explore around, over and above the curriculum. We go off-timetable one afternoon a week for our partnerships work, which sees over 200 visiting pupils get involved in activities and which was noted as a significant strength of the school in our recent ISI inspection.
A vast array of co-curricular clubs and activities allow students to find their thing: passions and interests that they will take with them through life, as on their journey of discovery about themselves, they learn what is important to them. Excellent pastoral care, under our GROW programme, is embedded in everything we do; we teach girls to believe in their own agency and use their voices for good.
Our school aims:
Stepping in: we aim for every girl to feel known, supported, confident and able to shine at Wimbledon High.
Striding out: we aim for every girl to leave us prepared to shape the society in which she lives and works.
We will do this, across the school by:
· Encouraging resilience, independence and kindness
· Nurturing curiosity, scholarship and a sense of wonder
· Promoting excellent teaching and learning
· Running a broad, inspiring co-curricular programme
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