Assistant Head Sixth Form
Tonbridge School
Kent
- New
- Salary:
- A highly attractive package is offered, including salary on the School’s own scale and a competitive allowance.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2027 or September 2027
- Apply by:
- 30 November 2026
Job overview
Following the School’s recent announcement that Tonbridge will introduce a co-educational Sixth Form, welcoming its first cohort of girls as day pupils in September 2028, we are seeking an exceptional leader to join us as Assistant Head Sixth Form.
The Assistant Head Sixth Form will play a central role in shaping this transition, ensuring that every pupil benefits from an outstanding educational experience and that the Sixth Form continues to flourish as a place of academic excellence, personal growth and ambitious futures
As a member of the Extended Senior Team, the successful candidate will contribute to the strategic leadership and management of the whole school while taking responsibility for key aspects of Sixth Form provision, including pupil induction, pastoral care, wellbeing, safeguarding, pupil leadership, and the co-ordination of programmes and initiatives that enrich the Sixth Form experience. The role plays a particularly crucial role in overseeing the pastoral wellbeing of girls in the Sixth Form, ensuring that there is suitable provision for them in the academic, pastoral and co-curricular life of the School.
A highly attractive package is offered, including salary on the School’s own scale and a competitive allowance.
The School is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We are committed to attracting and retaining the very best staff.
Applications should be received by: Monday 30 November 2026 at 9am
We reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date, therefore early applications are encouraged.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. A DBS Disclosure is required to Enhanced Level.
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About Tonbridge School
Tonbridge is one of the leading boys’ boarding and day schools in the UK and is highly respected, both here and internationally, for providing a world-class education. It occupies an extensive site of 150 acres in Kent – just a 40-minute train journey from London Charing Cross. There are some 800 boys in seven Boarding Houses and five Day Houses. One of the key strengths of Tonbridge is that it blends tradition and innovation successfully, with high achieving boys wearing their gifts lightly.
The School is renowned for its excellent teaching and for academic achievement. Each year exam results at GCSE and A-level are outstanding, with boys progressing to leading universities including Oxford, Cambridge and Russell Group institutions: the large majority securing their first-choice destination. Tonbridge leavers have also recently gained places (and scholarships) at top US institutions including Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Dartmouth, Northeastern and UC Berkeley and, worldwide, at universities in Austria, Australia, Canada, China and Hong Kong.
Pastoral care is based around an outstanding House system. Strong and positive relationships between boys, staff and parents are central to its success, and the School strives to ensure that each pupil, whether a boarder or a day boy, feels fully at home and well supported. Tonbridge was the first school in the UK to put mindfulness on the curriculum for all Year 10 pupils. There is also a vibrant programme of Co-Curricular breadth and depth, with a wide range of societies covering everything from Beekeeping to Ultimate Frisbee. The School has a strong commitment to widening access and is striving towards doubling the number of boys who receive means-tested fee assistance to be 80 to 100 boys by 2028.
Tonbridge encourages its students to make connections – connections between academic subjects, between different sports and activities, between people, between cultures: with the aim of producing fine minds and good hearts. The School’s ethos is summed up in just two words: ‘Only Connect’.
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