Deputy Head (Academic)
Sidcot School
North Somerset
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 1 September 2025 or earlier by arrangement
- Apply by:
- 11 March 2025
Job overview
We educate students rather than simply train them to pass tests. Take a look at our website to find out how we prepare children for a life of adventure: https://www.sidcot.org.uk
Job Summary: We seek an experienced candidate for the post of Deputy Head (Academic) to join us from September 2025. The successful candidate will oversee the academic curriculum, manage department and faculty heads, oversee the monitoring and tracking of student attainment, and ensure staffing levels are suitable and sufficient for delivering an extensive range of subjects across the school.
About You: The candidate will be an innovative and creative thinker with a demonstrable track record of successful leadership experience. They will be a compelling communicator with a strong strategic vision for the school's academic offerings. They will possess the gravitas and collegiality to work well with a committed staff team, Governors, and external stakeholders. A genuine resonance with Sidcot's Quaker values and ethos and a commitment to a holistic and well-rounded education are also desirable.
Sidcot School is a thriving independent day and boarding school set in glorious countryside just 7 miles south of Bristol Airport. Our Quaker principles encourage us to ‘Live Adventurously’ and we approach school life at Sidcot in a way that develops curiosity and confidence and a life-long love of learning.
Please click below to apply via our website:
https://www.sidcot.org.uk/jobs
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post
Attached documents
About Sidcot School
Sidcot School is a mixed, independent, all-through Quaker school and sixth form for pupils aged three to nineteen. It is located in Winscombe, Somerset, in south-west England, and has about 550 students on its roll.
The school can trace its history back to 1699, when it was founded by Quakers. However, it moved to its current site in 1808.
The school is a registered charity, and is administered by its governing body. At least half of these governors must be members of the Religious Society of Friends.
Headmaster
James Jones
Values and vision
The school is established on strong Quaker values, and this remains a key part of its ethos today. It places a strong emphasis on mutual respect.
Quakers believe “in living life adventurously and letting their lives speak”. In practice, the school says, that means teaching in a way that encourages individual thought, questioning and exploration. The school also aims to ensure that pupils have all the support they need to grow as individuals, and recognise and celebrated their talents.
The school welcomes students of all faiths and none.
ISI report
“Pupils of all abilities and ages achieve well. They make good progress, exceptional in some cases, enabled by good, often excellent teaching and an excellent curriculum and programme of activities. Many pupils achieve exceptional standards in art.”
“Pupils are good learners, working together with others very successfully and thriving when teaching encourages them to employ their highly developed sense of personal responsibility in their learning.”
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