Deputy Head
Terra Nova School
Cheshire East
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023 or January 2024
- Apply by:
- 13 February 2023
Job overview
The role of Deputy Head within a stand-alone prep school is a role like no other. We seek an excellent classroom practitioner who understands and appreciates the wonderful opportunities offered by a prep school education. The successful candidate will be expected to make a significant contribution to delivering the School development plan in conjunction with the Headmistress.
Terra Nova is a thriving prep school in the heart of Cheshire, rated ‘excellent’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in July 2022. Our shared vision is for every pupil to achieve their potential through a dedicated and highly skilled teaching team, a truly broad and balanced curriculum and academic rigour. We have ambition for every child in our care. We aim for quality in everything we do and we continually strive to develop our happy, inclusive and warm community. Parent partnership is extremely important to us to achieve our vision.
As a senior leader, the successful candidate will be inspirational, good with people, far-sighted, innovative and dedicated, as well as part of the Senior Leadership Team.
This is a superb career opportunity and your experience may well be from within the independent schools sector or the maintained sector. The ethos and culture of the School are welcoming, family-focused and fun, and allow individuals to thrive. Your effort and dedication will be appreciated by Governors, colleagues, parents and pupils alike.
A Standard Application Form and further details can be obtained from:
Emma Kidston, Head's PA, Terra Nova School, Jodrell Bank, Holmes Chapel, Cheshire CW4 8BT (Tel 01477 571251; Fax 01477 571646; email: emma.kidston@tnschool.co.uk)
Terra Nova School is an equal opportunities employer. Terra Nova School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced CRB Check.
Attached documents
About Terra Nova School
The School
Terra Nova is a leading Prep School for children age 2.5 to 13 years old. It is predominantly a day school, but offers an extended day in which children can stay for supervised Prep, tea, evening activities and overnight. There is, therefore, a thriving boarding community throughout the week.
From your very first visit, you will recognise that there is something special about Terra Nova School, with its successful blend of traditional values and fresh thinking and its wonderfully warm and welcoming atmosphere.
At Terra Nova we firmly believe that children who are happy and inspired succeed. Our broad curriculum, exceptional pastoral care and nurturing environment ensure that our children are both happy and inspired, and that they each develop their individual strengths.
For all at Terra Nova, academic success and good character are integral goals and in their attainment our children benefit from small classes, superb facilities and talented teachers. We are proud of the fact our children gain entrance to a wide range of the UK’s top independent schools and proud to say that their success thereafter is in no small part attributable to their fine start.
The children here take part in a wide variety of co-curricular activities and they each get the opportunity to participate in an array of sports, helping them to learn the importance of teamwork, build resilience and win and lose graciously. Throughout their time at the school, children are encouraged to try new experiences and take risks, which helps to build their self confidence, ignite passions and make lifelong friends.
We are fierce advocates of the traditional prep school model that allows our children to study with us until 13, preserving childhood until they reach their teens. However, whether leaving us at 13+ or at 11+, by the time our children move on to their senior school they are assured, motivated young people, well prepared to thrive and deal with the excitements and challenges that lie ahead.
I encourage you to come and visit us in our magnificent 35 acre rural setting, across from the awe-inspiring, internationally renowned Lovell Telescope, so that you can see for yourself what makes Terra Nova such an outstanding school.
For more information about Terra Nova and its successes please visit our web site at www.tnschool.co.uk
Christabel Westall
Headmistress
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