Deputy Head (Chief of Staff)

Millfield School is seeking an exceptional leader to join its Senior Leadership Team as Deputy Head (Chief of Staff). This pivotal role supports the Headmaster in ensuring the smooth daily running of the school, driving strategic planning, and fostering a positive teaching and learning culture aligned with Millfield’s vision and values.

The successful candidate will manage key operational and strategic priorities, including recruitment and retention of high-calibre educators, professional development programmes, and fostering partnerships with local schools and businesses. They will represent and deputise for the Headmaster as needed and handle highly confidential matters with diplomacy and discretion.

This role is ideal for an experienced, high-energy educator looking to make a significant impact in one of the UK’s most dynamic school environments.

Working at Millfield

With over 2000 employees and students of more than 70 different nationalities, Millfield is a progressive and diverse community, committed to recruiting and retaining the highest quality staff.

Millfield has high expectations of its staff and therefore, we look to reward them with generous salary scale increments and beneficial conditions of service. All teachers are offered membership of an externally administered private pension scheme and have longer holidays than the maintained sector. Class sizes are small (typical class sizes are 8-14) and most teachers have their own classroom. All teachers are issued with an iPad as part of our mobile learning project (there is a strong focus on the use of technology to support teaching and learning), and fee concessions are available across the prep and senior school.

Millfield’s outstanding grounds and facilities create an extraordinary campus which has inspired generations of students to immerse themselves in academic study, culture, and sport; beyond this, it also provides our employees with a beautiful and inclusive environment in which to work.

Millfield is a dynamic and incredibly rewarding place to work with a strong sense of community.

Applicants with a serious interest in the role are invited to arrange an initial discussion with the Headmaster, Gavin Horgan. Please contact Carly Anderton, Executive Assistant, via anderton.c@millfieldschool.com

Apply now and play a key role in shaping Millfield’s future.

Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 5th February 2025.

Millfield School is committed to providing a safe and inclusive environment for all. We are a community that celebrates diversity, supporting our pupils and employees to be brilliant as individuals.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Specific safeguarding responsibilities for this position are outlined in the job description. Offers of employment are subject to satisfactory safeguarding checks including, but not limited to Enhanced DBS clearance. All positions within the school are exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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