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Deputy Head (Community and Co- Curricular)

Deputy Head (Community and Co- Curricular)

James Allen's Girls' School

Southwark

  • Expired
Salary:
Competitive Salary, commensurate with experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Autumn Term 2021
Apply by:
8 March 2021

Job overview

Deputy Head (Community & Co-Curricular) - for September 2021

An exciting new opportunity has arisen to join the Strategic Leadership Team of this top London day school. Diverse and dynamic, JAGS offers an exceptional education combined with excellence in sport and the creative and performing arts to over 1100 girls aged 4-18 years.

The  Deputy Head  Community & Co-Curricular  will be a well-qualified teacher with vision, gravitas, warmth and humour, who works positively within all areas of the school, who has a complete commitment to all-round education and who is passionate about building partnerships within the local community.

The Deputy Head Community & Co-Curricular will be an experienced leader  with outstanding skills of planning and organization, who is a strong communicator, decisive, a creative thinker with abundant problem-solving skills.

The Deputy Head Community & Co-Curricular will take key responsibility for the day to day logistics of the school and our place in the community, and forms one part of a team of three Deputy Heads who work closely and collaboratively to ensure the smooth running of this exceptional school.

We offer:

•  Competitive Salary, commensurate with experience.

•  A diverse benefit package including parking, gym membership and free lunches.

•  The opportunity to join one of the leading independent girls’ schools in the country.

Please visit our website  www.jags.org.uk/about/employment  to download  the  JAGS  Senior School Teaching Staff  Application Form  and  candidate pack, including  full  job description.

Letters and CVs only will not be accepted.  For further information please contact recruitment@jags.org.uk  or  James Allen’s Girls’ School, 144 East Dulwich Grove, London SE22 8TE.

Closing date:   Monday 8 March 2021

Interviews:   Longlist  interviews  will  take  place  on  Friday  12  March  2021  and  shortlist interviews during w/b 15 March 2021.

JAGS is committed to equality of opportunity, diversity and inclusion in our school community. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people are at the heart of everything we do and JAGS expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS report will be required for the successful candidate.

Reg charity No 1124853

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About James Allen's Girls' School

JAGS has been inspiring and educating pupils for over 270 years. We're the oldest girls' independent school in London. While we are proud of our history – it's made us who we are – we are very much a school of the present and the future. We celebrate the best of the old while embracing the latest innovations and technology.


Alex Hutchinson (Headmistress):

“The energy, the vibrancy, the friendships, the support networks - They all combine to build something very special”


Working at JAGS is more than just about working. JAGS is a community and a family that strives to create a warm and supportive environment for both the girls that come to learn here, but also for the staff that come to work here. From your first day at JAGS you will have access to some of the best facilities in the country and will be encouraged to take part in the many activities here.


We also offer:

  • A diverse benefit package including parking, gym membership and free lunches
  • An opportunity to join one of the leading independent girls’ schools in the country.
  • Generous Pension scheme
  • Free access to the Dulwich Picture Gallery
  • Cycle to work scheme


Working at JAGS is a great opportunity for anyone, whether a teacher, a gardener or an IT technician and we work with all our staff to offer development opportunities wherever possible. If you are interested in working at JAGS but can't see any current suitable vacancies, please do get in touch and express your interest in working with us.

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Applications closed