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Deputy Head of Lower School

Deputy Head of Lower School

Harrow International School Beijing

Beijing

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Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
August 2025
Apply by:
22 November 2024

Job overview

Essential requirements

  1. Be an outstanding role model within the Harrow Community.
  2. Uphold the highest professional standards of conduct.
  3. Respect for the views of parents and a commitment to the importance of the involvement of parents in the learning process.
  4. Uphold the values and ethos of the school by actively promoting an emotionally secure, warm, stimulating and safe environment appropriate to the needs of the individual pupils and their families.
  5. Evidence of a clear view about the future development of the Primary Education programmes, within the UK and internationally, and an ability to manage change.
  6. A detailed knowledge of Primary practice and policy gained through first-hand experience, strategic management and direct delivery.
  7. A clear understanding of the needs of young children and their developmental stages.
  8. Open to exploring innovative approaches from across the educational field
  9. Recent experience at Senior Leadership Level
  10. Minimum of 8 years recent teaching experience
  11. Recent experience of leading and managing change at a whole school level
  12. Bachelor of Education or Subject Degree with relevant teaching qualification e.g. PGCE plus Qualified Teacher Status (or equivalent).
  13. Substantial professional development which is relevant to the post and recent. 

Desirable

  1. Ability to lead change management
  2. Experience in Restorative Justice for schools
  3.  Teaching experience in an International School.  
  4. Teaching experience in an International School. 


Please download the attached job description for a full breakdown of the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role.

Please visit the Harrow Beijing careers portal to complete an online application.

https://career.aisl-edu.com/#Harrow_Beijing

AISL Education Group is committed to the safety and protection of children.

All employees are expected to comply with our School Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.

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About Harrow International School Beijing

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Harrow Beijing was established in 2005. A vibrant community, the school has inherited the 450-year history of Harrow School in London, and together with Harrow International Schools in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Haikou and Appi, Japan, it forms the Harrow Overseas Member Alliance. Harrow Beijing adheres to the concept of “Educational Excellence for Life and Leadership”, providing students from kindergarten to high school with high-quality courses that embody the excellent traditions from Harrow while integrating Chinese and Western culture. Harrow Beijing enrolls Chinese and foreign students and helps each student achieve academic excellence. Harrow Beijing has inherited the core philosophy of Harrow School, drawing on our British heritage and our Chinese context while fulfilling our educational mission of developing the global leaders of the future.

Harrow Beijing has two school campuses;

City Kindergarten campus

Our City Campus is nestled in a green and leafy community, purpose-built for Early Years and Year 1 children. This idyllic space enjoys wonderful facilities such as a fully kitted out Sports Hall and Dining Room, a wide range of play-based creative spaces including a Maker Space, Construction Zone, Dance Studio, Visual Arts Studio and Music and Drama Studio. It is a vibrant community where children thrive as they begin their lifelong learning journeys.

Hegezhuang campus (Year 2- Year 13)

Situated in a beautiful village, our Hegezhuang Campus has fully-customised classrooms with cutting-edge technology and thoughtfully designed, flexible learning spaces creating an inspiring environment for students from Year 2 upwards. In addition, our exquisite facilities include two libraries for Lower School and Upper School students respectively with more than 28,000 resources, a large multi-purpose theatre, a mini theatre, a black-box drama area, an arts centre and a music centre with a recording studio. In the sports hall, there is a 25-metre swimming pool, a gymnasium for badminton, volleyball and basketball, as well as a top-rope climbing wall. Outdoors, we have tennis courts and Astro-turf playing fields for football.

Academic Progression at Harrow Beijing

The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) at Harrow Beijing encourages pupils to be happy, independent and motivated leaders in their school environment.

Teachers plan for purposeful, play-based learning using the Harrow Early Years learning framework whilst also taking into consideration the individual needs of all of our learners.

A strong focus in the Early Years is on Social and Emotional development alongside key areas in Literacy and Mathematics including Phonics development. Daily classroom activities are supplemented with lessons in specialist subjects of Physical Education, Music, Drama and Mandarin.

In the Pre-Prep phase Years 2 to 5, children continue to develop essential literacy, numeracy, and Mandarin skills. Great emphasis is placed on the enjoyment of books and the teaching of reading and writing in both English and Mandarin, as well as emotional health and wellbeing. As students progress through the school they are introduced to a greater element of specialist subjects in Music, Physical Education, Drama, Art, Computing and Science.

The Prep phase Years 6-8 is modeled on the best practice of British Preparatory Schools and International Middle Schools, the Prep Phase is a blend of specialist-based subject teaching within the security of the Upper School. At the core of the Prep Phase are the subjects of English, Mathematics, Science and Mandarin. The students are also exposed to a wide and varied curriculum including Art, Drama, Humanities, Computing, Design and Technology, Music, Spanish and PE.

Our curriculum in the Senior School Years 9-11 is designed to build on the learning and skills students have developed in the Prep phase, and equip them for success in public examinations. Many of our courses take themes and skills from International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) and introduce them early to students. This provides a strong bridge into Year 10 and ensures students are well prepared to follow the courses of their choice. In Year 10 and Year 11 students follow the GCSE and/or IGCSE courses.

After IGCSE, students move into the Sixth Form phase of the School and prepare themselves for life at university. It is a two-year programme of linear A Levels with a wide range of subject choices. Students go on to study in top universities all over the world, and within China.

Enrichment

Much of what makes Harrow Beijing such a special place is the outstanding enrichment opportunities available throughout the school, which complement the academic curriculum.

Students will get to develop a range of lifelong skills through the friendships they make and interests they develop, which will prepare them for the demands of the 21st Century. They will be able to compete in a range of sports fixtures throughout Asia, build resilience through expeditions, experience the excitement of performing with musical ensembles and in school productions, and become global citizens through the International Award, community outreach programmes, and environmental societies to name just a few.

Teaching staff

Teachers are the backbone of the school where excellence is our expectation. Currently, we employ over 180 teachers principally coming from the UK, China, Australia, New Zealand, the US etc. All of our teachers are highly qualified and experienced experts in the disciplines they teach. The diversity of our teaching staff is a strength of the school and a characteristic of our community that we are extremely proud of.

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