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Deputy Head (Warwick Junior School)

Deputy Head (Warwick Junior School)

Warwick School

Warwickshire

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Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2021
Apply by:
18 March 2021

Job overview

Warwick Junior School have a rare opportunity for a Deputy Head to join them from September 2021. The successful applicant will play a key role in supporting the Headmaster with the smooth daily running of the school and work with the Director of Studies and Head of Lower School in leading change and improvements. Warwick Junior School have over 260 boys on roll with three forms in each year group. The majority of our intake transfer from  Warwick Prep School at 7+ with selective entry for external candidates. Nearly all our boys transfer at 11+ to Warwick Senior School.  

We wish to appoint an outstanding individual, able to inspire and motivate both colleagues and boys. The Deputy Head is a key member of our academic and pastoral team. We seek not only an outstanding classroom practitioner but someone able to deal with parents, boys and colleagues with integrity, experience and kindness. Whilst the post inevitably involves challenges and an ability to manage difficult situations, we require our Deputy Head to stay calm, positive and be a consistent role model to all in our community. 

For further information on this role or an application form please visit www.warwickschool.org (follow links to Contact Us then Employment Opportunities) or contact the HR Department on 01926 735413 or email hr@warwickschools.co.uk. 

Completed application forms should be sent to hr@warwickschools.co.uk.

Closing Date: 9am Thursday 18th March 2021

Long-list Teams Interviews: Tuesday 23rd and Thursday 24th March

Short-list Interview: Tuesday 30th March


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+44 1926 776400

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The oldest boys' school in England, Warwick School has been in continuous existence at least from the days of King Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042-1066) when the fledgling town possessed a school under the tutelage of All Saints' Church. The earliest appearance of Warwick Town in history is in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle under the year 914, and this has long been taken as the date of the foundation of Warwick School. 

Very little documentary evidence exists before 1545, when King Henry VIII established, i.e. presumably re-founded, the "King's New School of Warwick." The premises were then in the Guild Hall which then became part of the Lord Leycester Hospital. 

Between 1697 and 1879 the school was run in the old college of the Vicars Choral in St Mary's churchyard, and was predominantly a day school. The education, typically for the time, emphasised the classics above all. 

The move to the open fields site south of the River Avon eventually brought about a steady rise in numbers – in 1878 there were 44 boys in the school, and by 1906, 110. In that year a merger with the Middle School in Warwick esulted in the modern name of Warwick School being adopted, rather than The King’s School. 

Numbers in the 1930s reached 350, with 18 staff and a sixth form of about 40. 

By the 1960s there were over 750 pupils and 45 staff. This expansion in numbers, together with a broadening of the curriculum, produced a continuous demand for new buildings. The original Science Block of 1905 survives in its third guise as the modern music department. More modern buildings included the Memorial Gymnasium, 1957, the Guy Nelson Hall and Languages Block of the early 1970s. 

Over the past 25 years significant investment has been spent on improving the facilities and accommodating an ever increasing school roll. A new sports pavilion, theatre, a state of the art science building and teaching block have provided new and spacious accommodation and a new school hall is nearing completion.

In 2014 the school celebrated its 1100th anniversary, which provided a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the history and success of the school with all of its dedicated staff and governors, pupils and parents, as well as strengthening our links with the wider community.

The reputation of Warwick School in the local area and beyond has led to the recruitment of excellent staff and pupils and this in turn has resulted in record exam results, outstanding achievements in music, drama and sport and an ever growing programme of extra-curricular activities. The school prides itself on its strong sense of identity and its ability to provide an outstanding all-round education to a wide mix of boys. 

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