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Deputy Head

Deputy Head

Warminster School

Wiltshire

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
April 2018
Apply by:
5 November 2018

Job overview

Following the appointment of Rick Clarke to the headship of Frensham Heights, Warminster School seeks to appoint an innovative, ambitious and energetic deputy head for April or September 2019. The successful candidate will have significant middle management experience, persistence, stamina and optimism. Experience of boarding is also essential.  He or she will be a member of the Senior Leadership Team and planning to move onto headship in due course.

Warminster School has gone from strength to strength in recent years and under a new Head (from September 2019), there will be an exciting opportunity to help build on this success and develop their own style of leadership. The role will include significant strategic, as well as operational, responsibility. An ability to lead from the front and to build relationships is vital. The successful candidate will be expected to live in school accommodation and to teach a reduced timetable in any subject.

For an application pack please contact the Headmaster's PA, Jenni Croft, on jblair@warminsterschool.org.uk.  Closing date is Noon on Monday 5 November, 2018. 

About Warminster School

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+44 1985 210100

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Warminster is a co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 3 to 18 in the South West of England. Life at Warminster is a busy one, filled with academic and co-curricular activity, discovery and adventure.

Our aim is simple: to inspire a life-long love of learning in those around us. So every day we use our expertise, ingenuity and enthusiasm to do just that. All children enjoy and are good at something; a school's job is to help them find and nurture their talents. Our experienced teaching staff continually encourage academic aspiration and learning. We strongly believe that a passion pursued now will offer untold opportunities for the future.

Every child is encouraged to aspire academically and to enjoy their learning. We are proud that our pupils not only fulfill their academic potential but are challenged to develop an intellectual curiosity and to have lively minds. These are habits that last a lifetime.

Young people today face an unpredictable world but there are certain timeless aspects of a genuine education. We place strong emphasis on character and values and we want our pupils to leave as well-rounded, well-mannered, self-confident, articulate and fundamentally decent people with a sense of duty and integrity.

Pastoral care is the most important aspect of any school: a child who is happy and feels safe can flourish and Warminster is committed to providing a secure and supportive pastoral environment. Living and learning with each other requires good social skills and we also place strong emphasis on the importance of ‘social learning’, along with qualities such as tolerance, patience and compassion.

We offer a wide range of co-curricular opportunities and experiences, and foster a culture of enthusiasm, optimism and ‘getting stuck in’. We prepare our pupils for life beyond school - at university and in the world of work. Most of all, though, we are a community, in which each boy and girl is valued and nurtured on the basis of who they are, whatever their age, natural gifts or background.

The International Baccalaureate Diploma is offered as an alternative to A Levels in our thriving Sixth Form. The Diploma provides a range of academic choices within a challenging and stimulating curriculum, together with a wide variety of practical activities which invite creativity, action and service.

Warminster School is located in the town of Warminster in Wiltshire – a peaceful and attractive rural setting, on the edge of Salisbury Plain. With good road and rail links we are a little under two hours from London by train and within easy reach of Bath, Bristol and Salisbury.

For more information please visit www.warminsterschool.org.uk 

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