Deputy Headteacher
St John's College School
Cambridgeshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 6 May 2019
Job overview
This is an exceptional opportunity for an ambitious and hard-working middle manager or current Deputy Head to take on a major role in a large and successful Prep School. The current post-holder is moving to take on a Headship and the Deputy Headship at St John’s College School would suit someone looking to move on to Headship in due course.
St John’s College School is an independent co-educational school with approximately 470 children aged 4-13, which has long enjoyed a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides. It is an innovative school committed to fostering the aptitudes of each child in its care. Candidates are urged to study the school’s website (www.sjcs.co.uk) and ensure that their own educational philosophy resonates with the school’s aims and ethos.
The Deputy Head is a member of the Senior Management Team (SMT) and reports directly to the Head. He or she will deputise for the Head when required.
The Deputy Head is the Designated Safeguarding Lead for the whole school.
Please see the attached application pack for details of the job description and application notes. You can apply online via the TES website or complete the downloadable application form and send to recruitment@sjcs.co.uk.
Applications should reach the Headmaster no later than 12pm on Tuesday 7th May 2019.
St John’s College School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Attached documents
About St John's College School
Set in the heart of Cambridge, St John’s College School has long enjoyed and deserved a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides, which focuses on fostering the aptitudes and nurturing the growth of each child. St John’s has been awarded national Best Prep School and national Best Prep School Head awards in the Tatler Schools Awards. Its teaching has been rated ‘inspirational’ by the Independent Schools Inspectorate and it is the first of the very few to have achieved the coveted ‘exceptional’ grade for children’s attainment. At St John’s, we believe in a childhood filled with affection, in which children know that they are known and valued, in which they learn to trust themselves and each other, in which they find and express their voice, discover the difference they can make for themselves and others, learn to think for themselves, to question, to collaborate, to be independent, to own and take charge of their learning and their lives.
A curriculum that believes in children draws from them the highest and the deepest levels of attainment. Though we are not selective in our Kindergarten, our children are on average at the 85th centile on national tests or ability before they leave. Our exam results are outstanding and our 60 leavers gain on average around 25 scholarships to the strongest schools. Up to one-third of our past pupils in due course gain Oxbridge places each year, more than in the most academically selective of schools: our children continue to be exceptional learners.
The School is located in leafy Grange Road, a short walk across the playing fields from the centre of town and the College, at the heart of which sits the Chapel, home to the internationally renowned College Chapel Choir. The School site has undergone significant rebuilding or redevelopment in the last five years to ensure the facilities, layout and fabric of the buildings fully support the delivery of the School’s ethos.
The majority of children proceed at 13+ to day schools in Cambridge, each of which sets its own Entrance exams, predominantly in English and Maths. About one-third of the children proceed at 13+ to boarding schools via Common Entrance while others will proceed via Academic Scholarship examinations.
Please note that you are wholly responsible for fact checking in respect of the information provided by schools. Please also check for the latest visa and work permit requirements that may apply. Tes is not responsible for the content of advertisements or the policies adopted by advertising schools. Tes asks that all schools follow Tes' Fair Recruitment Policy.