Deputy Rector

Following the current incumbent’s promotion to headship, Dollar Academy, one of Scotland’s leading independent schools, is seeking a new Deputy Rector. The school has been at the heart of Scotland’s educational development for the past 200 years.

Reporting to the Rector, the Deputy Rector will have responsibility for the day-to-day running of the school and will work across a full range of operational and strategic matters.

With a collaborative and enabling style, they will be able to bring out the best in those around them.

Along with the Rector, Bursar, and four Assistant Rectors, the Deputy Rector is part of the school’s Senior Staff Group (SSG). 

Currently, the Deputy Rector:

• has responsibility for the day to day running of the school, deputising for the Rector when required;
• oversees the annual performance review of academic departments, the co-creation of targets, and the subsequent setting of departmental budgets;
• produces the school development plan;
• is the UCAS organiser, leading a team of advisers, and representing the school at HMC UCAS and other related meetings;
• oversees Boarding in liaison with the Senior Houseparents, answering to the Care Inspectorate and chairing Houseparents’ meetings;
• has oversight of the co-curricular programme, its resourcing and staffing;
• authorises trips and tours and reviews risk management measures;
• publishes key policy documents and guidance for pupils, parents and staff;
• is involved in matters relating to staff: their wellbeing, attendance, duties and regulation;
• works with the Parents’ Association in support of the school;
• plans of a number of major school events such as Prizegiving, and the biennial whole-school Sponsored Walk and Careers Convention;
• organises Parents’ Evenings;
• is responsible, with the Guidance staff, for dealing with more serious matters of pupil discipline, including suspensions.

For further information please visit www.dollaracademy.org.uk