Director of Marketing and External Communications
St George's School
Ascot, Berkshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- St George's operates its own generous salary scheme
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
Required to start as soon as possible.
St George’s is an independent boarding and day school with approximately 270 pupils aged from 11-18 years about 45% of whom are boarders (both full and tailored) and with a Sixth Form of approximately 80 pupils.
We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community. Visitors are impressed by our facilities within a beautiful setting and the ambition of our educational provision, but most of all they are delighted by the girls who are truly special.
Our unique extended day allows all girls the time and space to foster confidence, independence and academic curiosity through our Connected Curriculum, which provides a future-facing education exclusively for girls in a world that was not designed for girls. The Connected Curriculum is an extra programme for study and enjoyment that introduces the girls to contemporary subjects and topics, through speakers, workshops, classes and visits.
Our academic results are impressive, with the ‘value-added’ in public examinations a real strength. We understand how girls learn effectively and we regularly add at least one grade higher at GCSE and A Level than baseline testing would suggest. Our pupils achieved the following results in 2021:
A Level: 77% A*-A, 100% pass rate, GCSE: 60% 9/8 , 78% 9-7, 100% 9-4
Over the past two years at GCSE, St George’s has been placed in the top 5 to 10% of schools nationally for value added.
St George’s offers an education that is grounded, relevant and fosters employability.
The school operates as an Educational Trust administered by a Board of Governors, is a member of the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), Boarding Schools Association (BSA), and is ISC accredited.
St George’s is seeking to appoint a full-time Director of Marketing and External Communications.
This is a newly created role for an enthusiastic and dynamic marketing professional to lead St George’s into the next phase of the School’s brand evolution. St George’s has always enjoyed a strong brand reputation within the sector and now seeks to further define its position in a highly competitive market, by driving brand awareness to attract pupils and building and developing its reputation amongst stakeholders and the wider community.
The Director of Marketing and External Communications (DMEC) will be line managed by the Head on a day to day basis and will also work closely with the Director of Admissions and the three Deputy Heads (Academic, Pastoral, and Co-curricular and Connections). The role of the Director of Marketing and External Communications is currently supported by a part time Digital Marketing Assistant.
St George's operates its own generous salary scheme and the successful candidate will be auto-enrolled into the School's defined contribution pension scheme. There is free on-site parking and lunch is provided free of charge during term time; staff can use the School's sports facilities at allocated times.
Full details of this vacancy can be viewed on the School's website: www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
How to apply:
Letters of application to the Head, Liz Hewer, should be no more than two sides of A4 and, together with the completed application form and confidential cover sheet (both available from the School's website), should be emailed to recruitment@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
St George’s School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children at the School. Therefore, this appointment will be subject to a successful disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. This will give details of all spent and unspent convictions and other recordable matters. A policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available, if required, from the School Office. The supplied references will be taken up and the School may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications. A medical questionnaire will be required to be completed by the successful candidate.
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About St George's School
St George’s is a girls’ independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 years. We are located approximately 25 miles west of central London on a beautiful, leafy 30 acre site, within walking distance of Ascot High Street. We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community and visitors often comment on the perceptible supportive and cheerful atmosphere.
Most girls join St George's in Year 7; there are around 35 girls in each of the first two years and we keep class sizes deliberately small so that each girl is individually known. An additional class is added at Year 9 with girls joining from 13+ prep schools and girls may also join in the Sixth Form, and occasionally in Year 8 and Year 10.
We believe that a happy and successful school is one where all pupils have the opportunities to develop their strengths. The richness of opportunities within and outside the classroom are fundamental elements of the St George's experience. This allows the girls to foster the confidence, independence and academic curiosity that lead to success.
Our academic results are impressive, with the 'value-added' in public examinations a real strength. We understand how girls learn effectively and we regularly add at least one grade higher at GCSE and A Level than baseline testing would suggest. As the girls progress through the school, bespoke advice on subject options, universities and careers as part of a thorough academic tracking process, gives each girl and her parents a sense of where her strengths lie and where she should be heading.
We also offer an extensive range of opportunities, clubs and activities with a significant focus on the arts, music and sport. The girls work hard and play hard, they value each other's abilities and there is a positive an supportive pastoral and boarding ethos.
St George's is a place where girls flourish academically, creatively, physically and morally , a place where risks can be taken, lessons are learnt and challenges are welcomed. We strive for the very best for our girls and by developing their love of learning, their academic potential and their individual talents, we are able to nurture them to become happy, responsible, well balanced and resilient young women in the twenty-first century.
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