Head
Maltmans Green School
Buckinghamshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or September 2026
- Apply by:
- 13 June 2025
Job overview
The Governors of Maltman’s Green Preparatory School are seeking to appoint a Head to succeed Mrs Jill Walker, on her retirement.
Maltman’s Green is a thriving Independent Preparatory School, renowned for its high academic achievement with a proud legacy of pushing the boundaries of female education. The School provides a nurturing environment where every pupil is encouraged to face challenges and take risks, developing resilience and confidence to prepare them well for the challenges ahead.
The Governors are enormously grateful to Mrs Jill Walker who has led the School so successfully. They are now looking to appoint a forward-thinking, innovative and visionary Head to succeed her on her retirement at the end of the Spring Term 2026. They are seeking someone with a proven background of leadership and senior management, who will underpin the Maltman’s Green’s guiding principle that “Better Never Ends”.
The Governors will be looking for an energetic, eloquent, and empathetic leader who relishes the interface with parents. The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker, passionate about teaching and learning, and particularly committed to providing excellent education for girls. The School takes great pride in offering pupils a broad and enriching curriculum, delivered with a steadfast commitment to excellence. Children are exceptionally well prepared for transfer to Buckinghamshire grammar schools, as well as prestigious independent day and boarding schools, so an understanding of the complexities of senior school transfer in this area will be paramount.
The new Head will join a strong, established school with exciting opportunities to consolidate its current provision and extend its reach in the current market.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive remuneration package with a salary commensurate with the seniority of the post and the experience of the successful candidate. Private medical insurance and fee remission for the Head’s children is offered (subject to suitable places being available in the School).
A three-bedroom house in the grounds of the School is also available if required. Pension arrangements are offered via a defined contribution scheme, with employer contributions up to 17.5%.
Further information and an application form can be downloaded from RSAcademics’ website: www.rsacademics.com
Potential candidates wishing to discuss the post confidentially are invited to contact:
Louisa Barham, Search Consultant: louisabarham@rsacademics.com
Diana Watkins, Senior Advisor: dianawatkins@rsacademics.com
The closing date for applications is 10.00am on Friday 13th June 2025
· Maltman’s Green Preparatory School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
· This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
· The safeguarding responsibilities of the role are indicated in the candidate information.
· RSAcademics is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools.
About Maltmans Green School
- Maltmans Green School
- Maltmans Lane, Gerrards Cross
- Buckinghamshire
- SL9 8RR
- United Kingdom
The School was established at Maltman’s Green in 1918 when the Drummond family, who owned the estate, decided to move to a more manageable home. Initially, Maltman’s Green was a Boarding School for girls to the age of 18 but in 1958 it became a Preparatory School and accepted day pupils. Gradually the demand for boarding places decreased and boarding was phased out by 1995. At this juncture, the Nursery unit was established.
Maltman’s Green now has in excess of 300 day girls between the ages of 3 and 11 years. It is a non-selective Charitable Trust, administered by a Board of Governors. The majority of the Governors are past parents of Maltman’s Green. The Headmistress is a member of IAPS.
Maltman’s Green wants the very best for all of its pupils. The prime aim is to provide high academic standards within a broad education, which will ensure that the potential of each individual girl is fully realised. This can only be achieved within a happy, caring environment where girls are encouraged to value themselves, to respect others and to contribute to the life of the community.
The School serves the needs of all the girls by providing a breadth of education that will give a firm foundation for the next stage, and prepare them fully for the challenges and opportunities offered to young women in the modern world. Maltman’s Green aims to foster desirable personal qualities such as self-reliance, confidence and respect for others, but perhaps the most important feature of the School’s approach is the attention given to individuals. Each girl is helped to discover and develop her own talents and strengths, and areas of weakness are redressed.
Class sizes are from 16-20, and the School has a good pupil: teacher ratio. Many of the lessons are taught by specialist teachers in small groups, in subject rooms designed for the purpose. The staff of committed professionals have been appointed not just for their academic qualifications but because they demonstrate real concern for young children. The School aims to instil courtesy and common sense in a framework of firm, but kindly discipline.
The School takes a lively approach to education; because a child’s natural curiosity can sometimes be her best teacher. A wide variety of teaching methods, mixing the best of old and new, is used to support an extensive, modern curriculum. Girls take pleasure in the content and presentation of their work, and the School achieves consistently strong academic results.
It is the School’s hope that all girls leave Maltman’s Green, not simply with excellent examination results, but also with a real enthusiasm for learning. It is also hoped that they will leave with fond memories of growing up and making friends who will be retained long after they have moved on.
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