Head of Academic
St Cedd's School
Essex
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive and commensurate with skills and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2019
Job overview
Head of Academic
Required for September 2019
Applications are invited from skilled and dedicated teachers with excellent qualifications and experience for the post of Head of Academic at St Cedd’s School from September 2019. The post offers the opportunity to lead the learning in one of the most reputable 3-11 independent preparatory schools in Essex. The Head of Academic has responsibility for ensuring progression and high standards are achieved and maintained throughout the school from our youngest Pre-School learners to our 11+ leavers in Year 6. The Head of Academic is a member of the Senior Leadership Team alongside the Head, Bursar, Deputy Head and Head of Pastoral, and will have the opportunity to make a difference at both a strategic and day-to-day level in a thriving preparatory school. This post would suit both experienced leaders and those looking for their first senior role in a school.
The successful applicant will have a desire to ensure that every child achieves their individual best in the classroom throughout their time at St Cedd’s School and will facilitate this through successful leadership of Heads of Departments, ensuring progression throughout the different curricula in school, and by being a model classroom practitioner and ‘champion’ for learning across the entire age range.
A full application pack is available from the ‘Vacancies’ section of our School website (www.stcedds.org.uk ), by contacting the Head’s PA via email (alatham@stcedds.org.uk ) or by telephone on 01245 392810. Applications should be addressed to the Head, Mr Matthew Clarke.
Employees of St Cedd’s School have a responsibility for, and must be committed to, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and for ensuring that they are protected from harm. Appointment is subject to a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Closing date: 12 noon on Monday 4 February 2019
Interviews: Tuesday 12 February 2019
About St Cedd's School
St Cedd’s School is an independent coeducational school in Chelmsford for pupils aged 3 to 11. For more than 90 years, St Cedd’s School has offered a quality of education that is among the very best you will find, giving pupils the opportunity to aspire and achieve in a caring environment that nurtures talent, whilst preparing them for entry to a secondary education. St Cedd’s School provides a supportive ethos in which children are encouraged to work and play with enthusiasm; to fulfil their potential in a nurturing environment, and to experience a broad and balanced curriculum. Pupils’ academic achievement exceeds expectations for their age and results in national tests at 11 are well above the national average. The school is proud of its achievements across the breadth of curriculum offerings, starting with rapid progress in its EYFS setting and leading to success in 11+ entrance examinations to highly selective independent schools, scholarships and entries to grammar schools.
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