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Secondary Headteacher

Secondary Headteacher

The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal

Nepal

Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
August 2023
Apply by:
23 March 2023

Job overview

Are you considering teaching overseas but want to work in a non-profit school?

Can you bring the best of UK good practice to an international setting?

Would you like to work with adventurous staff, a committed leadership team and children who want to learn?


“The school has succeeded in creating an uplifting sense of a self-supporting community. One  year 6 pupil stated, ‘Everyone cares for everyone else’ and another explained; ‘It's a big  community and it encourages you not to give up.’ Relationships throughout the school are  excellent; they provide a warm climate of care and trust in which motivation and learning  thrive.  “

BSO Inspection September 2023


The British School Kathmandu is seeking a Head of Secondary from August 2023. Leadership of the Secondary section of The British School Kathmandu means working with a dynamic and enthusiastic staff to continue to provide outstanding educational opportunities for our ambitious, internationally minded and compassionate students. The successful candidate will lead a team which includes an Academic Assistant Head and a Pastoral Assistant Head and will ensure that all staff continue to promote excellent academic progress and support student wellbeing. You will be leading the outstanding secondary school as it embeds existing strategies and already strong practices. 

The British School Kathmandu is a not-for-profit and a non-selective school, which has a rich history of educational excellence, compassion and kindness stretching over 55 years in Nepal. The British School Kathmandu has Primary and a Secondary sections and currently educates around 550 students from both local and expatriate families (aged 3-18) from over 40 different countries. Our students achieve excellent results, consistently well above UK averages, but more importantly, they are kind and a delight to teach.

The school is a founding member of the Federation of British International Schools in Asia (FOBISIA) and a  fully accredited member of the Confederation of British International Schools (COBIS). Our recent British Schools Overseas (BSO) inspection noted that “The British School in Kathmandu offers an outstanding education to the pupils and families that it serves.” 

Salary: competitive including annual flights, comprehensive medical cover, housing, freight allowance and gratuity.

Please submit a letter of application, a TBS application form, photograph & CV to Caro Drumm, Principal, The British School, Kathmandu by 9am KTM time on Thursday, 23rd March 2023 (early applications are highly encouraged). This can be completed and submitted either through our dedicated online application system: https://teachapply.com/tbskathmandu/application.php?emp=1105&pos=226 or you can send your documents directly to the school via: recruitment@tbs.edu.np. Long listed candidates will be interviewed via Skype/Zoom/Google Meet throughout the process. 

The British School Kathmandu is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures, including checks with past employers, a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check, a Prohibition Order Check and the successful application of an ICPC (International Child Protection Certificate). Our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are shared with all prospective candidates.

TBS does not discriminate with regard to race, colour, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, political opinion, or disability.


The British School Kathmandu

www.tbskathmandu.org


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About The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal

About The British School, Kathmandu, Nepal

Aims

The British School Kathmandu is an inclusive school where staff, students, and parents work together in a safe, caring, and internationally-minded community so that each achieves their optimum in terms of learning and emotional, social, physical, moral and spiritual development. In this partnership, we seek to develop healthy and happy, well-rounded individuals who are confident, thoughtful adaptable and able to embrace and influence an ever-changing world. Our students will act with integrity, care for communities and the environment, and seek social justice for all.  Our motto is 'Excellence at the top of the world'.

Overview

The British School, Kathmandu is a not for profit, non-selective, coeducational school.  Around 550 students from Early Years to Year 13 attend school in our unique campus in the historical area of Patan, surrounded by the Himalayan mountain range. Our community consists of families from over 40 different countries and together we help develop young people who strive for excellence and are kind, through an emphasis on challenge, creativity, confidence, compassion, and community.

School structure

The school is generally two form entry throughout. The Primary School and The Secondary School are each led by their own leadership teams with a whole-school Principal leading both.

The Leadership teams oversee the monitoring and tracking of progress of each student and are responsible for the high quality of teaching and learning, along with the outstanding pastoral care. From Year 4 upwards, every child sits a Cognitive Ability Test (CAT4s) which enables the staff to assess the progress of the students, map their strengths and weaknesses and personalise their learning journey, so that it is appropriately challenging.

All appointed staff are enthusiastic, energetic and fully committed to delivering a high quality British education. Educational advisors from the UK and Commonwealth visit the school to share their expertise on best current practices in education. Our most BSO Inspection Report (February 2016) stated “The British School, Kathmandu is an excellent school: it provides an outstanding quality of education and demonstrates an exceptional flexibility in meeting the learning and personal needs of its students”.

We are situated in the Jhamsikhel area of Patan, approximately two kilometres to the south of Kathmandu. There is a wealth of activities available from art and sport to good restaurants and a busy social calendar. Whilst Kathmandu is a city, on the edges of the valley and beyond there is a beauty which exceeds all expectations; as Rudyard Kipling said, "The wildest dreams of Kew are reality in Kathmandu”.

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