Deputy Head (Academic)

Our school has a proud tradition of academic excellence coupled with a strong emphasis on providing first-class pastoral care in a happy and purposeful community.

The Deputy Head (Academic) has a pivotal role within the Senior Leadership team and plays a key part in maintaining and improving the School’s reputation for achieving high academic performance.

The successful applicant will be a first-class teacher with energy, enthusiasm, vision, ambition, good leadership skills, and a genuine interest in academic and related issues. They will have a tenacity and intelligence to keep pace with the requirements of this challenging and rewarding role. S/he will be keen to innovate and demonstrate a passion for developing enthusiastic learners in both the pupil and staff body; someone with the vision and ability to understand the needs of the School, and how to successfully deliver them.

This post will suit someone who is keen to move on to Headship in due course.

The post merits a salary commensurate with the importance of the role and the successful applicant's relevant experience.

We are planning to arrange interviews in the week beginning 9th September 2025 although applications will be reviewed and shortlisted on a rolling basis and we reserve the right to interview, appoint and close the advert early depending on the volume of applications we receive. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment. We will only be contacting those candidates who have been selected to progress to the next stage of the process.

Please note we have very limited parking facilities onsite.

Newland House School is a successful, flourishing co-educational independent day school for children from 4 to 13 years, based in Twickenham in South West London. Completed applications should be sent to Alka Soni, Head of HR and Compliance by the closing date.

Newland House School values diversity, equity and inclusion for its pupils and staff. We want our community to feel valued and respected, so we are working hard to build an inclusive culture which celebrates diversity in different forms to reflect the community we serve. We believe that having a diverse workforce offers different perspectives which helps us to work towards our shared vision.

Newland House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include: 

•         To liaise with parents.

•         To promote the general progress and well-being of individual pupils.

•         Encourage pupils’ participation in other aspects of school life.

•         To be vigilant in preventing bullying and work swiftly to resolve incidents of bullying, following the school’s Anti-Bullying Policy.

•         To promote and safeguard the welfare of the pupils.

•         To maintain a constant awareness of all issues relating to child protection.

•         To alert staff members to problems experienced by pupils and those concerned with the welfare of individual pupils after consultation with the appropriate staff.

This role amounts to regulated activity with children. 

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children."