Deputy Head (Pupil Development and Well-being)
Surbiton High Boys' Preparatory School
Kingston upon Thames
- Salary:
- Surbiton High School pay structure
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 19 January 2025
Job overview
Deputy Head (Pupil Development and Well-being) - Surbiton High Boys' Preparatory School
Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School is seeking a dynamic, experienced, and highly motivated individual to take on the role of Deputy Head. This is a unique opportunity to shape and lead key aspects of the School’s ethos, ensuring every pupil feels safe, happy, and secure, while striving for excellence in personal development and education.
Start date: September 2025
Tenure: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: Competitive - based on the Surbiton High School Pay Scale
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the vision for exceptional pastoral care, character development, and behaviour for learning, ensuring every pupil flourishes in a safe and supportive environment.
- Develop and implement strategies to uncover and nurture the unique talents of every pupil, fostering confident and well-rounded learners.
- Deliver a vibrant and holistic education that inspires a lifelong love of learning.
- Provide leadership in promoting pupil and staff well-being, maintaining the highest standards of pastoral care and fostering a positive and respectful community.
- Support the Head of the Boys’ Preparatory School in daily operations, including behaviour systems, timetabling and curriculum development, and through challenging and supportive leadership and line management of staff.
- Inspire, motivate, and challenge staff to excel, offering effective line management and professional development opportunities.
- Act as an Assistant Designated Safeguarding Lead, ensuring robust safeguarding practices are in place and adhered to.
- To take an active lead in communication with parents and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to promote the School, enhance communication, and build strong community relationships.
What We Are Looking For:
- A strong academic background with Qualified Teacher Status and evidence of further professional development in school leadership.
- Proven experience as a classroom teacher, with a passion for primary education and innovative pedagogy.
- Significant leadership experience with a record of delivering positive strategic impact across a school.
- Expertise in pastoral care, character-building education, and behaviour management strategies.
- Strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, and the ability to inspire and motivate pupils, staff, and parents.
- A proactive and organised approach, with the ability to juggle multiple responsibilities and maintain a high level of professionalism.
What We Offer:
- The chance to work as part of a forward-thinking and supportive Senior Leadership Team.
- A welcoming and inclusive school environment where every member of the community is valued.
- Opportunities for professional development within an exceptional educational setting.
If you are ready to make a meaningful impact and contribute to the success of Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School, we encourage you to apply.
For further information regarding the role, please see the job description and person specification document below.
To Apply:
Please apply online by clicking on the following:
Surbiton High Boys’ Preparatory School and Surbiton High Girls’ Preparatory School are part of Surbiton High School.
Surbiton High School holds a Skilled Worker sponsorship licence and, subject to all the relevant legal requirements being met, we would be willing to consider sponsorship for the successful candidate.
Surbiton High School is culturally diverse and fully committed to celebrating and respecting inclusion and diversity throughout our community.
Surbiton High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and online/social media searches.
Please note that the School reserves the right to appoint at any stage during the recruitment process.
For any queries relating to the role or your application, please email recruitment@surbitonhigh.com
Attached documents
About Surbiton High Boys' Preparatory School
- Surbiton High Boys' Preparatory School
- Charles Burney House, 143 Maple Road, Surbiton
- Surrey
- KT6 4BB
- United Kingdom
Surbiton High School aims to inspire, encourage and empower its staff and pupils to be the very best they can be.
We are a school where a passion and energy abound, a school with a real heart and soul, where we look beyond the A* to offer a breadth of opportunity which allows every pupil to flourish and every staff member to develop and succeed.
Surbiton High School is a school “brimming with energy and joie de vivre.” (ISI Inspection Report). We pride ourselves on being an extraordinary community where people matter, results count and where a passion for excellence drives everything we do. We feed our pupils’ minds, but we also care passionately about their character development and happiness. Our approach to education means that Surbiton High School pupils achieve the very best exam results and are also compassionate, authentic young people with strong values, keen to make a positive difference in the world.
Our inspirational staff are dedicated to delivering a rich curriculum and programme of co-curricular activities which challenge our pupils to explore ideas for themselves. Whether engaged in learning in the classroom, or through musical, artistic, sporting, enterprise or charitable activities, our pupils are constantly encouraged to connect with the wider world and embrace new experiences to build their confidence. All staff are expected and encouraged to play a full part in the academic, co-curricular and pastoral life of the School.
At Surbiton High School, we aim to bring out the ‘Best in Everyone’, and this resonates in the investment that we make in our colleagues. We recognise the importance of continuous learning and training and the School has a senior member of staff dedicated to supporting continuing professional development. We have a comprehensive whole School and individual INSET programme in place, including support for School Direct trainees as well as Newly Qualified Teachers (in our role as a regional NQT induction centre).
We actively encourage our staff to continue to develop their own expertise in the classroom and support their professional development through coaching and mentoring alongside professional qualifications such as: NPQML, NPQSL and MA courses in educational leadership. The School has a clearly developed leadership structure, offering extensive opportunities for career development and progression, including Heads of Department (Including Deputies) and Heads of Year (including Deputies) as well as Co-ordinators with specific responsibilities such as: Gifted and Talented, Oxbridge, Duke of Edinburgh and Expeditions.
Surbiton High School has approximately 1600 pupils aged between 4 and 18. Our Preparatory Schools are divided into the Girls’ Preparatory School and Boys’ Preparatory School, and the Senior School is girls only from age 11 upwards.
We are looking for applicants who are passionate about inspiring, encouraging and empowering our pupils and working with us to become the number one school of choice in South West London.
Head of the Boys’ Prep
Mrs Tracey Chong
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