Director of Studies
Harrow School
Harrow
- New
- Salary:
- The salary will be commensurate with the post and will depend upon qualifications and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2025 or September 2025
- Apply by:
- 9 October 2024
Job overview
Harrow School is an internationally renowned boarding school, educating over 830 boys aged 13 to 18. It is renowned for its rich tradition, academic excellence, and a rigorous curriculum that challenges and inspires. The school is deeply committed to fostering personal growth and leadership skills through comprehensive pastoral care, mentoring, and its robust house-based system.
This position becomes vacant on the appointment of Charles Bailey to the headship of Worksop College. Harrow wishes to appoint an accomplished academic leader, who will serve at the level of Academic Deputy Head and work closely with the Head Master to shape and implement curriculum developments. A key part of the role is to manage the school’s Head of Department team, and as such the Director of Studies is integral to maintaining Harrow’s academic reputation. The role operates at both operational and strategic levels with a focus on identifying and integrating best practices in education, ensuring that students achieve outstanding public examination results, managing teaching and learning strategies, and overseeing the quality of education aspects of the ISI inspections.
Applicants will be experienced Heads of Department with experience gained in managing areas of school wide responsibility or senior leaders with strong academic credentials and management experience. They will have a demonstrable track record of improving academic outcomes and managing others effectively. Candidates must thrive in a busy and intellectually stimulating environment and have energy, drive, and resilience.
The salary will be commensurate with the post and will depend upon qualifications and experience. The Director of Studies lives on site in accommodation provided by the School.
For further information about Harrow please visit https://www.harrowschool.org.uk/
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Harrow School on this appointment.
Candidates should apply for this role via www.saxbam.com/appointments using code TAQSB. Click on the ‘apply’ button and follow the instructions to upload a CV and cover letter and complete the school application form.
The closing date for applications is noon, Wednesday 9 October 2024.
Harrow School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful applicants must be willing to undergo enhanced child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with any past employer and the Disclosure and Barring Service. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children or from holing a position of responsibility within a school environment.
Our School values diversity and is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all.
About Harrow School
Harrow School is situated in Harrow on the Hill in north-west London. The School is located on a 324-acre estate which encompasses much of Harrow on the Hill and is one of the best-known schools in the world. Around 837 boys study at Harrow and live in the School’s 12 boarding houses. Employees particularly value the School’s beautiful green estate, the positive working environment, and good relationships with their colleagues.
Harrow School is an independent boarding secondary school for boys aged 13-18. It was established, by royal charter, in 1572 during the reign of Elizabeth I. It is operated as a Royal Charter Corporation, which is a charitable trust whose trustees are the school’s governors. The school licenses the Harrow name to a number of schools in Asia.
Head Master
Alastair Land
Values and vision
Harrow School believes that the success of students should not be measured purely by grades, but by their influence on the wider world.
The school believes that all organisations need strong and clearly expressed values to create identity, focus, unity and drive, and in order to answer the questions: “what do we belong to?”, “what’s important to us?”, "why do our collective efforts matter?”, and “what holds us together?”.
Harrow’s values of courage, honour, humility and fellowship aim to help the school to make decisions from day-to-day that mean members of its community behave and perform better. These four Values link closely to Harrow School’s Christian foundation, and the principles of “Godliness and good learning” established by its founder, John Lyon.
ISI report
“Pupils are high achievers in all areas of their academic lives. Their success owes much to the strong and supportive boarding community to which they all belong and which gives the encouragement to work hard and aim high, and the confidence to set themselves ambitious goals.”
“Pupils invariably work hard and utilise their strong motivation and desire to succeed, and this is one of the main drivers in their success. The strong progress they make, and their all-round excellent achievement is enabled by many innovative approaches and initiatives introduced by school leaders.”
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