Assistant Headteacher

For January 2025, we are seeking an exceptional addition to our Senior Leadership Team. DCGS is one of the country’s leading state grammar schools, educating 1370 students (boys from 11-16 with a co-educational Sixth Form). The successful candidate will lead the learning provision in our school, as we build on recent excellent practice and continue to innovate. They will also play a key role in the day-to-day leadership and management of the school.

Additionally, we would be particularly interested to receive applications from people with DSL qualifications and experience who would be interested in taking on that role here, along with some of the responsibilities outlined in this pack. For such candidates the precise scope of the role would be determined upon appointment, to suit both the school and the individual.

Our culture, and everything we do, is underpinned by our values of Aspiration, Kindness and Resilience. These values guide our actions and help us bring our motto, Excellence with Integrity, to life. We would like to appoint someone who embodies those values in the way they work with young people to lead our learning provision.

The successful candidate will lead the development and evaluation of our learning and teaching, ensuring that we draw on the best available evidence and practice. They will also oversee elements of our professional development programme, focusing on learning and teaching, and our ITT and ECF provision. Line management of one of our subject teams will ensure close links with what goes on in our classrooms. Further responsibilities will be allocated on appointment, based on the successful candidate’s interests and experiences. Whilst subject specialism is not especially important in this appointment, the ability to teach one of the subjects we offer at A level is an advantage.

To fill this rewarding and demanding role, we are seeking someone who has genuine creativity but who also possesses the highest level of organisational capacity; an excellent communicator who can shape ideas and see them through so that they make a real difference to what happens on the ground. Further detail is contained within the Person Specification which is included in the Information Pack. The type of school you have worked in before is very unlikely to be a factor, although members of our SLT have to be able to hold their own with our highly intelligent students, parents and colleagues.

To apply for this role, please email a completed application form to Gill Byrne (HR Manager and Head’s PA). Email: employment@challoners.com

Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 2 October 2024.

Interviews: Monday 14/Tuesday 15 October 2024.

At Dr Challoner's Grammar School we ensure breadth of opportunities for all and actively promote open and outward-facing attitudes to diversity and inclusion. As such, we actively encourage suitably qualified people from all backgrounds to apply for roles at our school. If there are any issues which you feel could be barriers to your application, as part of this process, please let us know.

Dr Challoner’s Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced DBS check.