Deputy Head Academic
King Edward's Witley
Surrey
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP or January 2025
- Apply by:
- 24 June 2024
Job overview
We seek an experienced, dynamic and outstanding Deputy Head Academic at King Edward’s School, Witley.
The successful candidate will be able to articulate a clear educational vision in line with the overall mission, vision and aims of the School and will therefore contribute to, promote and support its academic, pastoral, spiritual and co-curricular work.
The purpose of the role is to direct, shape and develop the academic life of the School. This is an important appointment for the continuing academic growth of the School, and comes at an exciting moment following significant investment into new buildings, with growing pupil numbers, clear evidence of burgeoning academic confidence and aspirations in all areas of School life. The postholder will have a unique opportunity to widen and raise the scope of the School’s ambition, particularly in pupil outcomes, working with senior colleagues on broader questions of pupil development.
The Deputy Head Academic (DHA) is responsible to the Head for all matters detailed below. As part of the Senior Team (ST), they will play an important role in leading and managing operational matters and broader strategic development across all areas of School life. They will work alongside the Head and Deputy Head and may be expected to deputise for the Head when required.
The focus is on monitoring and improving academic performance of pupils, leadership in learning and teaching. Some responsibilities may be added or removed according to the strengths of the successful candidate and on the appointment of a Deputy Head Academic in due course.
The DHA will work closely with the Director of Studies and ICT and other senior staff to lead, and manage other key academic responsibilities including curriculum development and management, reporting and monitoring. They will keep the Head informed of all significant issues relating to pupils’ academic progress.
We also offer job satisfaction and a sense of accomplishment, a competitive salary, pension scheme, the potential for on-site accommodation at significantly reduced rental, staff fee remission on School fees both at King Edward’s and Barrow Hills, free car parking, free use of our gym, swimming pool and sports facilities, all meals and snacks on duty and a Cycle to Work Scheme.
For further details, please refer to the Applicant Information Pack and visit our website www.kesw.org or contact the HR Department at HR@kesw.org or telephone 01428 686739.
To apply, please complete the Application Form via the Quick Apply button.
Closing date: Noon on 24th June 2024.
Applications will be considered on receipt and early application for this wonderful opportunity is recommended, as we reserve the right to interview and offer the position prior to the closing date.
King Edward’s Witley is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our websites or ask HR for our child protection and rehabilitation of offenders’ policy. All successful applicants are required to complete an Enhanced disclosure through the DBS. Applicants from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome.
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About King Edward's Witley
King Edward’s – yesterday, today, tomorrow
Yesterday
As one of the longest-standing co-educational schools in the country and one of only two remaining Royal Hospitals from Tudor times, King Edward’s Witley has a rich history of providing an education which is holistic, inclusive and progressive.
Nicholas Ridley, Bishop of London, convinced the boy King Edward VI to grant his palace at Bridewell on the banks of the Thames to the Lord Mayor of London, so creating the parent foundation – Bridewell Royal Hospital – as a place for the training and education of poor children in 1553. In 1860, the new charity scheme for Bridewell Royal Hospital was created and the House of Occupations was renamed King Edward’s School admitting boys and girls from aged 10.
The pupils from King Edward’s Boys’ School moved to its current site in Witley in 1867 and the School now occupies around 100 acres of stunning Surrey countryside. The School became co-educational again in 1952 and 2017 marked the 150th anniversary of the Witley school on its current site.
Today and tomorrow
We are steadfastly proud of our heritage and longstanding engagement with the City of London through the Bridewell Foundation. King Edward’s Witley and Barrow Hills School are the operational arms of Bridewell Royal Hospital, a charitable Foundation from which both schools inherit a culture with diversity, generosity, opportunity and social responsibility at its heart, combining a global outlook with a sense of local belonging. More concretely, a significant endowment from Bridewell allows us to provide boarding places to pupils with a clear boarding need – our Foundationers.
King Edward’s holds true to its Founders’ mission to offer a foundation for life to young people from a range of backgrounds. At King Edward’s this means an exciting and challenging curriculum, a broad range of sporting, artistic, social and cultural opportunities and an environment which is specifically created to inculcate the values of independent learning, responsibility for others and the enjoyment of challenge.
Pupil experience is at the heart of what we do. The School has over 475 pupils, many of whom are day pupils from primary and Prep Schools. Boarding is a core pillar of the King Edward's community, with over 140 boarders accommodated in Houses including an Upper Sixth pre-university House. All pupils, day and boarder belong to a house and are cared for by their Housemaster/ Housemistress and their team.
Around 30% of pupils live abroad, in over 30 different countries and there is a growing cohort of local day pupils. The Sixth Form generally numbers more than 100 pupils, most of whom go on to study at Russell Group, Oxford and Cambridge (in small numbers), and leading European or US-based universities.
Tradition continues to be highly valued and close links with the City of London remain through the Court of Bridewell (Board of Governors). The Lord Mayor attends Admissions Day and the School’s annual Foundation Day Service at St. Bride’s Church. Pupils participate in a range of events and activities associated with the City of London, perpetuating the School’s links with its historic roots.
The School has a long tradition of philanthropy and addressing disadvantage and vulnerability. King Edward’s offers welfare bursaries through the Bridewell Foundation, livery companies and other charities, for young people who are less advantaged and who have a particular need for a boarding education. Over 50 pupils are supported by the Foundation and other charities with financial contributions equal to annual boarding fees to attend the School. King Edward’s is proud of its ongoing work transforming the lives of disadvantaged young people through providing a safe, fulfilling and purposeful educational environment.
The Head is a member of HMC.
Further details of the School are to be found in the Independent Schools’ Yearbook, or on our website www.kesw.org.
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