Senior Deputy Head
Blundell's Senior School
Devon
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2025
- Apply by:
- 4 November 2024
Job overview
We are recruiting for this position following the promotion of Mr Matt Radley to Headmaster of King’s Bruton School.
The Role
The role of the Senior Deputy Head is an all-inclusive one, and incorporates many specific responsibilities. Most fundamentally, however, the Senior Deputy Head sits immediately beneath the Head in the management hierarchy of the school. They will deputise for the Head, in all aspects, when they are absent or unavailable, and are expected to lead the school on those occasions. The Senior Deputy Head is also responsible for the day-to-day organisation, and smooth running of the school.
In addition to these overarching roles, the Senior Deputy Head has a number of other specific responsibilities and duties: The Strategic Role The Whole School Role The Pastoral Role The Role With Staff Policy and Compliance and Inspection Readiness.
Closing date: Monday 4th November 2024
Longlist Interviews (Teams): Saturday 9th November 2024
Shortlist interviews: Thursday 21st November 2024
Final interviews: Thursday 28th and Friday 29th November 2024
Please complete this Application Form and submit it with your CV and covering letter to recruitment@blundells.org
Please note that only fully completed application forms will be considered in the shortlisting process.
Blundell’s promotes equal opportunity for all staff and pupils and is committed to its culture of diversity and inclusion. We encourage applications from candidates of a wide range of backgrounds. Appointments will be made on merit.
Due to the number of applications we receive, we are only able to provide feedback to those invited to interview.
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About Blundell's Senior School
At Blundell’s we educate young men and women of consequence; young people who have the skills and the confidence to make a meaningful contribution to society. It is our privilege to welcome pupils to our school and then to walk beside them as they negotiate their journey into adulthood.
We are immensely fortunate to be situated in an idyllic location. Here on our 100-acre campus in the Devon hills, our pupils are supported and inspired by teachers dedicated to their success and well-being.
Blundell’s has been around for over 400 years. While we are tremendously proud of our history, we are also excited about innovation as we engage with what it means to be relevant in a world that is undergoing such upheaval and change.
This is a place where children thrive, and where they become ready to contribute to a world desperately in need of thoughtful, courageous, and compassionate leaders. This is a place where they will learn about themselves, where they have the opportunity to practise and rehearse the skills that they will need to live fulfilling lives, both now and in the future.
Mr Bart Wielenga, BCom, BEd
Head of Blundell's
Welcome from the Head | About us | Blundell's Senior School (blundells.org)
Values and vision
The main focus of Blundell’s School is on providing a rounded education. It encourages flexibility and articulation, while promoting academic qualities and service to the wider community. Strongly rooted in Christian values, it welcomes students of all faiths. With its own sports pitches, chapel and music studios, Blundell’s School is well-equipped to support its students’ strengths in music and sports.
“Pupils make extremely good progress from their starting points. Pupils throughout the school show highly positive attitudes to learning. Teachers’ high expectations as well as their establishment of a stimulating environment for learning in and around classrooms, encourage pupils to engage fully with tasks and achievements.”
“Pupils throughout the school demonstrate strong development of self-confidence and self-awareness, at levels appropriate to or, for many, beyond their age. Pupils showed their justifiable pride in their own and in others’ achievements, without appearing in the least arrogant or excessively competitive.”
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