Head of Primary (Grade 1 - 5 / Year 2 - 6)
Hiba Academy Nantong
Wellington College China
- Expiring soon
- Salary:
- Competitive salary and benefits package including accommodation, private medical care, flights and relocation allowance, and free school places.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- August 2025
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
Hiba Academy form the bilingual arm of Wellington College China and offer a 3 – 18 educational program that combines the Chinese National Curriculum with the best of the West. Whilst there will be a strong emphasis on academics, Hiba Academy Nantong also fosters the pastoral and holistic aspects of school life to produce well-balanced, rounded, confident individuals who are ready to go out into a globally connected world. This ethos is set out clearly through our core values of kindness, courage, integrity, responsibility, and respect.
We are looking for someone to lead our thriving Primary School. Ideally, they will have a strong academic background, including curriculum design and have the ability to inspire the teachers in their charge. The role will allow you to shape this newly founded school in ways that you might not experience elsewhere. This role would ideally suit an ambitious Deputy Head, or a present Head who wishes to have a real impact on a new school. Either way, teamwork and sharing good practice will be fundamental to the candidate's success.
Experience in an international settings is welcome as is experience in multi-lingual environments, and in either of the UK state or private sectors. Most of our pupils are Chinese and we help them on their journey to developing fluency in English as they progress through the school before going to university abroad (mainly in the UK and US).
The school is in an exciting phase, as it was opened in September 2022 and is transitioning from a 'new school' to a 'growing school'. The academic and pastoral structures are already in place and the successful candidate will have a good platform from which to build. One of the main challenges will be to maintain the academic rigour and Wellington ethos with new children joining us each week. Most importantly, however, we are looking for someone who is full of energy, happy to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in, and is after both a challenge and adventure.
For further information or a full job description please email: jobs.nantong@hibaacademy.org
Hiba Academy Nantong is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate must be willing to undergo an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service, or local national equivalent.
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About Hiba Academy Nantong
- Hiba Academy Nantong
- 66 Haide Road, Su-Xi-Tong Science and, Technology Industrial Park, Nantong
- Jiangsu
- 226017
- China
Wellington College China is excited to show off the newest member of its family — Hiba Academy Nantong, whose vision is to cultivate talent through virtue, kindness and integrity. Hiba Nantong is committed to providing a world-class bilingual education to Chinese pupils aged 3 to 18 leading to university entrance overseas, primarily in the UK, the USA or Europe. Hiba Academy Nantong encourages its pupils to become both outstanding Chinese nationals as well as well-rounded, global citizens. We say that our children have roots in China but a global vision. Teaching is in both English and Chinese with about 50% of our staff being local Chinese and 50% native-English speaking expats. All of our Chinese staff also speak English and are role models to the children in the school. The Common Room is strong with both the Chinese and foreign staff teaching and socialising together.
Offering a complete 15-year education system, Hiba Academy Nantong has a total area of 80,000sqm and is the largest campus in the Wellington College China portfolio. It opened its doors to Early Years 2 - Grade 7 (Ages 3 - 13) in September 2022 and will expand by one grade per year hereafter until full. Having an enrolment capacity of 2000, the school also offers boarding accommodation for approximately 700 pupils, starting from primary school age. Hiba Academy Nantong adopts the same architectural style as Wellington College in England coupled with the latest, state-of-the-art facilities. Its teaching areas, boarding accommodation, school halls, library, indoor sports hall, swimming pool and outdoor football and rugby pitches are all designed to resemble its premium British counterpart in both style and quality.
Thanks to the network of talent Wellington College China has developed over the past 10 years, Hiba Academy Nantong has been able to assemble an outstanding academic team and a top-quality learning environment. Our links with Wellington College are strong and good practice and CPD is shared regularly between the schools. With more Wellington and Huili school to come online in various global locations in the coming years, it is a very exciting place to work.
Working at Hiba Academy Nantong
Wellington College China has built a vibrant community where pupils and staff alike strive to achieve excellence in all that they do. We employ individuals who are genuinely passionate and committed to working in the educational sector.
We expect our teachers to share our high expectations and aspirations, for themselves and their pupils, and to be demonstrably committed to the all-round education that our Hiba approach embodies.
We offer a competitive salary and excellent employee benefits with opportunities for career progression in a global organisation. Through Wellington College China, employees gain access to comprehensive professional development and support.
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