Head of Secondary - September 2023

We are looking to appoint an exceptional Head of Secondary from September 2023. 

When you join

GEMS Education, you join an international educational organisation with a

global network of international schools and over fifty years of education

experience. GEMS Education is the leading Kindergarten to Grade 12 operator in

the world educating over 110,000 children from 151 different nationalities.

GEMS Education staff access the company’s professional development programme,

one of the largest education training programmes in the world. This ensures the

best possible academic outcomes as while ensuring that GEMS attracts and

retains the highest possible calibre of staff. 

About the School: 

Founded in

2001, The British School Al Rehab (TBS) is one of the oldest, most established

British schools in Egypt and the only British international school in the

beautiful city of Rehab. We are committed to providing a respectful, nurturing

and creative learning environment, delivering the highest standards of

education to each and every one of our students. 

The Role: 

We are looking for an inspirational, dynamic and caring leader that is excited to join our world class schools and are driven to provide education at an exceptional level.  

We are seeking someone who is warm, caring and aspirational and would like to join us on the next step of our journey 

· An outstanding Secondary School practitioner 

· An inspirational and motivational leader with high expectations 

· Someone with a proven record of accomplishment in raising standards 

· Has the ability to analyse data, develop strategic plans, set targets and monitor and

evaluate progress towards these. 

· Someone who is well motivated, innovative, and able to inspire and support others 

· Has a clear vision for education that can be articulated with confidence.  

· Has a detailed and up to date knowledge of the Secondary curriculum and features of

effective teaching.  

· Has a passion for teaching and learning as well as the wellbeing of children, staff

and parents. 

· Is an active listener and a reflective leader, communicating effectively with

children, staff and parents.

· Creates a culture where staff are motivated, trusted, and encouraged to take the

initiative and make decisions, and where they will feel supported to develop

their own skills as leaders. 

· Has a successful track record of senior leadership within education, ideally to have

included secondary headship experience or similar.  

· Has excellent interpersonal skills and the confidence to meet challenges with optimism. 

 The Head of Secondary will: 

· Contribute to the development of whole school strategic planning.  

· Lead the development of the Secondary School. 

· Engage students and staff in the development of subject and individual goals and targets.  

· Aligning resource selection and allocation to priority goals. This includes the provision of appropriate expertise through involvement in staff appointments. 

·Contribute to whole school decisions about resource allocation

·Direct involvement in the support and evaluation of teaching through regular classroom visits and provision of formative and summative feedback to teachers.  

· Direct oversight of curriculum through school wide coordination across subjects and year levels and alignment to school goals. 

· Contribute to school wide curriculum development. 

· Support and evaluate quality of teaching in the Secondary School. 

· Promote and engage in the teacher appraisal process across the school. 

· Identify professional learning needs in the Secondary School.

· Leadership that not only promotes but directly participates with teachers in formal or informal professional learning. 

·Provide a safe physical and emotional environment in the Secondary School.   

· Lead the development and maintenance of a collegial and supportive culture in the school that encourages risk taking and openness.

· Develop and implement procedures to support good classroom engagement and behaviour 

· Ensure that communications with students and parents are positive and effective, and

consistent with school wide expectations.

· Hold regular meetings of teachers to deal with matters of interest and significance.  

·Construct and regularly update the whole-school calendar. 

·To monitor that all new staff are inducted in a cohesive and effective manner ensuring all staff are settled and aware of their particular responsibilities. 

· Ensure that all staff in are familiar with school wide systems and processes as applicable. 

· Lead aspects of external accreditation  

The successful applicant will have: 

· Degree certification in addition to a certified teaching qualification, such as B.Ed,PGCE, PGDE or equivalent essential. 

· Experience of teaching in a UK curriculum school essential 

· Experience of senior leadership essential 

· NPQH or equivalent desirable 

· Experience of CIS accreditation desirable 

Website: 

http://www.tbs-cairo.com/