Assistant Head - Academic
St George's School, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4TD19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
23 April 2025 at 8am
Date listed
2 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £71,665.00 - £78,926.00 Annually (FTE) Leadership range L15 to L19
Assistant Head - Academic job summary
As part of an exciting expansion of the Senior Leadership Team, St George's School is seeking to appoint an additional Assistant Head to increase leadership capacity and enhance the school's ability to support pupils' academic progress and development. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and values-driven leader to shape the role and contribute to the strategic direction of the school.
First and foremost, we are looking for a candidate with the right values, attitude, and leadership approach. As a result, the specific responsibilities of the role are flexible and will be refined based on the strengths and interests of the successful candidate. The role will encompass key operational aspects such as staff deployment, cover management, duty rotas, and overseeing the development of the timetable. Additionally, the Assistant Head will play a pivotal role in monitoring pupil progress, managing assessment data, overseeing census information, and leading on key transition and options processes.
Parental engagement will also be a significant focus, including responsibility for parents' evenings and fostering strong relationships between school and home. The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to support curriculum development, working closely with The Deputy Head Academic and departmental leads to enhance teaching, learning, and pupil outcomes.
The Key Responsibilities set out in the Application Pack are indicative and we welcome discussions at the interview stage about how this role could be refined or developed to align with the candidate’s experience and aspirations, ensuring the best fit for both the individual and the school.
Areas for Contribution and Development
This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on student progress, curriculum development, and parental engagement at the school. The Assistant Head – Academic will play a key role in shaping the academic journey of our pupils and ensuring that they have the best possible support to “Aim Higher” and achieve their potential as Georgians.
Our aim is to appoint an individual with the right values and character attributes, so the specific responsibilities will be determined in consultation with the successful candidate during the recruitment process. We welcome discussions at the interview stage about how this role could be refined or developed to align with the candidate’s experience and aspirations, ensuring the best fit for both the individual and the school. The Assistant Head – Academic will be required to lead on a variety of areas with examples of possible key responsibilities including:
Assessment, Reporting, and Parental Engagement
Cohorting, Transitions, and Options
Staff Deployment and Cover Management
Curriculum, and Teaching and Learning Development
This role reports to the Deputy Head - Academic and have direct line management responsibility for the Cover manager, Data Manager, and various Directors of Learning and Heads of Department.
Please refer to the Application Pack which outlines the key requirements and person specification for this role.
The closing date of application is Wednesday 23rd April 2025 at 8:00 am. Shortlisting is expected to take place on Thursday 24th April. Interview will be held on Wednesday 30th April.
Your Application
Please include a personal statement in your application, detailing how you meet the requirements and person specification, and explain how you would relate your background, training, qualifications and experience to the requirements of the position.
Please provide details of two people to whom reference may be made. The first referee should normally be your present or most recent employer. If you are currently working in education this should be your Headteacher or equivalent person. Please make sure your referees are aware of your application and that they are able to provide a swift turn round. References will be obtained prior to interviews.
Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS)
St George’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and visitors to share this commitment. This post will require a Full Enhanced, with List Checks, Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
Online Searches
We are required to conduct online searches regarding shortlisted candidates as part of the selection and appointment process, in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such searches will be conducted as part of the selection and appointment process.
Right to work in UK
We will require you to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK in accordance with the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006. By submitting and signing your application, you acknowledge that such evidence will need to be provided should an offer of employment be made.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About St George's School
- School type
- Academy, Christian, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1384 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St George's School website
DO YOU WANT TO WORK WHERE YOU FEEL YOU BELONG?
TEN GREAT REASONS TO JOIN THE ST GEORGE'S TEAM
1. Be part of a vibrant, inspiring and supportive team
2. Everyone’s contributions are valued and encouraged
3. A place where your work will ‘make a difference’ and be appreciated by pupils
4. Learning is what we do; with passion
5. Unique opportunity to work in one of the leading state boarding schools in the country
6. Students champion and promote our community’s high standards and aspirations
7. Excellent behaviour is the norm, not the exception
8. Career development is encouraged and supported through great training
9. A sense of belonging; part of a community and the St George’s ‘Family’
10. Where the worst thing about work is going home at night
Working at St George’s also comes with a number of free additional fringe benefits*: childcare voucher scheme; Employee Assistance Programme; on-site parking; access to excellent sports and fitness facilities and provision of lunch. On-site accommodation for specific posts may also available at reduced rates.
* Staff terms and conditions are liable to review and change from time to time
In 2014 OFSTED wrote that "This school has got the magic formula", and we have to say we agree!
St George’s is a unique place to work. It is the perfect blend of high quality, innovative teaching and a community which cares. It has a highly supportive pastoral system as well as a residential state boarding community, all of which is firmly cemented in our Christian principles and strong commitment to our values of mutual respect, endeavour and sense of community. We hold on to our tradition and embrace the future with equal relish.
St George’s is consistently in the top percentile of schools nationally for academic performance and rated outstanding by Ofsted. However we are not driven by such external measures but by our passion to provide the best learning and life experience we can for the pupils entrusted to our care.
We hope that you will share our enthusiasm and drive to continue to make St George’s an exciting place to work and learn.
Join us for a career at a school that certainly wants us to "Aim Higher".
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