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Assistant Headteacher L12-L16

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF

This job expired on 13 February 2020 – see similar jobs

• Job start date

  1 September 2020

• Closing date

  13 February 2020 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  23 January 2020

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern:
  • Full time
• Full-time equivalent salary: £53,856 to £59,528
• Additional allowances:

  This post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and a healthcare scheme.

Assistant Headteacher L12-L16 job summary

Assistant Headteacher Vacancy
Required for September 2020
L12 – L16

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school with a mixed sixth form. Ofsted judge us to be outstanding and our examination results reflect this. We are a happy, thriving community, with a long standing tradition of excellence in all that we do. We have been an Advanced Thinking School since 2015 and since September 2019 we have been designated a Computing Hub by DfE. This is an exciting opportunity to work with our outstanding team in an excellent school.

The successful candidate will be quick thinking, articulate, and a creative leader.

We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate:
a track record of outstanding teaching
a strong academic portfolio
excellent interpersonal and communication skills
a capacity for hard work and commitment to team work
calm, good humour and common sense
energy, enthusiasm and a commitment to securing excellence in all that you do.

Thank you for the interest you have shown in working with us. Please be aware that pre-interview tours are unavailable.

Full details and an application pack are available from the school’s website www.mggs.org Please complete a letter of application (no more than two sides of A4, font size 12 please) together with our application form and return these to Michelle Starns at mstarns@mggs.org .

Closing Date: noon on Thursday, 13th February 2020
Interviews - Day One: Tuesday, 25th February 2020
Interviews - Day Two for successful candidates: Wednesday, 26th February 2020


We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expect all staff to share this commitment.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our School and all its personnel are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children. This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This job post has expired.

About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1197 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Maidstone Grammar School for Girls website (opens in new tab)
• Email address: mstarns@mggs.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/maidstone-grammar-school-for-girls (opens in new tab)

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1240 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 340. MGGS has been appointed by the Department for Education as a Regional Computer Hub in recognition of the expertise the school has evidenced in Computing Education and will take a lead in training teachers across the south east in the delivery of Computing. The post offers the opportunity to work with intellectually able young people in a supportive and friendly environment. Staff benefits include strong support for professional development and healthcare scheme.

“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)

If you wish to find out more about MGGS please visit our website at https://www.mggs.org/ and to take a virtual tour please visit https://youtu.be/kuqmn-D4AJY

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