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Assistant Headteacher
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SFThis job expired on 6 October 2023 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 January 2024
Closing date
6 October 2023 at 9am
Date listed
22 September 2023
Job details
Job role
- Assistant headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full Time Leadership Role
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L12-L16
What skills and experience we're looking for
Following the appointment of the current post holder to Deputy Headship the school wishes to appoint an Assistant Headteacher to take responsibility for a Key Stage of the school. This is most likely to be KS5.
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,250 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged 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 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. 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.
“Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is an outstanding school” (Ofsted March 2023)
What the school offers its staff
Free Healthcare Scheme
Onsite Parking
See Application Pack for Full Details
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.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Maidstone Grammar School for Girls
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1244 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Maidstone Grammar School for Girls website
- Email address
- mstarns@mggs.org
Maidstone Grammar School for Girls is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1,270 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 360. Ofsted judged 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. 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.
“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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