Deputy Headteacher
Bournemouth School for Girls, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJThis job expired on 2 February 2026
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
2 February 2026 at 9am
Date listed
14 January 2026
Job details
Job role
- Deputy headteacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- L20 to 23
What skills and experience we're looking for
Bournemouth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls’ Grammar School and Sixth Form in the heart of Bournemouth. BSG currently has 1290 students on roll which includes 390 in our Sixth Form. The school provides students with a comprehensive range of academic and extra-curricular activities from Year 7 to Year 13 (the majority of students remain in the school for 6th form study). The school has a proud record of consistent academic success.
and was judged to be outstanding in all areas when visited by OFSTED in May 2024.The inspectors summarised the ethos and atmosphere of the school as follows:
“Bournemouth School for Girls is a joyous place. Pupils flourish academically and socially. They are passionate about their learning and embrace the multitude of wider development opportunities that the school provides.”
The school’s vision is: ‘The best for our students, the best from our students’ and the curriculum is designed to ensure that students are provided with the best opportunities to prepare them for their future.
We are looking for a colleague with significant leadership experience to join a confident and enthusiastic senior leadership team. This role offers challenge and excitement in equal measure: the ideal candidate will be a colleague who can inspire and bring out the best in both students and staff. The successful candidate will work closely with a wide range of staff to support the wellbeing of our students and will uphold our ethos of working hard, being kind and being ambitious.
Closing date: 9am, Monday 2 February 2026,
Interview date: Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 February 2026
Notes: 1) if applying via the TES, candidates will need to submit their letter of application separately to lmckenzie@bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk 2) the school regrets that we are currently unable to offer sponsorship to those applicants requiring a visa to work in the UK
What the school offers its staff
Friendly staff and commitment from staffing body and SLT to promoting and supporting staff wellbeing
Able, motivated and polite students who are a privilege to teach
Extensive CPD programme (for ECTs and experienced staff) to support individual professional development
Provision of a teaching base/own classroom, where possible, if full time
Teacher pension scheme
14% PPA time (FTE) compared to national minimum of 10% for all staff. (ECTs would still receive their PPA allocation on top of this)
Access to wellbeing resources, discounts and other special offers for services
Access to salary sacrifice benefits such as cycle to work, gym, technology, mobile phones, and workplace nursery
Opportunity to work with other colleagues and students in delivering extra-curricular activities (lunch provided if you do)
Student data targets are not part of appraisal/performance management
Well-resourced departments
Free use of a new and highly equipped gym (conditions apply)
Free parking on site, including bays for electric car charging
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Bournemouth School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Bournemouth School for Girls
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Bournemouth School for Girls website
- Email address
- lmckenzie@bsg.bournemouth.sch.uk
Bournemouth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls’ grammar school and Sixth Form in the heart of Bournemouth. BSG currently has around 1200 pupils on roll which includes those in our Sixth Form.
The school is academically successful and is 8th highest in England’s Southwest region according to the latest Sunday Times Parent Power Survey. The school was inspected by Ofsted in May 2024 and judged to be outstanding in all areas. The inspectors summarised the ethos and atmosphere of the school as follows; “Bournemouth School for Girls is a joyous place. Pupils flourish academically and socially. They are passionate about their learning and embrace the multitude of wider development opportunities that the school provides.”
The school's vision is: The Best For Our Students, The Best From Our Students and the curriculum in place ensures that students are provided with the best opportunities to prepare them for their future.
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