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Headteacher - Full-time

Thamesview School, Gravesend

  • Ref:KCC886-5407-245L
  • Posted:09/02/2018
  • Pay:£74,615 - £95,333 dependent on experience
  • Start Date:Sep 2018
  • App Close Date:26/02/2018 at 12:00
  • Interviews:13th & 14th March 2018

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Are you an ambitious headteacher with a record of school improvement looking for a new challenge? Or an experienced senior leader with the potential to lead our school at an exciting stage in its development? 

We are looking for someone who can build on the significant improvements made in recent years and take the school to new levels of success. You’ll find a well-kept physical environment and a culture of high aspiration. We expect our students to Believe – Achieve – and Succeed.

The school is expanding, with a new sixth form studying the International Baccalaureate Career related Programme (IBCP) and new forms added at Year 7 in the last two academic years. This presents a tremendous opportunity to further develop our vibrant school community.

We want our students, whatever their background or ability, to have the best possible all round education to prepare them to take their place in society. We pride ourselves on our inclusive approach and seek to promote positive values in all aspects of school life.

For the right candidate the role provides an exciting challenge with significant opportunities for professional and personal development.

If you believe you can make a positive contribution to our students’ success and support our culture and values with passion then please apply for this post.



For more information and an application pack please visit our microsite.

Information about the school

Thamesview School is a place where every member of school is encouraged to have the highest aspirations in their personal and academic lives. Our students are encouraged to become globally aware citizens who embrace high moral standards.

We place Teaching and Learning at the very core of everything we do and are committed to empowering students to become:

• aspirational • confident in learning • adaptable • creative • responsible

Our school emphasises the importance of core skills and the importance of the fundamental skills involved, particularly in English and maths, and in all other curriculum areas. Our rich curriculum enables each student to make progress on a pathway which is right for them. This means that the school offers both academic and vocational qualifications so that each individual is fully prepared to maintain strong habits of learning throughout their lives and to be fully prepared to participate in society as lifelong learners.

Thamesview School cares for its students so that everyone feels safe and is able to learn. Our ethos of care and respect permeates through every aspect of school life. Students are encouraged to act with integrity and honesty in every aspect of their lives and to ensure that they leave school with a tenacity to succeed and willingness to make positive contributions to our society.

Job Contact Information

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.