Assistant Headteacher - Full-time

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone

• Ref:KCC886-4523-132L
• Posted:17/01/2019
• Pay:Leadership Team L12-L16
• Start Date:Sep 2019
• App Close Date:13/02/2019 at 08:00
• Interviews:26th, 27th February 2019

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Assistant Headteacher

Required for September 2019

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.

This is an exciting opportunity to work with our outstanding team in an excellent school.  We are looking for a committed Assistant Headteacher to join our current leadership team.

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 a very successful selective girls’ school of over 1200 students with a mixed sixth form of approximately 320. 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, as well as the opportunity to further develop as a subject specialist and healthcare scheme.

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

Full details and an application pack are available from the school’s website www.mggs.org  Applicants should complete our application form and email, along with covering letter, to the Headteacher’s PA.  If you require any additional information please contact Ms Starns, PA to the Headteacher via email: mstarns@mggs.org

Thank you for the interest you have shown in working with us.  Please note that we are unable to facilitate pre-interview tours of the school.

Closing Date:   8am Wednesday, 13^th February 2019

Interviews - Day One:  Tuesday, 26^th February 2019

Interviews - Day Two for successful candidates:  Wednesday 27^th February 2019

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

Information about the school

Maidstone Grammar School for Girls, or as it is more often known, is a very successful selective girls’ school of 1250 students with a mixed Sixth Form of approximately 360. 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).

MGGS has a strong community spirit which is underpinned by our belief that the happiness of all our students is key to enabling them to succeed. We have been providing an academic education for girls (and boys in the Sixth Form) from the town of Maidstone, and its surrounding area for over 135 years.

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

Deborah Stanley, Headteacher

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.

The post is exempt from section 4 (2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)). It is not, therefore, in any way contrary to the Act to reveal any information concerning convictions which would otherwise be considered as “spent” in relation to the applicant’s suitability for employment. Any such information will be kept in strict confidence and only used in consideration of the suitability of the applicant for such a position where such an exemption is appropriate.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Michelle Starns
• Address:Maidstone Grammar School For Girls, Buckland Road, Maidstone, Kent, ME16 0SF
• Telephone: 01622 752103
• Email: mstarns@mggs.org