The Godolphin and Latymer School - Deputy Head (Pastoral)

South West London
The Godolphin and Latymer School
Full-time

Summary

We are seeking to appoint a Deputy Head (Pastoral) from September 2025. The School’s facilities are excellent, making it an exciting place to learn and work. It is a vibrant and friendly community of 810 girls and 250 teaching and support staff.

Detail

Deputy Head (Pastoral)

Permanent and full time

September 2025

The Godolphin and Latymer School is one of the country’s leading independent day schools, located on a six acre site in Hammersmith. It is a vibrant and friendly community of 810 girls and 250 teaching and support staff. Pupils’ academic attainment is outstanding and they display a genuine love of learning.

The School’s facilities are excellent, making it an exciting place to learn and work. The students at Godolphin and Latymer receive unrivalled academic and pastoral support and outstanding examination results are achieved.

The Deputy Head (Pastoral) will join the Senior Leadership Team to play a key role in the future development of this flourishing girls’ school. Godolphin and Latymer is known for the strength of its pastoral care, and this is an exciting opportunity to lead and shape the pastoral direction of the school and to strengthen the provision further. The successful candidate is likely to have previous experience of senior leadership and will have the confidence and imagination to oversee all elements of pastoral education within the School, including responsibility for the provision of a high quality, stimulating and stretching pastoral curriculum.

The role will involve communication with and leadership of a wide range of senior staff and other colleagues, as well as students and parents, and it is expected that the successful applicant will help to shape a range of key elements within the School’s strategy for delivering an outstanding education to all.

Applications are invited from candidates who are outstanding teachers with a record of fostering pastoral excellence. The Deputy Head (Pastoral) will work closely with the Senior Deputy Head (Academic) and should be committed to the continued close alignment between the academic and pastoral sides of school life, seeking to ensure that the pastoral team’s work is underpinned by a unified and shared vision around the School’s approach to pastoral care. The salary will be commensurate with the responsibilities of the post and will depend upon qualifications and experience. Accommodation may be available for new staff in a local six-unit property.

For further information about our school and this role, please visit www.godolphinandlatymer.com. Fully completed application forms must be returned to recruitment@godolphinandlatymer.com by noon on the closing date. Please note that applications must be made on the school’s application form. Neither CVs nor late applications will be accepted.

The closing date for applications is noon on Monday 25 November 2024.

It is anticipated that first round interviews will take place during the week commencing Monday 2 December 2024.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts, as part of their application.

All staff working in the School during the school day will have contact with children and will therefore be in regulated activity. As a teaching member of staff you will be working directly with, and be responsible for, the children that you teach. You are also likely to have contact with other pupils on a regular basis [which may include specific pastoral or other responsibilities for pupils whom you do not teach.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children."

The Charity called The Godolphin and Latymer School (charity registration number 312699) is administered by The Godolphin and Latymer School Foundation, a charitable company limited by guarantee (Company number 3598439).

THE GODOLPHIN AND LATYMER SCHOOL, Iffley Road, Hammersmith, London, W6 0PG.

HMC/GSA 810 girls, 11-18 (210 in the Sixth Form).