Deputy Head Academic

The Deputy Head Academic at Forest School is a broad and demanding Senior Leadership role, encompassing innovation, curriculum development, digital strategy, navigating trends and developments in pedagogy and education in the 21st Century, whilst also having oversight of academic enrichment and futures education, and overall responsibility for academic standards and outcomes across Forest’s Senior School. More generally, the Deputy Head Academic, chairing the Academic Leadership Team, will lead the academic life of the Senior School.

We are looking to appoint someone who will build on the measurable academic momentum witnessed at Forest in the last few years and continue to work to secure sector-leading results and contribute to the development of an excellent, well-rounded educational vision and offer at Forest. The successful candidate will need to have a proven record of success in academic leadership. There will be an appropriate teaching commitment, however the post will not be dependent upon the applicant’s specialist subject.

Deputy Head Academic – Job Description

Deputy Head Academic – Person Specification

Introduction to Forest School

Surrounded by ancient forest and only thirty minutes from central London, Forest School is an outstanding independent day school located on the edge of Epping Forest. Forest is a large, diverse, and vibrant school, with approximately 1,500 pupils from 4 to 18. Our traditional House structure means that each pupil is treated as an individual, of whom we have the highest expectations, while our size enables us to offer breadth and depth of opportunity. Foresters are ‘known, liked and valued’ and this is central to our educational philosophy.