Deputy Headteacher
| Posting date: | 15 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 February 2026 |
| Location: | Bournemouth, Dorset, BH8 9UJ |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6b26be93-d69f-42e3-a062-eca592dae335 |
Summary
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
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.
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
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.