HEAD OF PRE-PREP

Permanent / Full-time 

Competitive salary

Required for September 2024 or January 2025

STAHS is a vibrant school supported by a diverse and enthusiastic community of staff, pupils, parents, and alumni. It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities. 

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly-motivated, passionate and forward-thinking educationalist to lead the Pre-Prep at STAHS, one of the country’s leading independent day schools. 

The Head of Pre-Prep is a member of the Prep School Leadership Team (PSLT) and is expected to provide vision, leadership and a clear strategic direction for the Pre-Prep. They are responsible for pastoral and academic provision as well as operational matters relating to pupils in Reception to Year 2. They are a Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead and the lead contact for the Early Years Foundation Stage. They also play a key role in admissions to the Prep School. 

The successful candidate is expected to be an excellent Early Years and/or Key Stage 1 practitioner, with experience of successfully implementing initiatives in the lower years. They will teach a significantly reduced timetable to enable them to execute all responsibilities of the role.

STAHS Prep is situated in the rural location of Wheathampstead village, only 5 miles from St Albans. Our inclusive community of staff, pupils, parents and alumni will offer you the warmest of welcomes. We are committed to professional development and encourage applications from both newly qualified and experienced teachers and a high level of support and development is offered.

This is a full-time, permanent position. The start date for this position will be either September 2024 or January 2025 for the right candidate. 

In return we offer:

• Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities 
• An opportunity to join our warm, vibrant and ambitious community
• Use of sports facilities, including gym and swimming pool*

• An extensive benefits package which includes free lunches*, use of sports facilities, including gym and swimming pool*, free life assurance 
• Competitive salary and generous pension scheme
• Tuition fee remission for children of the employee*

* Conditions apply

Details of the role and application process are available on the school’s website www.stahs.org.uk/vacancies. 

Closing date for applications is 9am on Tuesday 14 May 2024

Interviews to be held week commencing Monday 20 May 2024

The High 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.                                  

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WELCOME TO STAHS!

We are very proud of our warm and vibrant community of ambitious young people, caring and talented staff and supportive alumni and parents.

St Albans High School (we call it STAHS) is one of the country’s leading independent schools, offering a rich and diverse education to 1.150 pupils between the ages of four and 18. We are selective at all points of intake, and we are consistently ranked among the best independent schools in the UK.

STAHS opened in 1889 in a converted hospital on Holywell Hill, St Albans, one of many similar schools which were being established towards the end of the 19^th century. We transferred to our current site on Townsend Avenue in the heart of the city in 1908, with the Prep School subsequently moving to the village of Wheathampstead in 2003. STAHS has close links with the diocese of St Albans through the Bishop and the Dean, the latter being an ex-officio governor of the School. We are affiliated to the Church of England, and we warmly welcome pupils and staff of all faiths or none.

Renowned for both exceptional academic provision and extensive co-curricular opportunities, STAHS pupils leave school as happy, confident and well-rounded young people ready to make their mark on the world.

STAHS has two sites, a few miles apart: the Prep School in leafy Wheathampstead and the Senior School in the historic city of St Albans, just 25 minutes from King’s Cross/London St Pancras. STAHS is proud to be a truly ‘through school’, with the majority of Year 6 pupils joining the Senior School for Year 7 and beyond.

Our Senior School of around 830 pupils from Year 7 to Year 13 has a visible and audible buzz, bustling with difference; difference of opinions, difference of ambitions and difference of interests.

Our Staff are devoted to preparing the young people in our care to live lives of consequence, making a meaningful impact on the world. We work together in a warm and grounded spirit that is uniquely ‘STAHS’. Please do see the Head’s Welcome on our website to find out why STAHS is such a special place.