Deputy Head (Pastoral) - Secondary School

About the role

Inspired Education is recruiting a Deputy Head (Pastoral) for King's College School in The Bahamas, a school that opened in August 2022 and is the only one in the region belonging to a global group of premium schools. The school is growing, adding a year group each year until Year 13, and is housed in a newly built 10-acre campus with a beach-front boarding house. The Deputy Head joins the founding team, works with the Founding Principal and takes the school to the next stage of its development.

The post starts in August 2027 and covers safeguarding and the whole-school wellbeing programme, and pastoral care, behaviour and wellbeing for students in Years 7 to 13. The Deputy Head reports directly to the Founding Principal and receives 50% timetable relief.

Key responsibilities

• Lead safeguarding and the whole-school wellbeing programme with the Head of Junior School, Phase Leaders and the Founding Principal, and act as Designated Safeguarding Lead
• Take responsibility for the pastoral strands of the School Development Plan and help shape pastoral policies
• Work with counsellors, psychologists and learning support on student wellbeing and early intervention
• Line manage Phase Leaders for Years 7 to 9 and Years 10 to 11, and chair pastoral meetings across the Senior School
• Promote high standards of behaviour, attendance and conduct, with fair rewards and sanctions
• Monitor pastoral, behaviour, attendance and wellbeing data to inform interventions
• Oversee the Form Time programme and tutor system, lead assemblies and pastoral sessions, and support student leadership
• Build strong relationships with parents and contribute to staff training, duty rotas and health and safety procedures

Required profile

• Significant pastoral leadership experience in a secondary or international school context
• Strong understanding of adolescent development
• Calm, authoritative and relational leadership style, able to balance empathy with clear expectations
• Commitment to inclusive, student-centred education

Required skills

• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and practice
• Strong organisational and leadership skills

To be considered, applicants must submit a cover letter with their CV. Applications are made through the Inspired Education careers site.