Director of Faculty

Royal Alexandra and Albert School; Reigate; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Free lunch daily

Staff fee discount

Job summary

The Royal Alexandra and Albert School seeks an exceptional Director of Communications Faculty to provide strategic and operational leadership, shaping curriculum, teaching and assessment across English, Media, French and/or Spanish. The post requires collaboration with senior leaders to implement curriculum improvements and drive school-wide excellence.

The successful candidate will combine strong classroom practice with a commitment to professional development, equity, and inclusive pedagogy,

Qualifications

• Significant experience teaching English, Media, French and/or Spanish at senior school level.
• Experience leading in a subject area or related discipline (middle leadership).
• Proven track record of improving teaching and learning and outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the Communications Faculty.
• Collaborate with the Deputy Director to shape curriculum, teaching, and assessment across applicable subjects.

Job description

Your Role

We are:

1. A "Good" school with "Outstanding" Personal Development (Ofsted, April 2024) and "Outstanding" boarding (Ofsted, June 2025).
2. A lively and purposeful co-educational, comprehensive state boarding school for children aged 7 to 18 years, with approximately 700 flexi-boarders and 300 full boarders.
3. A popular choice for local families who attend on our flexi boarding package, as well as for full boarders from further afield in the UK and internationally. This is due to a wide range of factors including our facilities, academic pathways and results, pastoral care, the boarding and flexi-boarding ethos and environment, wide range of trips and co-curricular activities and the resultant attitudes of its students.

We offer:

1. Professional, supportive and committed staff team
2. Beautiful estate set in 260 acres of parkland
3. Swimming pool and gym with set times for staff use
4. Convenient location, close to the A23 and M25
5. Free on-site parking
6. Free lunch daily
7. Staff fee discount

We seek an exceptional candidate for the position of Director of Communications Faculty.

This role will require significant strategic as well operational leadership, including working with the Deputy Director of Faculty to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the faculty and designing, implementing and refining strategic improvements to the curriculum, teaching and learning and assessment in the subjects within the faculty. The Director of Faculty will be conversant with the whole-school SER and SIP as well as the School's vision, values and policies; these will inform faculty professional practice.

The successful candidate will have significant experience teaching English, Media, French and/or Spanish across a senior school, as well as experience of middle-leadership in a relevant subject or area. They will have a proven track record of improving teaching and learning, resulting in excellent outcomes for students, regardless of their starting point.

In addition, the successful candidate will be:

1. An excellent classroom practitioner
2. Committed to regular and on-going professional development
3. An inclusive practitioner

We hope that after considering all the information provided, you will decide to make an application. Please be advised that we may interview as applications come in. Whatever the outcome of your application we thank you for the interest you have shown and wish you well in your future career.

Safeguarding Information

The Royal Alexandra and Albert School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post if successful, including an Enhanced DBS check. Staff must be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health and safety regulations, security and confidentiality, reporting all concerns as appropriate. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

At The Royal Alexandra and Albert School we strive to be inclusive and value the positive impact of diversity and equality within our school. We welcome applications from all backgrounds, and particularly encourage those from ethnic minority groups who reflect the diversity, and varied cultural and ethnic backgrounds, of our student community / boarding community.