Head of Secondary School
Repton School - Dubai
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Job Description
Roles & Responsibilities
Job Purpose
To lead Repton s Secondary School with clarity, ambition, and integrity building on strong foundations to further strengthen teaching quality, student experience, belonging, and academic outcomes.
The Head Teacher ensures that:
- students experience challenging, inspiring, and carefully sequenced learning;
- Repton remains a school where students and staff are proud to be, and proud to belong;
- families feel listened to, informed, and confident in the school s direction;
- teaching, curriculum, safeguarding, behaviour, and operations run to consistently high standards;
- the Secondary School contributes visibly to Repton s identity as a flagship British independent school in the GCC.
Leadership Responsibilities Overview
Leading Strategically
Strengthen Secondary strategy aligned with SIP and Repton pillars
Use academic and pastoral data to drive improvement
Maintain inspection readiness (KHDA/BSO)
Communicate expectations clearly and consistently
Leading Pastoral Care & Safeguarding
Strengthen belonging, behaviour and culture
Lead safeguarding as DSL
Embed meaningful student leadership pathways
Leading Teaching & Learning
Ensure teaching is challenging, inspiring and aligned to Repton s framework
Strengthen curriculum coherence and progression
Lead exam readiness, moderation and interventions
Promote literacy, oracy and numeracy across subjects
Leading Professional Learning
Build a strong culture of professional learning
Strengthen HoD/HOY leadership capacity
Model visibility and clarity
Ensure high-quality feedback culture
Leading with Impact
Oversee all Secondary data cycles
Lead review processes (QA, walkthroughs, book looks)
Monitor the impact of interventions
Report clearly to the Principal & Governors
Person Specification
Essential
Successful senior leadership experience in a high-performing UK or international school.
Demonstrated impact on improving teaching, curriculum, and student outcomes.
Strong understanding of the English National Curriculum, GCSE, and post-16 pathways.
Excellent judgement, communication, and organisational clarity.
Commitment to evidence-led leadership and strong safeguarding practice.
Professional Growth & Review
Annual leadership goals aligned with SIP and Repton s three pillars.
Three structured leadership coaching conversations per year.
Annual review against leadership impact, culture, outcomes, and strategic delivery.
To support your application, please include your current, up-to-date CV.
The school reserves the right to interview and appoint strong candidates before the official closing date, and therefore we would encourage candidates to apply early in the process.
Cognita is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects the same from its employees. All new staff will be subject to detailed and enhanced pre-employment clearance, including identity checks, criminal background checks for all countries lived in, qualification checks, employment checks to include an exploration of any gaps in employment, and satisfactory reference checks for all employment in the last 5 years.
Desired Candidate Profile
Essential
Successful senior leadership experience in a high-performing UK or international school.
Demonstrated impact on improving teaching, curriculum, and student outcomes.
Strong understanding of the English National Curriculum, GCSE, and post-16 pathways.
Excellent judgement, communication, and organisational clarity.
Commitment to evidence-led leadership and strong safeguarding practice.
Desirable
Experience in competitive international markets (e.g., GCC).
Experience contributing to the growth and identity of a flagship school.
Skilled in building trust with diverse parent communities.
Keywords
- Head Of Secondary School
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Repton School - Dubai
Cognita is a global leader in independent education. Founded in 2004, we are a growing community of 100+ schools in 16 countries - in Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East - serving more than 85,000 students. Each of our schools are proudly unique, however our collective purpose is to create an environment where everyone can, Thrive in a rapidly evolving world . About Repton School Dubai: Repton Dubai was founded in 2007 and is a world class international school in the heart of Dubai. One of the few genuinely international schools in the Gulf Region, Repton Dubai combines the reputation and academic rigour of the UK curriculum, from infants and junior school up to IGCSE level in Year 11 and then embraces the challenges and opportunities of the International Diploma or IB in the Sixth Form, whilst also offering A levels. Set in a stunning campus in Nad Al Sheba, and almost uniquely in Dubai, also offering a dynamic boarding experience, Repton pupils from ages 3-18 benefit from facilities, resources and a classroom and sporting experience, that is the envy of their peers. Our mission is the rigorous pursuit of excellence, inside and outside the classroom, combined with a passionate concern for the wellbeing of each individual
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