Job Description

Salary:

St George's operates its own generous salary scheme

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

July 2025

Apply by:

8 May 2025

Job overview

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St George's is a thriving independent boarding and day school of 270 girls aged 11-18 around 45% of whom are boarders (full, weekly and flexi) and with a Sixth Form of approximately 80 pupils. St George's offers an ambitious, connected and future-facing education tailored for pupils to realise their potential both at school and in fulfilling adult lives ahead.


Awarded 'excellent across the board' in its November 2022 ISI inspection, the School is a place where girls flourish academically, creatively, physically and morally, a place where risks can be taken, lessons are learnt and challenges are welcome.


We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community. Visitors are impressed by our facilities within a beautiful setting and the ambition of our educational provision.


Our unique extended day and flexible boarding model allows all girls the time and space to foster confidence, independence and academic curiosity providing a future-facing education exclusively for girls in a world not yet designed for girls and introduces them to contemporary subjects and topics, through speakers, workshops, classes and visits.


St George's offers an education that is grounded, relevant and fosters employability. The school operates as an Educational Trust administered by a Board of Governors, is a member of the Girls' Schools Association (GSA), Boarding Schools Association (BSA) ISBA, AGBIS and is ISC accredited.


St George's is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dynamic marketing professional as the full-time Director of Marketing and External Communications to lead the School's Marketing strategy for 2025 and beyond.


The School has always enjoyed a strong brand reputation within the sector and seeks to further define its position in a highly competitive market, by driving brand awareness to attract pupils and building and developing its reputation amongst stakeholders and the wider community.


The Director of Marketing and External Communications (DMEC) will be line managed by the Head on a day-to-day basis and is part of the MAPA (Marketing, Admissions, Philanthropy, Alumnae) Team, which also includes the Director of Admissions, Head of Philanthropy, the Bursar and the Head. They will also work closely with the three Deputy Heads (Academic, Pastoral and Co-Curricular and Connections).


The role of Director of Marketing and External Communications is currently supported by a part-time Marketing Communications Officer, a full-time Digital Marketing Assistant and a part-time Graphic Designer.


St George's operates its own generous salary scheme and the successful candidate will be auto-enrolled into the School's defined contribution pension scheme if eligible.


This is a

full time

role, working throughout the year and the normal hours of work will be 8.30am to 5.00pm, Monday to Friday (with a 30 minute unpaid break for lunch). Given the professional nature and seniority of the role, you would be expected to work such hours as to properly discharge your duties.


Additional Staff benefits include:

Use of state-of-the-art gym with Technogym equipment at allocated times Staff swimming sessions and family swimming sessions in the recently built 25m, 6-lane indoor pool Supportive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme Ample free onsite parking Freshly prepared, nutritious lunches in the Dining Room during term time. Refreshments are also available throughout the day in the Staff Room. Meals and refreshments are free of charge. The post holder's children may, upon passing the entrance assessments, be eligible at the discretion of the Governors for a reduction on the basic tuition fees.
Full details of this vacancy can be viewed on the School's website www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk

How to apply:

Letters of application to the Head, Mrs Hewer, should be no more than two sides of A4 and, together with the completed application form and confidential cover sheet should be emailed to recruitment@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
CVs will not be accepted without the relevant application form and confidential cover sheet.


Deadline for applications:

Midday on Thursday 8 May 2025

Interviews: First round interviews will be held at the School on

Monday 12 May

2025

and final round interviews on

Monday 19 May 2025.

The School reserves the right to interview and/or appoint at any time during the recruitment process.


Any queries about this post may be made in the first instance to Mrs Natalie Man, Director of Marketing and External Communications nman@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
St George's School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children at the School. A review of open source social media and online content will be conducted after candidates have been shortlisted and you may be asked about this at interview. The appointment will be subject to a successful disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. This will give details of all spent and unspent convictions and other recordable matters. A policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available, if required, from the School Office. The supplied references will be taken up and the School may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications. A medical questionnaire will be required to be completed by the successful candidate.

About

St George's School

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St George's School

Wells Lane, Ascot
Berkshire
SL5 7DZ
United Kingdom

+44 1344 629900

St George's is a girls' independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 years. We are located approximately 25 miles west of central London on a beautiful, leafy 30 acre site, within walking distance of Ascot High Street. We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community and visitors often comment on the perceptible supportive and cheerful atmosphere.



Most girls join St George's in Year 7; there are around 35 girls in each of the first two years and we keep class sizes deliberately small so that each girl is individually known. An additional class is added at Year 9 with girls joining from 13+ prep schools and girls may also join in the Sixth Form, and occasionally in Year 8 and Year 10.



We believe that a happy and successful school is one where all pupils have the opportunities to develop their strengths. The richness of opportunities within and outside the classroom are fundamental elements of the St George's experience. This allows the girls to foster the confidence, independence and academic curiosity that lead to success.



Our academic results are impressive, with the 'value-added' in public examinations a real strength. We understand how girls learn effectively and we regularly add at least one grade higher at GCSE and A Level than baseline testing would suggest. As the girls progress through the school, bespoke advice on subject options, universities and careers as part of a thorough academic tracking process, gives each girl and her parents a sense of where her strengths lie and where she should be heading.



We also offer an extensive range of opportunities, clubs and activities with a significant focus on the arts, music and sport. The girls work hard and play hard, they value each other's abilities and there is a positive an supportive pastoral and boarding ethos.



St George's is a place where girls flourish academically, creatively, physically and morally , a place where risks can be taken, lessons are learnt and challenges are welcomed. We strive for the very best for our girls and by developing their love of learning, their academic potential and their individual talents, we are able to nurture them to become happy, responsible, well balanced and resilient young women in the twenty-first century.