Deputy Rector

DEPUTY RECTOR — Required for August 2026. Due to the promotion of the current incumbent to headship, we invite applications for the post of Deputy Rector at Kelvinside Academy, a leading independent, HMC co-educational day school of around 600 pupils aged 3-18 years, situated in the West End of Glasgow.

The School aims to bring out the best in every pupil, combining high standards of teaching and a superb co-curricular programme within an inclusive and caring ethos. Sport, outdoor pursuits, music, drama and art flourish, together with a range of clubs. There is strong participation in the Combined Cadet Force and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award.

This is a significant school leadership post carrying responsibility for the day-to-day running of the Senior School. It will be an ideal role for someone looking to go on to headship. The successful candidate will have demonstrable knowledge and experience of pastoral care and guidance issues, or academic leadership. We seek a person with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills who can foster trust and respect among staff, pupils and parents. Most of all, we seek someone who is passionate about educational improvement and dedicated to serving the young people at Kelvinside Academy.

Applicants should have demonstrable knowledge and experience of pastoral care and guidance issues, or academic leadership. The successful candidate will undertake a PVG check through Disclosure Scotland and should be registered or eligible for registration with the GTCS.

Salary will reflect the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate. An application pack, including further details of the post and an application form, is available from the School’s website. A completed application form and letter of application should be sent to the Rector, by 5.00pm on Wednesday 11 February 2026. In the first instance, please contact the Rector if you have questions about the post by email at the address on the School’s website or by telephone. First round of interviews will take place on Tuesday 24 February 2026, with second stage interviews taking place the following week on Tuesday 3 March 2026.

Kelvinside Academy is an independent, HMC, co-educational day school with around 600 pupils aged from 3 to 18. It may have first opened its doors in 1878 and be housed in a Grade A listed building in Glasgow’s West End, but there’s much more going on inside the walls than meets the eye.

It is a forward-thinking independent school with a focus on progressive pupil-centric learning at every stage and pushing beyond the boundaries of traditional academic assessment. It combines high standards of teaching and a superb extra-curricular programme within an inclusive and caring ethos to encourage the individual talents and ambitions of every young person.

Results in examinations are well above the national average. Pupils are encouraged to take advantage of the many opportunities for personal development through sport, music, drama, outdoor pursuits and clubs and societies. The first of its kind in the UK, Kelvinside’s state-of-the-art Innovation School facility has enabled design thinking and an architectural design studio model to be incorporated into the school’s curriculum from J1 to S6. Junior School classrooms are inspired by the collaborative, pupil-oriented Scandinavian school model featuring bleacher seating, mobile teaching stations and whiteboard desks. All Junior School pupils enjoy weekly Forest School sessions and Innovation School classes. Outdoor education plays a primary role in learning with our Wilderness Campus in the Cairngorms National Park, School Yacht “Level Best”, external roof garden classroom and Forest School partnership with the University of Glasgow.

Our Greek motto translates as ‘Ever to be the Best’. In recent years, this has been given a more modern interpretation and the ethos of the school is to challenge each individual pupil to ‘Be The Best You Can Be’ in all aspects of life.