Deputy Head (Academic and Innovation) in Worcester

The King’s Foundation, Worcester, is seeking an exceptional individual to join its Foundation Leadership Team as Deputy Head (Academic and Innovation) for King’s Senior School. The King’s School is one of the leading independent schools in the region with a heritage that stretches back nearly five hundred years. It is a community of three schools - King’s Senior (11-18 years) - and two Prep Schools - King’s St Alban’s and King’s Hawford (both 2-11yrs).

The candidate selected for this exciting opportunity will have a dual remit:

• Academic Leadership (Senior School) - Responsible for high-quality teaching, learning, assessment, curriculum coherence, academic outcomes and the leadership of academic departments.
• Innovation and Digital Strategy for Teaching and Learning (Foundation-wide) - To provide strategic leadership for digital transformation, innovation, AI integration, and digital change management relating to teaching and learning across the Foundation. This includes chairing the redesigned Digital Strategy structure, embedding the recent ICT review’s recommendations, and ensuring all digital development directly supports teaching and learning effectiveness.

The post holder will act as the bridge between educational vision, classroom need and digital capability, ensuring that the Foundation’s digital infrastructure, systems and pedagogical approaches are fit for purpose, future focused and fully aligned with the strategic plan. This significant leadership position requires a highly motivated, experienced, and dynamic individual with a deep commitment to the welfare and development of pupils in an independent day school. Applications are encouraged from those with relevant experience gained from settings throughout the education sector.

Start date: September 2026 or January 2027

How to apply: Please review the job description and person specification below. Candidates should complete a downloadable application form which can be found on the Current Vacancies page of our website and should then be emailed along with a covering letter, addressed to Ben Charles, Head of Foundation, outlining your suitability for the role. Please submit any queries regarding the role to the HR team.

Application deadline: 9am Wednesday 6th May 2026. We reserve the right to interview suitable candidates and appoint to the role before the closing date, therefore early applications are encouraged.

Why Join Us? The King’s Foundation King’s Worcester is a hugely welcoming and fulfilling place to work. We are incredibly proud of our reputation. Our employees and our enviable King’s community is what sets our school apart. We are committed to recruiting the best candidates, who join us from a diverse range of backgrounds, including other educational settings, industry or the commercial world. We are also committed to developing and helping colleagues to thrive while they are here at King’s. Careers at King’s Worcester are exceptionally rewarding in many ways.

Here’s what we can offer you:

• We promote the values of mutual respect and integrity at every level in the Foundation, and we are an equal opportunities employer.
• A highly successful, well-resourced school with a warm, welcoming atmosphere and a positive outlook.
• A competitive salary, commensurate with the importance of the post and with the experience and qualities of the successful candidate.
• Access to an Aviva Defined Contribution Pension Scheme for teaching and support staff.
• A generous fee remission for up to two children of employees who attend schools in the King’s Foundation (pro-rata for part-time staff), following two years of service.
• A genuinely rewarding role as well as career development and support for professional studies, if appropriate.
• Whatever the role, we offer excellent training and development.
• We are also committed to promoting from within whenever we can, giving the chance to build a great future at King’s.
• Access to the School’s outstanding sports facilities including the gym and swimming pool at agreed times.
• Staff are able to purchase private medical insurance through the School in order to benefit from group premium rates.
• Lunch is provided for employees during the school day, plus hot drinks and snacks.
• Employees have full use of School library resources and services.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Free Yoga classes.
• Free access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

The King’s Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-declaration form in relation to any criminal record or information that may make you unsuitable to work with children, and will be subject to an online search.

In order to provide our pupils with a well-rounded and enriched educational experience that is truly representative of the world in which they grow up, the King’s Foundation strives to place equity, diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do, ensuring that we build a community which is truly representative of all backgrounds and experiences. We believe that we will do that best if our employees come from different backgrounds and if we create an environment of inclusion and belonging for them.