Principal

Repton School Cairo
Egypt
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
August ‎2024
Apply by:
‎30 October ‎2023

Job description

This is a great opportunity to explore the fascinating city of Cairo while
leading a school that aspires to be among the best in the region.

Repton Cairo is recently established as a partnership between Repton in the UK
and Merge Plus Education, a school management company with a long and
distinguished history in education in Egypt. The new Principal will build
Repton Cairo beyond its first three years of operation and realise the shared
aspiration of the two partners for it to become one of the leading schools in
Egypt and the region.

The Repton Cairo campus forms the centrepiece of the thriving and prestigious
Mivida development of ‎5,000 properties in New Cairo, a world apart from
Downtown Cairo but still with easy access to its culture and historical
delights. Mivida has been built by the Emaar group as an integrated community
with plenty of green space and its own shopping, leisure and entertainment
facilities. The Principal will benefit from working with an experienced
British group and a local partner with deep knowledge of education in Egypt. A
competitive remuneration package is on offer, and the partners are conscious
of the need for salary arrangements that are not subject to the currency
fluctuations that can be a barrier to working in Egypt.

This all adds up to a rare opportunity, full of great potential for an
experienced leader.

Repton School was founded in ‎1557 in the heart of England and today is a
modern, world-class day and boarding school providing an exceptional broad-
based education and impressive pastoral support. In ‎2007, Repton was the first
UK independent school to establish an overseas school in Dubai. The Repton
Family of Schools now comprises seven international schools and two UK prep
schools and a further phase of international development is under way,
coinciding with a strengthening of the group structure to ensure that Repton's
ethos, values and aims are at the core of all its schools.

In partnering with Merge Plus Education, Repton has entered the Cairo market
in a way that is careful, informed and strongly focused on quality and the
Repton values. Repton Cairo is an English national curriculum school with a
co-curricular programme designed to deliver an outstanding holistic education
in the best Repton traditions. The school started with a small Early Years and
Junior School intake, and the new Principal will strengthen these parts of the
school, develop the Senior School and guide the school towards its capacity of
‎1,500 students.

To an extent, the school is still in its start-up phase, but with much being
achieved under an experienced interim Principal to build strong and steady
foundations. The position requires an experienced school leader with
resilience and adaptability, excellent experience of the British curriculum,
and a commitment to understanding how to make this an authentically Repton
school in the distinctive context of Cairo. They will be able to establish and
maintain the highest standards of teaching and learning and the systems and
processes required in any leading school; they will recruit outstanding
colleagues as the school grows; and they will play a leading role in enabling
the school to meet its enrolment targets.

The position is available from August ‎2024.

For a preliminary, confidential conversation about the role with Jean
Sullivan, Head of International Search or Keith Clark, Head of International
Leadership Appointments, please contact [email protected].

Further, detailed candidate information about this, including information on
how to apply, is available at www.rsacademics.com

The deadline for the receipt of applications is Monday ‎30 October at ‎10:00
(UK)/‎12:00 (Cairo)

Repton Cairo and the Repton Family of Schools are committed to safeguarding
and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff
and volunteers to share this commitment. Any appointment to a Repton school is
conditional on criminal records clearance and the successful candidate will be
required to supply the necessary information and documentary evidence.
References will be obtained on all candidates called for final interview and
applicants should be aware that questions relating to the candidates '
suitability to working in a post involving children will be asked throughout
the recruitment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act ‎1974 and the
amendments to the Exceptions Order ‎1975, ‎2013 and ‎2020.

The safeguarding responsibilities of the role are indicated in the candidate
information.

RSAcademics is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
and young people and to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools.

About Repton School Cairo

• Repton School Cairo


• Emaar Mivida Compound, New Cairo


• Cairo


• Egypt
  +‎20 ‎0 ‎10325 ‎00001

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