Secondary Assistant Head of Secondary; Pastoral teaching - Guangzhou

Position: Secondary Assistant Head of Secondary (Pastoral) with teaching role - Guangzhou, China - August 2026
- Assistant Head of Secondary (Pastoral) with teaching component
- Guangzhou, Southern China
- August 2026 start
- A very competitive salary and benefits package including school accommodation, annual flights, tuition for staff children and medical insurance.

We are looking to appoint an exceptional and experienced school leader to join a Secondary Senior Leadership Team, providing clear direction, strong leadership, and inspiration across the school community. This pivotal role involves contributing significantly to the day-to-day management of the Secondary School while helping to shape its future academic vision and strategic priorities. As Assistant Headteacher, you will take primary responsibility for Pastoral Care, ensuring the highest standards of student welfare, personal development, and well-being.

Working closely with the Assistant Headteachers responsible for Teaching, Learning & Assessment, Sixth Form, and Student Enrichment and Experience, alongside the Head of Secondary, you will be an integral member of the Secondary School Leadership Team. The portfolio includes leading pastoral provision and professional development related to student well-being; line-managing Year Leaders and the school counsellor; overseeing key operational areas such as staff cover, duties, pastoral documentation, behaviour systems and implementation, attendance, House points, and elements of student leadership;

and contributing to whole-school strategic priorities including recruitment, induction, and development planning.

• There is a teaching commitment, which will be confirmed once the timetable is completed. Please clearly state which subject(s) you are able to teach, and to what level.

• Middle and/or Senior Leader experience.

• A degree in your specialist subject.

• A recognised teaching qualification.

• Considerable relevant teaching experience.

• Receptive to feedback.

• Ready to embrace change.
Willingness to share good practice.
Strong communication skills.

• Energetic and optimistic.

• Ability to mentor Middle Leaders.

• Be collaborative.

• Ambitious for our school

The Successful Candidate will possess:
Recognised teaching qualification (e.g. PGCE, HDipEd, or equivalent).

• A current Enhanced Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure for all countries lived in.
Compliance with visa requirements for working.
A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils, and a willingness to undertake appropriate child protection training when required.

This is an international school for expatriate children from about 53 different countries from the ages of 2 years old up to 18. They follow the English National Curriculum and a broad curriculum with a wide range of extra curricular activities is delivered by experienced and well-qualified teachers - mostly from the UK, and all with UK curriculum experience. There are also teaching assistants on hand to support teachers and pupils and class sizes are kept small.

They have a second, brand new, purpose-built campus which opened in August 2021. The school is located in Southern China in Guangzhou, the largest city in the Guangdong province.

To find out more about this amazing opportunity at a first-rate international school, please call your Edvectus consultant today.