Principal — Gokhale Memorial Girls School, Kolkata

Est. 1920
₹10.1L – ₹25.7LCBSEfull-timeOn-site5–7 yrs1 openingsCloses 30 Oct
● posted 30 May

Job description

Overview

Gokhale Memorial Girls School in Kolkata, West Bengal is on the lookout for a Principal. The school values educators who care about classroom culture as much as curriculum delivery. Gokhale Memorial Girls School in Kolkata, West Bengal functions as a senior secondary institution — a CBSE-affiliated school, established 1920,. The leadership team is closely involved in academic planning and faculty support, with a sharp focus on classroom impact. Position: as Principal, you are part of the school's leadership group. The role demands strong judgement, calm execution, and a clear point of view on what good schooling looks like. Core responsibilities:

  • Lead and inspire a high-performing academic team.
  • Maintain standards through reviews, observations, and structured feedback.
  • Drive the assessment, reporting, and parent communication cycle.
  • Manage disciplinary cases, parent escalations, and staff conflicts.
  • Contribute to the school's strategic priorities as part of the leadership group. Ideal candidate — you have:
  • 8+ years in school education with leadership exposure.
  • Direct experience running a section, department, or full school.
  • A point of view on good teaching, good assessments, and good schools.
  • Patience to coach and firmness to enforce standards.
  • Strong personal organisation across multiple workstreams. Perks and culture:
  • Fair compensation with annual review (₹10.1 LPA – ₹25.7 LPA).
  • Stable, full-time engagement with a clear academic calendar.
  • Regular PD through internal and external programmes.
  • A working culture that takes faculty wellbeing seriously.
  • A school that genuinely cares about student outcomes. Submit your application here so Gokhale Memorial Girls School can shortlist you alongside the active pool. Strong profiles move to a brief teaching demo and a discussion with the academic head.

Requirements

Role details

Vacancies
1

Why apply

Salary disclosed up-front — no guesswork before applying.
CBSE school — strong academic systems and recognised curriculum.
Full-time on-roll position — stable contract, not a short engagement.

What you'll handle

·Oversee compliance — affiliation, fire safety, child-safety policies.
·Make the final call on disciplinary and safeguarding matters.
·Chair leadership-team meetings and own the school's KPIs.
·Lead parent communication — newsletters, escalations and the annual address.
·Set the school's annual academic and operational plan.

Working in a CBSE school

As a CBSE-affiliated school, the calendar is structured around term-wise assessments, project work and board-format mocks for senior grades.

Career path

Explore adjacent roles teachers move to next in Kolkata.

  1. Coordinator→
  2. Academic Coordinator→
  3. Vice Principal→
  4. Principal
Gokhale Memorial Girls School
CBSE · Kolkata · Est. 1920 · 25:1 students per teacher
1920
FOUNDED
CBSE
BOARD
senior secondary
LEVEL
English
MEDIUM
Ms. Debjani Sarker
PRINCIPAL
25:1
STUDENTS / TEACHER
English, Hindi, Bengali
LANGUAGES
2430163
AFFILIATION
Kolkata, West Bengal
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