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Principal — The New Horizon High School — Kolkata

The New Horizon High School· Est. 1961
₹9.3L – ₹13.7LState Boardfull-timeOn-site13–16 yrsCloses 15 Nov
● posted 11 Jun
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Job description

Overview

The New Horizon High School is building a strong academic team and is looking for a Principal — The New Horizon High School who can lead learning with care, rigour, and consistency. Curriculum: STATE BOARD. The school has been running for 65+ years. Apply directly through this listing — your profile is shared with the school as soon as you submit.

The New Horizon High School, a State Board school in Kolkata, is hiring a Principal.

Key responsibilities:

  • Lead the school's academic and operational vision
  • Mentor faculty and coordinators
  • Engage with parents and the management committee
  • Drive curriculum and student outcomes

Requirements:

  • 8-20 years of relevant experience
  • Postgraduate degree with B.Ed; proven leadership track record

About the school: The New Horizon High School is a State Board Day School in Kalighat, Kolkata.

What you'll handle as a Principal — The New Horizon High School

Lead the academic vision, hire and mentor faculty, manage parent and board relations, and own school-wide outcomes from admissions to results day.

About teaching in Kolkata

Kolkata has historic ICSE and CBSE schools alongside growing IB options, with hiring concentrated around March–May.

Requirements

Why apply

Salary disclosed up-front — no guesswork before applying.
Full-time on-roll position — stable contract, not a short engagement.
Established school — running since 1961.

What you'll handle

·Make the final call on disciplinary and safeguarding matters.
·Oversee compliance — affiliation, fire safety, child-safety policies.
·Drive teacher PD across the year, in-house and external.
·Approve and monitor the annual budget.
·Own admissions strategy and student-retention outcomes.

Working in a STATE BOARD school

State-board schools value teachers who can translate concepts in the regional language and align to the state textbook.

Working conditions

This is a day school — standard working hours with weekend off, occasional events and parent-teacher meetings.

Career path

Explore adjacent roles teachers move to next in Kolkata.

  1. Coordinator→
  2. Academic Coordinator→
  3. Vice Principal→
  4. Principal

Benefits

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The New Horizon High School
State Board · Kolkata · Est. 1961 · 20:1 students per teacher
1961
FOUNDED
State Board
BOARD
senior secondary
LEVEL
English
MEDIUM
20:1
STUDENTS / TEACHER
English, Hindi, Bengali
LANGUAGES
Kolkata, West Bengal
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