Acting Head of Pre-Prep
Caterham Prep School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Temporary
- Start date:
- 23 April 2019
- Apply by:
- 17 March 2019
Job overview
Caterham is one of the UK’s leading co-educational schools. We are a highly successful, ambitious and caring school that is committed to providing an inspiring education that prepares pupils for life.
Caterham Preparatory School is an IAPS co-educational day school that is an integral part of Caterham School. At the Preparatory School we cater for children from three to eleven years of age. Most of our pupils go on to join our Senior School, which in turn caters for pupils from eleven to eighteen years of age.
Caterham Preparatory School seeks to provide an inspiring education preparing all of our young people for the senior school. We believe that education should challenge pupils to be the best that they can be at all times, to instill in them the habits of learning that will see them succeed in any context, to provide opportunities for pupils to find success and fulfilment through achievement and excellence and to leave them with a love of learning and exploration that will stay with them throughout their lives. Learning to learn is a key facet of a Caterham education and our classroom experience encourages innovation, independence and collaboration. Wellbeing and pastoral care is at the heart of all we do and we firmly believe that children succeed when they feel safe, supported and secure and when their educational journey is built around what is right for each child.
We are well placed for access to town and country: the beautiful two hundred acre site is five minutes’ drive from Junction 6 of the M25, twenty minutes’ drive from Gatwick and a short walk from the local station, with several trains an hour into London.
The School is seeking to appoint an outstanding Acting Head of Pre-Prep to join our dynamic and friendly Prep School on a temporary basis for Summer Term 2019. The successful applicant will be an excellent communicator and an inspiring teacher, will hold a good first degree. The post contributes fully to the life of the school.
Caterham provides a competitive remuneration package and also offers:
• A highly successful 3 to 18, co-educational, day and boarding environment providing a wealth of experience
• A comprehensive induction programme with a range of personal development opportunities including outreach with partner schools
• Superb sporting, arts, outdoor learning and co-curricular facilities
• Excellent pastoral care
Please visit the vacancies page of our website for more information and to apply or alternatively contact hr@caterhamschool.co.uk should you have any further questions.
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, the school reserves the right to appoint at any stage in the recruitment process.
The School 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 (DBS).
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About Caterham Prep School
Caterham Prep is a vibrant and thriving part of the Caterham family, providing an outstanding education that enables every pupil to achieve his or her maximum potential intellectually, physically and creatively in an ambitious but nurturing environment. The Caterham School community shares a 200 acre campus in the beautiful Harestone Valley and educates pupils from age 3 to 18. The Prep School is nestled at the far end of the campus, surrounded by its own woodland.
Learning how to learn is a key part of a Caterham education, from the Early Years at the Prep School to the Sixth Form at the Senior School and is, in our view, an essential skill for modern life. We believe that a truly excellent school is about more than academic achievement alone: it is also about developing a passion for learning, a capacity for problem-solving, independent and critical thinking, self-awareness and resilience, self-confidence without arrogance and genuine interests that extend beyond the confines of the classroom.
We believe in providing an ‘Education for Life’ for all Caterhamians and our innovative curriculum blends the best of tradition with exciting opportunities such as Performing Arts, Mandarin, Digital Innovation, 21st Century Skills and Global Citizenship. Our unique Outdoor Learning programme, developed in and taking advantage of our own responsibly managed forest, runs alongside all of this, together with an award-winning Wellbeing programme that runs through the heart of everything we do.
All classrooms are equipped with computers, interactive board and Apple TV, allowing teachers and pupils to collaborate and share screens using the school’s iPads, which are also used for learning across the site, into the school’s grounds and at home. For more advanced computer use in our Digital Innovation programme, the school also has a full ICT suite, equipped with desktop PCs and a 3D printer, as well as a separate Music Lab with its own dedicated computers and electric keyboards. Technology spills out of the classroom and into our outdoor learning and co-curricular offering, built on our belief that technology can be used to support and enhance learning wherever it takes place.
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