Acting Head of Pre-Prep
Caterham Prep School
Surrey
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- April or May 2021
- Apply by:
- 17 December 2020
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 Prep School is an IAPS co-educational day school that is an integral part of Caterham School. At the Prep 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 Prep School challenges all its pupils to exceed their suggested potential in their class work. We also place a high emphasis on the importance of participation and effort in co-curricular activities. Equally significant are the high standards of behaviour and care for others that we encourage and expect from our pupils. Learning at Caterham School is an exciting adventure, full of opportunities for personal development, achievement and enjoyment. We believe that all of our pupils can be successful in an environment which is caring, optimistic and encouraging. Our results are testament to the uniquely supportive environment that is Caterham’s hallmark.
We wish to appoint a qualified and enthusiastic Acting Head of Pre-Prep to join the school from April or May 2021; this role is to cover maternity leave for up to 18 months. The successful candidate will hold an appropriate teaching qualification and will be an inspirational, committed and highly effective educational practitioner dedicated to achieving the best outcome for every individual child both in and out of the classroom.
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
- Teachers Pension Scheme
To apply please click apply now or should you have further questions please contact hr@caterhamschool.co.uk
The closing date for applications is 9am, Monday 4 January 2021. Applications will be reviewed as they are received the School reserves the right to appoint before the closing date.
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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