Deputy Head Pastoral
Godolphin School
Salisbury, Wiltshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 18 January 2018
Job overview
Deputy Head (Pastoral)
September 2018
Godolphin School is one of the country’s leading independent boarding and day schools for girls with an excellent reputation. Founded in 1726, the School educates girls from 3-18 and is known for the strength of its pastoral care. We are seeking an inspirational and highly motivated pastoral leader to join our team and further develop the pastoral direction and wellbeing of the school. Godolphin’s true strength lies in its commitment to understanding and meeting the needs of each individual girl. Boarding is a key component to the educational life of the school and the Deputy Head Pastoral is a residential post with family accommodation (recently refurbished) provided. The school has undertaken a major boarding restructure which comes to fruition in 2018. This is an exciting time to be joining the senior management team to work through the next stage of the school’s strategic plan. The role is wide-ranging, encompassing all aspects of school life and includes the line management of House staff and Heads of Year. This is a teaching position of up to 0.4 of a timetable and applications from any teaching discipline will be considered.
Godolphin is located in Salisbury on a well landscaped, spacious site and enjoys close links with the Cathedral and the City.
For further details please follow this link where you can download the candidate brief and an application form. Please do not send a curriculum vitae. Your application, including the names of two professional referees and a covering letter should reach the HR Administrator Mrs Judy Wilson, Godolphin School, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 2RA by 9.00am on Thursday 18 January 2018.
You can email your application to: wilsonj@godolphin.wilts.sch.uk
Please note the school is closed between 22 December and 4 January 2018
First round interviews will be held on Thursday 25 January 2018
Final round interviews will be held on Tuesday 30 January 2018
Godolphin is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and students to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to enhanced clearance through the DBS.
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About Godolphin School
- Godolphin School
- Millford Hill, Salisbury
- Wiltshire
- SP1 2RA
- United Kingdom
Godolphin was founded 300 years ago. It joined United Learning in May 2024 and became a co-educational senior school in September 2025. Chafyn Grove School was founded 146 years ago and joined United Learning in May 2024. Both schools have strong reputations serving generations of local families whilst providing boarding facilities for pupils from both the UK and overseas. As one school, Chafyn-Godolphin School will provide an excellent education for children from three years old in nursery up to the age of 18.
From September 2026, the school will be fully merged as Chafyn-Godolphin School operating across the current Chafyn and Godolphin sites.
Godolphin is part of United Learning, a large and growing group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is now a diverse nationwide group of over 85 state and 14 independent schools, each with its own unique character and ethos. While the founding independent school group is now smaller than the academies side, the Group is very much a partnership of equals and the fundamental aims are the same – beginning with excellence in education for children and young people.
As a large group of schools, United Learning (the Group) believes it can offer more to staff, pupils and the wider community than Godolphin could provide as a standalone school. With common ‘back office’ systems for finance, HR and management information as well as central procurement and specialist estate management and HR support, the Group offers efficiency and effectiveness while also adding significant value in supporting schools and helping them to accelerate progress.
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