Director of Boarding
Skegness Grammar School
Skegness - Lincolnshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- c£30,000 - depending on experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2019
- Apply by:
- 16 December 2018
Job overview
Skegness Grammar School is now recruiting for a Director of Boarding. This role, at Skegness Grammar School’s Boarding Facility at Wainfleet Hall, could be the ideal next step in your career.
Providing our young people access to a world-class education and enrichment experiences is what drives us. Our students benefit from a wealth of opportunities to develop, learn and lead. From the classroom, to cultural visits, sports, music and arts and engaging with our local communities, the rich and varied experiences we create help fuel ambition and unlock potential. The education and experiences equip our young people with the leadership skills, team spirit, resilience and confidence to become outstanding citizens.
About the role
Responsible for the provision, promotion and development of the boarding facility at Skegness Grammar School.
To develop and lead on the School’s pastoral strategies and secure the highest quality education, care and well-being for our students.
Provide a lively, secure environment for boarders.
To ensure and support the welfare, safety and happiness of the boarders.
The Director is resident on site throughout the term and has overall responsibility for the boarders.
Responsible for all staff members who work within the boarding house.
This is a permanent role, working over 52 weeks a year. Hours are full-time, including at weekends, evenings and out-of-hours on-call. The role will require longer working hours prior to students arriving and during term time.
Read more about what we offer our Boarders at Wainfleet Hall.
Salary & Benefits
· c£30,000pa – subject to experience
· Provision of residential accommodation at the Hall (covered by lease agreement)
· Access to generous Local Government Pension Scheme
· 30 days annual leave (to be taken during school holidays)
Who we are looking for
· Track record of success in pastoral care at a leadership level, with evidence of boarding training or extensive equivalent experience
· Knowledge, understanding and practical implementation of safeguarding and confidentiality
· Ability to establish excellent working relationships within the team and, for that team, with the whole school community
· Establish and maintain effective and constructive relationships across the academy and wider community
· Competent and able to exercise discretion, maintain confidentiality and lead the function and a team
· Proven experience in the provision of information and communicating with academy staff, parents/carers pupils and external contacts
· Ability to delegate well and enable others to succeed
· Commitment to the welfare of young people and an interest in the holistic nature of boarding education
· Talented, ambitious and enthusiastic
· Considerate and empathetic
· Evidence of implementing strategies which positively impacted on the boarding experience of pupils
· Ability to contribute to strategic planning for whole school development
· Experience of a multi-cultural environment is desirable
· Able to exercise authority, possess empathy and show students, by example, how to achieve a successful balance between work and recreation
· An enhanced DBS check is required
· Flexibility, including a commitment to evening and weekend work
About The David Ross Education Trust
The David Ross Education Trust (DRET) has grown to a network of 34 academies, incorporating primary, secondary and grammar, and special schools. We employ over 2000 people with the primary focus of raising the standards of education for 13,000 young people. Whatever your role, you should know you are contributing to achieving our vision of inspiring the next generation of young people to be the best they can in whatever they choose. Our aim is to be the country’s leading academy chain, committed to delivering the highest educational standards.
We are incredibly lucky to be able to work alongside outstanding organisations and individuals who are happy to share their expertise and skills in supporting the David Ross Foundation's vision to give children better life chances through access to the best education and support we can give them.
Apply now
To apply for the position, please complete our application form by visiting our website.
Skegness Grammar School is committed to equality, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
About Skegness Grammar School
About Skegness Grammar School
Located in Skegness, Lincolnshire, The Skegness Grammar School is a co-educational grammar school. First opened in 1483 by the founder of Magdalen College Oxford, William de Waynflete, the school has operated on its current site since 1933. After spending some time as a grant-maintained school, it converted to academy status in 2012, and is under the sponsorship of the David Ross Education Trust, a multi-academy group responsible for the running of a number of schools across the country. The school is smaller than average, with around 650 students.
As a grammar school, admission to Skegness is selective on the basis of academic achievement, with an entrance examination being required of students in order to gain admission. While the school sixth form is mostly made up of students from the lower school, around 25 places are available for students from other schools, with admission being made here based on school reports and GCSE results. Our sixth form cohort averages at around 130 students.
Executive Headteacher
Jude Hunton
Head of School
Lorraine Walker
Values and Vision
Skegness Grammar School is a coastal, community grammar school. We serve all our hard-working scholars equally and in doing so we are actively addressing issues of disadvantage. Our mission is to ensure our young people succeed in reaching a top university, excel in their careers and are able to make sound moral choices.
We are proud of our inherited motto, which guides our choices and habits and means; doing the right thing makes us stronger.
Murus Aeneus Conscientia Sana
A sound conscious is a wall of brass
At our grammar school we use the rhetorical power of “three” and simple inclusive messaging to make our values have power. Below are our three key values:
Knowledge, Fairness, Practice.
Our staff:
· share our values and high expectations
· serve our hard-working scholars equally
· advocate our evidence-informed SGS Way
Ofsted
“Leaders, staff and those responsible for governance work together effectively, with a common purpose to keep improving all aspects of the school.”
“Pupils are polite and courteous to each other and adults. They know how to behave well and understand why good behaviour is important. They conduct themselves very well in lessons and during social times. Low-level disruption in lessons is not tolerated, allowing pupils to focus on their learning.”
The full report can be found here.
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