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Director of Pastoral Care and Wellbeing

Director of Pastoral Care and Wellbeing

d'Overbroeck's

Oxfordshire

  • Expired
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
15 October 2019

Job overview

Role overview

Working closely with the Principal, Senior Vice Principal and Vice Principals, the Director of Pastoral Care will hold a high-level of whole school responsibilities.

As a member of the school's senior leadership team, the successful applicant will be expected to be involved in, and to make a pro-active contribution to, all aspects of the life of the school. Not least of which is the school’s leadership and strategic development, identifying and taking every possible opportunity to improve, enhance and further the school's educational, pastoral, boarding and extracurricular provision.

In a city and a county which boast a good number of independent schools with resounding names and long histories, d’Overbroeck’s has, in a comparatively short time, established itself as a thriving, forward- looking and highly successful school with a robustly distinctive ethos, an outstanding staff team, and a strong reputation for the quality of its educational and pastoral provision.  The policy at d’Overbroeck’s is for everyone, staff and students, to be on first-name terms throughout the school. The school’s experience is that this fosters more mutual respect and truer, more motivating interactions between staff and students.

d’Overbroeck’s is a thriving, forward- looking and highly successful co-educational independent school in Oxford. We have a robustly distinctive ethos, an outstanding staff team, and a strong reputation for the quality of its educational and pastoral provision. The school has seen enormous growth in recent years, both in pupil numbers, and the service that we are able to provide to both our students and staff. This growth has brought substantially more physical space and enable the school to take its facilities and its educational provision to a whole new level in a host of areas including the sciences, art, music and drama, as well as its library, social and dining provision. It also creates the opportunity for a new role of Director Pastoral Care and Wellbeing at the school. The successful applicant will, therefore, join the school at an enormously exciting point in the school’s development.


Working closely with the Principal, Senior Vice Principal and Vice Principals, the Director of Pastoral Care will hold a high-level of whole school responsibilities. As a member of the school's senior leadership team, he/she will be expected to be involved in, and to make a pro-active contribution to, all aspects of the life of the school. Not least of which is the school’s leadership and strategic development, identifying and taking every possible opportunity to improve, enhance and further the school's educational, pastoral, boarding and extracurricular provision.


Applications

Applicants should complete the form entitled Application for a Teaching Post.

The Application Form, full Curriculum Vitae and a covering letter should be emailed to HR@doverbroecks.com and a signed copy sent to:

Helena Barron
 d'Overbroeck's
 333 Banbury Road
 Oxford
 OX2 7PL 

Applications will be processed on receipt. Please apply as soon as possible, but no later than 16 October 2019

Short-listed applicants will be notified of the interview arrangements as soon as possible after short-listing.

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About d'Overbroeck's

THE SCHOOL

d’Overbroeck’s is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in Oxford for students aged 11 – 18. The school roll currently stands at around 750, and this is set to grow in the coming years.

Founded in 1977, initially as a Sixth Form, d’Overbroeck’s has maintained its founding values throughout its growth.

We believe in outstanding teaching and laughter. We celebrate the individual and foster a culture that promotes collaboration and originality. We pride ourselves on our unique blend of social informality and academic rigour.

d’Overbroeck’s consists of three sections:

Years 7-11 – 200 students; currently all day students although open to boarders from next year. Based at Leckford Place, OX2 6HX.

Sixth Form – 440 students; a mixture of day and boarding. Domestic and international. Based at a purpose-built site at 333 Banbury Road.

The International School – around 125 international students who are all boarders, across years 9-11.

All in all, this is a busy and happy educational environment in which staff and students enjoy positive relationships based on mutual respect and a shared sense of purpose. As our most recent ISI inspection report puts it:

‘A defining characteristic of d’Overbroeck’s is its close-knit, informal atmosphere within which students grow in confidence, self-esteem, respect for themselves and for others. Students are very supportive of each other and behaviour throughout is excellent, exemplified in considerate, warm relationships.

In its key findings, our most recent inspection report (2021) found that our students are highly motivated with extremely positive attitudes to learning. They were described as successful collaborative learners who are naturally inclusive. They were said to have a remarkably strong sense of self understanding and excellent awareness of how to improve and achieve their goals.

ISI inspection report. October 2021

For more information about the College please visit our website at http://www.doverbroecks.com/

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