Houseparent
The Purcell School
Bushey, Hertfordshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018
- Apply by:
- 1 March 2018
Job overview
From September 2018, we have a vacancy for a teacher to be Houseparent in a boarding-house for up to 48 boarders aged 13 – 18.
Sunley House is the girls’ boarding house at The Purcell School. Sunley House is a community of over 48 students aged between years 9 and 13. Boarders live in an atmosphere of friendliness and encouragement from the Houseparent(s).
Boarding is central to life at The Purcell School. Students are musically gifted, academically able and come from different cultural backgrounds, making a very lively and cosmopolitan environment and an exciting opportunity for a teacher with strong pastoral experience wishing to further develop their leadership skills. It would particularly suit someone who was looking to move on to a senior leadership role in due course.
A job description can be found below, but in essence the houseparent takes full responsibility for the welfare of his/her students during term time. Acting in a parental role, he/she will look after and nurture the girls as they progress through the House, encouraging and helping them to make the most of the opportunities available to them at this very special school. This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role.
It is intended to appoint a teacher to this post, although with a reduced timetable in recognition of the additional responsibilities and demands inherent in the post. Applications from any discipline taught at The Purcell School are welcome, however English or General Science (chemistry) are preferred.
Deadline for applications: 1st March, 2018 Interivews to be held on: 13th March, 2018
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About The Purcell School
The Purcell School is a world-famous boarding and day school in Bushey near Watford, which aims to provide a rounded education with music at its heart.
The school was founded in 1962, and is Britain’s oldest specialist music school. There are currently over 180 pupils aged from 10-18 years, of whom about 30% come from abroad. Over 75% of pupils are boarders. The sixth form currently comprises around 90 pupils with approximately 25-30 pupils joining the school each year specifically for the Sixth Form. The majority of pupils progress to music conservatoires, many of them on scholarships, while a small number each year elect to go to university, often to Oxbridge or Russell Group institutions.
The school has an enviable reputation for the quality of its musical education and performance. Students enjoy individual tuition on one or two instruments, or in composition, from some of the very best teachers available. They take part in over 200 orchestral, choral and chamber concerts, and have opportunities to perform regularly at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and St Albans Abbey.
In addition to their musical studies, students study for GCSE and A Level. The range of subjects on offer includes all three sciences, art, drama, English literature, modern languages, history and music technology. All pupils take GCSE and A-level Music.
Our students are the liveliest, most committed and self-motivated young people you could hope to meet. Every day, the School’s corridors echo with the sound of extraordinary music as our students prepare for concerts both here at School and in the most prestigious venues in London.
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