Principal
St John's College, Cardiff
Cardiff
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
- Apply by:
- 9 September 2019
Job overview
The Board of Trustees of St John’s College, Cardiff invites applications for the role of Principal from September 2020.
St John’s College, Cardiff is a leading co-educational independent day school for approximately 570 pupils aged 3-18. The school is housed in a beautiful Grade II listed building, developed to offer superb modern facilities, with an exciting new Sixth Form centre five minutes’ walk from the main site. St John’s College has a UK wide reputation for academic excellence as well as a rich and diverse co-curricular programme, and is immensely proud of its role as Choir School to Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral.
The success of St John’s College is underpinned by its Roman Catholic heritage and familial community which embraces students of all faiths and backgrounds. The School’s primary religious allegiances and affiliations are Roman Catholic.
Further information on St John’s College, Cardiff can be found at: www.stjohnscollegecardiff.com.
A candidate brief is available from www.odgers.com/66885
Letters of application and CVs should be sent by the closing date, Tuesday 10 September at 12 noon, to Freddie Dennis quoting reference CFD/66885.
St John’s College, Cardiff is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service.
About St John's College, Cardiff
- St John's College, Cardiff
- College Green, William Nicholls Drive, Cardiff
- South Glamorgan
- CF3 5YX
- United Kingdom
St John’s College, Cardiff, is an independent, co-educational day school for children aged 3-18. It is the choir school to Cardiff’s Metropolitan Cathedral and is a Catholic school with 466 pupils on its roll. It is situated in Old St Mellons, three miles outside of central Cardiff. Admission is normally granted subject to mutual compatibility.
St John’s College provides the girls and boys choristers for weekly services, two annual concerts at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall and concert tours across continental Europe. The Archbishop of Cardiff is its patron, while the Dean of the Metropolitan Cathedral and the Parish Priest are regular visitors. There is a formal link with the Cathedral Choral Foundation in the provision of choristers and music staff for the Cathedral Choir.
The school is split into four sections: nursery and infant, junior school, senior school and sixth form.
Headmaster
Shaun Moody (Acting Headmaster)
Values and vision
The aim of St John’s College is to assist pupils to develop their full potential in every area of their school life, and to help them become kind and respectful. St John’s College is a Christian community within the Roman Catholic tradition. Values of kindness, care, gentleness and working hard to do one’s best are shared by the entire community of pupils, staff and parents.
Estyn inspection report
“Pupils achieve very high standards across the school. At key stage 4 and post-16, the school’s performance in public examinations is outstanding when compared with that of other schools both in the maintained and independent sectors.”
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