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Director of Vocational Subjects

Director of Vocational Subjects

Kingsley School, Bideford

Devon

  • £36,189 - £39,189 per year
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Salary:
Free accommodation may available in return for boarding duties. Free lunches for all staff and generous staff discounts for staff children, plus a range of salary-sacrifice schemes and staff voucher schemes, plus a free staff wellbeing scheme.
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
September, October or January
Apply by:
17 June 2024

Job overview

Kingsley School is a co-educational independent boarding school with students from 2-19 years old, located in the beautiful UNESCO Biosphere of North Devon and one of only 12 World Surf Reserves worldwide. Designated as an Earth Centre with a focus on sustainability and environmental education and with its very own surf academy, Kingsley School invites applications to join its Academic Leadership Team in the Senior School, and to achieve that perfect work-life balance where the wellbeing and mental health of staff and students is the number one priority. You will be delivering subject-based learning in both our core and expansive curriculums, where you are able to be creative, think differently and do things differently to help our students and staff colleagues become the very best versions of themselves.

The successful applicant will teach Food and Cookery (NCFE) and possibly some Health & Social Care. The Director of Vocational Subjects also line-manages the Subject Leads for Business Studies, Economics, Sports Science and academic Music, and is responsible for arranging, verifying and submitting assessments as required by each vocational course, much of which is now done online directly by the Subject Lead.

Application deadline: Monday 17th June 2024.

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#bettermebetterworld

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About Kingsley School, Bideford

Kingsley School is located in the coastal town of Bideford, Devon. The school is co-educational and has around 400 pupils aged 0-18. Roughly 100 of these pupils are boarders, with the rest being day pupils. The school is located on a single site on Bideford, with provision for all year groups. An academically non-selective institution, Kingsley School can boast of a wide range of facilities including a fully floodlit astroturf pitch, a theatre, and a dedicated sports hall.

Headteacher

Mr Robert Pavis

Values and Vision

When you join Kingsley School, you are joining a very special family. As a part of this family as either a staff member or a student, you will learn new skills, you will learn to give generously of your time and your service to others, you will learn to appreciate what you have, you will learn to connect with your environment and with others, and you will learn to be active in order to make the most of your time here at Kingsley. We are a family that values mindfulness and wellbeing along with academic challenge and curiosity, so that we can all reach our potential to be better global citizens to build a better world for our future.

If you too believe in a “better me – better world“, and value the importance of leading an environmentally-aware and sustainability-focused lifestyle, then please come and visit us here at Kingsley. We look forward to welcoming you!

ISI Inspection

Students achieve success and happiness through positive mental health and wellbeing

The full report into Kingsley School can be found here.

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