Assistant Housemistress - Maternity Cover
Queen Margaret's School
Escrick
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- Spring Term 6/01/22
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2021
Job overview
Queen Margaret’s School for Girls is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18. You will find us in glorious parkland about six miles south of York.
We are seeking an Assistant Housemistress to cover maternity leave in the Spring and Summer Terms of 2022 (starting around 6th January 2022).
The primary role of all Assistant Housemistresses is to provide outstanding pastoral care for the girls in the school, under the leadership of a Housemistress and the Director of Boarding you will help to provide a relaxed, warm and caring environment in which the girls are happy to call ‘home’. The Assistant Housemistress supports the Housemistress, sharing the day to day concerns of caring for the girls and all aspects of running the boarding house. The duties and responsibilities of the assistant will depend not only on the age and therefore the needs of the girls in the house, but also on what is agreed with the Housemistress, the Director of Boarding, the Senior Deputy Head and the Head bearing in mind the appointee’s individual skills and other commitments within QM from time to time.
This is a full-time role in a busy boarding school, in which girls require around-the-clock support. In conjunction with the Director of Boarding and fellow Housemistresses, the appointee shall receive a period of consolidated time off of 48 hours per week to be taken between Sunday evening and Friday morning (except in exceptional circumstances). In addition, the appointee will be entitled to 2 hours downtime per day plus an additional 4 hours per week to be taken as appropriate to the needs of each Boarding House. The Assistant Housemistress should expect to be on first-call overnight on up to five nights per week depending upon the rota. The Assistant Housemistress may be called upon during School Holiday time to help meet girls arriving at airports to escort them back to School and, if required to provide support to the Stay in For Leave-out (SIFLO) programme on Leave Out weekends.
Queen Margaret’s has its own competitive salary scale. The salary for this post will reflect the responsibility attached to the role. The salary will be paid in monthly instalments in arrears from the agreed date of appointment and is inclusive of holiday pay; no overtime is paid and days off in lieu of work are not applicable.
Accommodation is provided within the School for the purposes of fulfilment of duties, subject to the terms of a special license agreement. Accommodation shall only be provided whilst the appointee is in the role as described and may change from time to time for operational reasons. Permission to remain in residence during school holidays is granted at the discretion of the Bursar.
Should you require any further information please contact the Director of Boarding tdavidson@queenmargarets.com.
All applicants must complete the school’s official application form available on the School website (electronically if at all possible), providing a full career history and names and contact details for two referees. This should be accompanied by a letter of application addressed to the Head and should be forwarded to the Head’s PA lcapponi@queenmargarets.com. The closing date for applications is Monday 29th November 2021 with interviews being held shortly thereafter.
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About Queen Margaret's School
Queen Margaret’s is an independent school for independent girls. We are a school that encourages every girl to confidently pursue her interests; girls at QM are recognised for their willingness to try everything that life has to offer them.
Set in a stunning rural setting of 70 acres of parkland, Queen Margaret's enjoys close ties to York which is only six miles away as well as London, less than a two-hour train ride away. As the only all-girls full boarding school in the North of England, 75% of girls are full boarders while day boarders have beds at School and are encouraged to stay over for School events. The full boarding nature encourages busy weekends with a myriad of opportunities to look forward to at the end of each week. Queen Margaret’s provides an immense variety of activities, clubs and societies and other enrichment opportunities while never sacrificing the needs of the individual girl. As one parent noted, ‘Queen Margaret’s benefits from being run as if it were a large school but has all the benefits and familiarities you expect of a small school.’ The School was recently named as the top girls boarding and day school in Yorkshire by The Sunday Times and has also been awarded ‘Best School Food in the UK’ at the Tatler Awards, which reflects its holistic view of education where a reputation for academic excellence sits alongside exceptional pastoral care.
Academic Excellence
QM girls achieve excellence inside and outside the classroom and are interesting, well-informed and confident members of the community. The School offers a full range of subjects at (i)GCSE and A Level, and examination results are consistently excellent. In 2016 our girls achieved a 100% pass rate at A Level. The recent results report that 50% of entries gained the highly sought after A*-A grades and nearly 80% of entries gained A*-B grades. 30% of all girls taking A Level examinations in 2016 achieved three or more A*-A grades. GCSE results in 2016 were similarly impressive, with 98% of students achieving five or more A*-C grades, far outstripping the falling national average of 67%. 87% of all QM GCSE entries in 2016 gained A*-B grades, up from 81% in 2015.
A Thriving Boarding Community
QM is a community of people who care for each other and grow as individuals. Boarding is arranged by year group, with each under the care of well-qualified staff. Accommodation meets the needs of each age group: Year I girls live in a large, comfortable family house with its own garden and playground, while Upper Sixth girls live independently in picturesque cottages in the School grounds.
Sport
As well as representing QM, many girls are selected for regional and national sports teams. Exceptional facilities include an AstroTurf, sports hall, competition swimming pool, all-weather tennis courts, squash courts, a nine-hole golf course and a riding school adjacent to the main School campus. QM is home to some of the country’s top riders and has supported girls to become U18 National Champions. Main activities are lacrosse, hockey, tennis, netball, riding, rounders, swimming and athletics.
Creative and Performing Arts
The creative arts play a central role in life at QM. The purpose-built theatre and dance studio and modern art and technology facilities provide the ideal setting for every girl to discover and develop her talents.
Come and be inspired, www.queenmargarets.com
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