Boarding Housemistress
Glenalmond College
Perth and Kinross
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 31 January 2022
Job overview
From its setting of unparalleled beauty, Glenalmond’s education – the academic, the co-curricular, and the individual’s character – is of the highest quality. We give priority to our academic achievement, but we ensure that our values added tell a story of individual success and our pupils face the future with the greatest number of choices. Outstanding pastoral care is the hallmark of Glenalmond. We know our pupils and challenge and support them to be the best versions of themselves. Through a varied enrichment and co-curricular programme, pupils are challenged as individuals and collectively as a body to develop competencies that, in turn, provide confidence. Only experiencing this first hand will give a sense of the sheer joy and excitement of being a pupil at Glenalmond, and the vibrancy of a life where its strength lies in its community. We hold on to what is best from our past while equipping the pupils for tomorrow with a vibrant and modern education.
Glenalmond College seeks to appoint a suitably qualified Housemistress from September 2022 to lead Goodacre's, a boarding house for girls aged 12-18. The position is full-time and residential, and will ideally suit a candidate with experience of working in a boarding environment who wants to contribute to the running of this thriving and busy full boarding school.
The successful candidate will lead all aspects of the House with direct responsibility for the welfare of pupils and the management of staff. The candidate must have excellent pastoral instincts and significant experience of pastoral care, preferably in a boarding environment. The position of Housemistress is a teaching post, and the candidate will be expected to teach a subject up to and including A level. Any academic discipline that is part of the College curriculum will be considered.
Glenalmond is a full boarding school working seven days a week including evenings during term time. All staff are expected to contribute to the co-curricular life of the College outside the academic working day.
The link for the application form can be found in the attached job description.
For further information and to apply for this role or any enquiries regarding the application process, please contact the HR Officer, e-mailing recruitment@glenalmondcollege.co.uk
Deadline for applications: Monday 31st January 2022 at 12 pm.
Interviews from: Monday 7th February 2022 but the College reserves the right to interview and appoint at any time.
Glenalmond College is committed to promoting the safeguarding of children and expects all its employees to share this commitment. Any job offer will be made subject to satisfactory checks with previous employers, including an enhanced check with Disclosure Scotland. Appointments will be conditional on references acceptable to the College and sight of original qualification certificates.
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About Glenalmond College
The College is built on the south bank of the River Almond, from the north bank of which rise the Grampians. It is about 50 miles north of Edinburgh and 10 miles from both Perth and Crieff.
The College Buildings, grouped round a cloistered quadrangle, comprise the Chapel, Hall, Library, houserooms and studies, study bedrooms, classrooms. A separate block houses additional classrooms, a purpose built Science Centre and a Theatre. A few yards away are the Art School and the Design and Technology Centre. Next to these are the Music practise rooms.
The Sports Complex consists of squash courts, a strength and conditioning suite, an indoor sports hall and a heated indoor swimming pool, fitness suite and an indoor .22 range.
Houses. There are 4 houses for boys and 3 houses for girls. The organisation of all the Houses is the same, each having accommodation for resident Housestaff. Senior boys and girls have study-bedrooms or studies of their own.
Religion. The College is an Episcopalian foundation and has a splendid Chapel. However all denominations are welcomed.
Admission. Boys and girls enter the College between the ages of 13 and 14 via the Common Entrance Examination or Entrance Scholarship papers. Pupils leaving Primary Schools may qualify by tests and examinations for junior entry at rising 12. Girls and boys may also qualify for entry into the Lower Sixth, or at other points during their school career.
Curriculum. In the first 3 years all pupils take a wide range of subjects up to the GCSE with English, Mathematics, a modern language and the 3 Sciences as core subjects. Greek, Spanish, German, Art, Drama, Music, Design/Technology, History, Geography, Latin, Computer Science, Physical Education are optional subjects to GCSE and beyond. Each pupil is guided by a tutor.
The Sixth Form provides specialist courses in Arts and Sciences leading to GCE A-Level and also a selection of SQA Higher Levels. Lectures from outside speakers on social, economic and cultural subjects of topical interest take place regularly.
Economics, Business Studies, Theatre Studies, History of Art, and Politics are now fully established in the Sixth Form.
Careers. Over 90% of pupils qualify for entry to university; some go direct to professional careers, industry, the Services, etc. Great emphasis is placed on careers guidance: careers talks, visits and advice along with a well-stocked careers room assist pupils in their choice. Most pupils take careers aptitude tests at age 16.
Art, Drama and Music. Music plays a central part in the life of the school: there is an Orchestra as well as smaller String, Woodwind and Brass Groups. A large Choir and Choral Society perform at the College, in Perth and in Edinburgh. The Concert Society arranges recitals and concerts at the College; frequent visits are made to concerts in Perth and elsewhere. There is a Pipe Band.
The Drama and Art departments flourish, in conjunction with the well-established Design and Technology Centre. Art, Music as well as Design/Technology form part of the normal curriculum and can be taken at GCSE and A level.
Games and Recreations. Rugby, Hockey and Lacrosse are played in the Michaelmas Term and there is a wide variety of activities to choose from in the Lent Term including Football. In Summer Term the sports are Cricket, Athletics, Shooting, Tennis and Golf. Shooting on the Miniature Ranges takes place during the two winter terms. There is a large indoor heated Swimming Pool and pupils are trained in personal survival and Lifesaving. There are also Squash Courts, Tennis Courts, a private Golf Course, and two full-size all-weather pitches for hockey and tennis.
During the Summer, pupils have the opportunity to explore the hills and the neighbouring countryside.
Combined Cadet Force. There is a contingent of the Combined Cadet Force which has strong links with the Armed Forces and the Royal Regiment of Scotland (Black Watch Battalion) in particular. The ceremonial dress, as worn by the Pipe Band for example, is the Highland dress with the Murray of Atholl tartan.
Army and Air sections, with a Pre-Service section for Junior Pupils, are organised on the basis of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award. Shooting and Adventure Training figure prominently; pupils may also be engaged on Conservation, Community Service Work or Mountain Awareness Group.
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