Boarding Parent
Westbourne School
Vale of Glamorgan
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependent on experience; £25k - £35k pa + board and lodging
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August/September 2019
- Apply by:
- 30 June 2019
Job overview
Energetic and enthusiastic house parent(s) sought for an excellent opportunity to run a family-like boarding house.
Over the past eight years we have experienced growing demand for international boarding provision and we have progressively extended our boarding house accordingly. We now have around 40 pupils in our boarding house and 10 in homestay.
You will be in charge of the day-to-day running and management of our boarding house and you will be supported by two cooks and a cleaner. You will have responsibility for the monitoring, welfare and motivation of our international students and implementing boarding house policies and procedures.
The ideal applicant will have experience of managing young students in a residential environment. Flexibility to respond to the unexpected, a sense of humour and enthusiasm are essential, as is the ability to engender respect from staff and students. Good organisational skills and a genuine interest in the welfare of young people are essential. The post includes accommodation, whilst working and when off duty, full board and utilities.
You report directly to the Principal.
Applicants should submit a covering letter and a full CV to gerardgriffiths@westbourneschool.com by 30 June 2019.
About Westbourne School
- Westbourne School
- 4 Hickman Road, Penarth
- South Glamorgan
- CF64 2AJ
- United Kingdom
Aims of the School
- To maintain a stable, caring and happy school community in which children are able to develop sound relationships with one another and with their teachers; to enable them to work together with enthusiasm and mutual respect.
- To give each child a broad based education leading to good academic qualifications and to teach them how to work and develop the skills necessary for later life.
- To encourage all round character development in terms of understanding, thinking for oneself, problem solving, decision making and taking initiative.
- To inculcate sound moral and ethical principles and an awareness of the needs of others.
- To enable pupils to achieve at least 5 GCSE passes grades A* - C.
Westbourne School History
Westbourne School was opened in 1895 at Ebenezer House in Westbourne Road. The present school dates its founding from 1896 when Miss Caroline Ferris became headmistress and named it: 'Westbourne House Preparatory School for Boys'. In 1901 the school moved to 13 Stanwell Road.
The adjoining building, 4 Hickman Road, was purchased in 1975 and the two buildings developed into Westbourne Senior School. Developments since 1975 have seen the school open a college for years 9-11, the acquisition of St. Alma's Girls' school at Victoria Road, after which the school became co-educational. The Victoria Road site now houses Westbourne Nursery and Junior school. Continuing improvements and the broadening of the school curriculum have seen an increase in pupil and staff numbers. Recent re-organisation in the school has led to a unification of identity into one school and the school continues to flourish, building on and adding to the achievements of the past
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