Dance Teacher: full time, maternity cover for one year
PHC Hitchin Independent School
Princess Helena College, nr Hitchin, Herts
- Expired
- Salary:
- £ competitive, based on ability and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- October 2018
- Apply by:
- 21 June 2018
Job overview
If you’re a qualified and motivated Dance Teacher, you could join the team at Princess Helena College, an independent girls’ school setin a beautiful rural location.
Set in a 100-acre site, Princess Helena College (PHC) is one of England’s oldest girls’ schools. We’re currently looking for an enthusiastic and inspiring Dance Teacher to join us for one year maternity cover from October 2018. It’s an opportunity to work in a vibrant, dynamic learning environment as part of a caring and dedicated staff team, and help each of our 200 pupils (aged 11 to 18) to achieve their full potential.
As a Dance teacher, you will play your part in exciting, enriching and empowering our pupils to prepare them for a competitive world. Organised and motivated, you will work to the highest standards and aim to fulfil the aims of the school. Able to build good working relationships with staff and pupils alike, you’ll be encouraging, professional and attentive to pupils’ pastoral and academic development. It is essential that the candidate can teach the new AQA GCSE and A-Level specification, as well lead extra-curricular activities. They will be required to do all external examinations’ paperwork and take on the role of the Head of Department.
In return, we can offer
· Motivated and well behaved students
· Small class sizes
· Excellent facilities, including state of the art interactive whiteboards
About Princess Helena College
Founded in 1820, PHC has some 200 pupils, 45 of whom are in the vibrant and familial sixth form. With small class sizes, highly qualified staff and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, pupils are individually challenged and stretched in academic study and beyond. Our 100 acre campus allows staff and girls to build the close relationship which is so important to our ethos of pastoral care and individually tailored learning programmes. Our record of achievements, both academic and outside the classroom, is outstanding.
To apply, please visit our website for an application form: www.princesshelenacollege.co.uk/vacancies
Closing date: No later than 4pm on Friday 22nd June 2018
Interviews: Tuesday 26th June
Start date: October 2018
About PHC Hitchin Independent School
Princess Helena College is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 18. Boarding at PHC takes place in a single boarding house, currently all girls, opening to boys for boarding from Sept 2020.
The school has a rich history. It was founded in 1820 in London by Princess August and Mrs Sophia Williams as the Adult Orphanage Institute. Its purpose was to educate girls whose fathers had been in the services or the Church and had died. In 1874, Princess Helena, the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, became the school’s president.
Head
Mrs Sarah Davis
Values and vision
Princess Helena College is set in 180 acres of rolling fields and woodlands. It has a strong ethos of individualism and hard work. As a small school, Princess Helena College takes care to give each pupil individual attention.
Pupils are encouraged to be excited by new challenges and stimulated by new learning experiences. The school’s main aims are to inspire, encourage and assist each pupil to realise their own potential and develop their strengths and skills.
ISI report
“The quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements is good in relation to their ages and abilities. Pupils are successful in public examinations and achieve well across a wide range of activities. Pupils make progress at least in line with, and sometimes better than, pupils’ of similar ages and abilities. Their attitudes to learning are positive.”
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