Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Farleigh School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary, including on-site accommodation
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2022
- Apply by:
- 28 April 2021
Job overview
Farleigh School is a highly successful co-educational prep school of about 460 boarders and day pupils aged three to 13 based in the beautiful Test Valley of Hampshire. A leading Catholic school which welcomes all faiths, or none, Farleigh combines excellent teaching, modern facilities and countless opportunities for children to grow in confidence and discover their talents.
Farleigh is committed to providing the very highest standard of teaching and pastoral care to ensure that every child is well looked after, happy and fulfilled. The school is also aspirational in seeking the very best for the young people in its care across the whole spectrum of school life.
The school is seeking to appoint a Deputy Head (Pastoral) with demonstrable leadership skills, who relishes responsibility and has the appetite and commitment to make a significant contribution to the life of the school. The person will have a natural warmth, display an evident enjoyment of supporting the development of children and colleagues alike and be highly collegiate in approach. The successful candidate will in turn have the chance to work in a beautiful setting, where there is a strong sense of community and a pupil body of happy, enthusiastic children who enjoy learning.
Whilst it is not necessary for the appointee to be a practising Catholic, a genuine resonance with Farleigh’s core values is essential.
For more information and an application pack please visit:
www.minervasearch.com/farleigh.
To apply please send an application form and cover letter to farleigh@minervasearch.com by no later than 12.00 noon on Wednesday 28th April 2021. Early applications are encouraged.
For a confidential conversation please contact Jo Ogilvy at farleigh@minervasearch.com.
Please note that selected applicants will be invited to take part in a virtual interview with the school on Wednesday 26th May, with further selection leading to final interviews at Farleigh on Wednesday 9th June 2021.
Visits to the school are welcome and are best organised via Minerva.
Farleigh School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undergo appropriate Child Protection Screening, including checks with past employers and an enhanced DBS disclosure.
About Farleigh School
Ethos
- To share with parents in the spiritual, moral and intellectual development of their children in a Catholic community, which welcomes all faiths.
- To provide a first class education striving for excellence in all academic, cultural and sporting pursuits, giving every child the confidence to discover where their gifts lie and to enjoy their talents.
- To educate children in the teaching and sacramental life of the Church and to encourage them towards a life of faith.
- To create a well-ordered and caring school community, where the self-respect and dignity of each person will flourish.
- To help Farleigh pupils to grow up honorably, inspired by high ideals, so that they may serve others generously, and be strong in friendship and family.
Aims
To live out our ethos as a Catholic school and in so doing,
- ensure the development of our children, spiritually, morally, socially, intellectually and culturally;
- provide a broad and high quality education for children of mixed ability which will lay strong foundations for a fulfilling and rewarding life;
- prepare and educate each child for the appropriate first choice of senior school;
- make Farleigh a special place to enjoy a part of their childhood through warm pastoral care of the highest standard.
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