Deputy Head Pastoral
Lord Wandsworth College
Hook, Hampshire, RG29 1TB
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive plus benefits
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 9 February 2023
Job overview
Situated on a magnificent 1200-acre campus of rolling countryside, woodland and a working arable farm, Lord Wandsworth College (LWC) provides an inspiring education to approximately 700 boarding and day pupils (co-ed) aged 11-18.
Following the continued growth of the College, this is a superb opportunity for a dynamic and inspirational professional who potentially aspires to Senior Deputy Head or Headship in around five years’ time. It is also an opportunity to work in a multi award-winning school, notably one which was Independent School of the Year for Student Wellbeing in 2020.
This important leadership role is a genuine chance to make a real difference. The Deputy Head Pastoral will be a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, responsible for supporting and championing strategic pastoral development in the College and be the Designated Safeguard Lead (DSL). The successful candidate will be able to lead on the pastoral vision and ethos of LWC to pupils, parents, staff, and the wider community. The role will be responsible for effective lines of communication within the College, notably those around Safeguarding, the Boarding experience, pupil wellbeing, healthcare, and tutoring. The candidate will join as ‘Strategy 2030’ is being designed and refined and the DHP will play an active part in the development of whole school strategy and the executive implementation of College policies.
If you believe that pastoral care is the bedrock of school life with the experience to ensure it is, have an eye for detail, a sense of fun and a clear grasp of how to lead positive strategic change, this could be just the post for you.
Attractive package, including accommodation (significantly subsidised)
For further information and to apply, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: Thursday 9th February 2023
We warmly welcome informal, confidential conversations and questions. Please contact lwc@minervasearch.com to fix a conversation with one of the team.
We welcome people of all faiths and those that are committed to these values. We recognise that we have under-represented groups within our workforce. As part of our commitment to diversity and equality of opportunity we are actively encouraging applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering work after a career break, people who are LGBT+, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions and those with a lived experience of poverty as well as any other under-represented group in our workforce. We are committed ensuring the safety and protection of our employees from all forms of harm.
Appointments will be made subject to receipt of satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check. The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. The successful applicant will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Services (DBS) check and references. We are an equal opportunities employer.
Lord Wandsworth College is a registered charity (Number: 1143359) providing outstanding caring education for boys and girls since 1912.
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About Lord Wandsworth College
- Lord Wandsworth College
- Long Sutton, Hook
- Hampshire
- RG29 1TB
- United Kingdom
Lord Wandsworth College is named after Baron Sydney Stern, a Liberal MP and the second son of a Jewish banker. Granted a peerage less than four years after winning the seat of Stowmarket in 1891, Stern took the title of Lord Wandsworth in reflection of his many links with the area. When he died in 1912 he left a generous bequest to educate the children of agricultural workers; children who had lost one or both parents and needed the support of a boarding environment. Lord Wandsworth’s Trustees purchased the site on which the College now stands and the first ‘Foundationers’ arrived in 1922, followed by fee-paying students in 1945. Our site houses the College buildings, our considerable facilities and Stern Farm. This arable farm provides a timely reminder of those early students and of the College’s agricultural heritage.
Today, Lord Wandsworth College is a successful, well-respected boarding and day school for 560 boys and girls aged from 11 to 18. Located in 1200 acres of rolling countryside on the North Hampshire/Surrey border, LWC offers a broad, well-balanced curriculum and an incredible range of sports, activities and co-curricular opportunities. Committed to upholding the wishes of Lord Wandsworth, every year the Lord Wandsworth Foundation offers a number of assisted ‘Foundation’ places to children who have lost the support of one or both parents and would benefit from an outstanding education in a caring, nurturing environment. Our Foundationers come from a very wide range of backgrounds and have faced difficult challenges in their personal lives; we are proud that our Foundation has such a positive impact on them as well as the friends, housemates and teammates who live and work alongside them.
We believe that cognitive ability is not the primary determining factor in the happiness, prosperity and positive contribution to society of our pupils. It is one’s character and application that really shape one’s destiny. At LWC we aim to establish a foundation upon which all pupils feel able to build a full and happy life. We want them to leave school with a better understanding of who they are, their strengths, moral values and aspirations. To achieve this we need to equip pupils with emotional intelligence and literacy, a growth mind-set and a schooling in the characteristics that allow a person to be a good, decent member of society. This is called our character education programme.
Character is who you are. It is what makes you…you. It is what you believe in and how you act with others and when you are on your own. It is your values and your virtues.
Every aspect of the delivery of the curriculum, co-curriculum and pastoral provision endeavours to imbue pupils with the following “moral” character attributes: Fairness, Generosity, Empathy, Gratitude, Loyalty, Courage. Learning and achievement will be rewarded emphasising Perseverance, Self-control, Engagement, Optimism, Curiosity and Creativity. These “performance” attributes are taught, monitored and developed by every member of staff in all areas of school life. By promoting character education, we give our pupils the best chance of realising their full potential.
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