Deputy Head (Pastoral)
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Bishop Wordsworth's School
Salisbury
- £62,734 - £69,210 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- LPS
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01/09/2022
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2022
Job overview
Bishop Wordsworth’s School are looking to appoint a new Deputy Head (Pastoral) to work alongside the existing Deputy Head (Academic). The new appointment will have significant responsibility in leading and developing the pastoral care at BWS with responsibility to the Head for the day to day running and the strategic planning of pastoral care throughout the school. They will act as Designated Safeguarding Lead, leading the pastoral team of DDSLs and training others in this important area.
We are looking for a strong communicator, with natural empathy, who works positively with other professionals and derives satisfaction from supporting children and young people. The successful applicant will be an executive member of the Senior Leadership Team to advise on the leadership, management, improvement and development of the whole school. You must also be willing to undergo the necessary training to be able to contribute to the development of Safeguarding and Child Protection guidelines at Bishop Wordsworth's.
Applicants must submit a letter of application with their completed application forms to the Head Master via the HR Manager, Annie Lloyd-Gilmour (alg@bishopwordsworths.org.uk). The letter should explain your suitability for the post by drawing on your prior experience and evidencing how this relates to some or all of the bullet points above, explaining how you feel you can contribute to the development of the pastoral team and any challenges and opportunities that you think will be faced in this role next two years.
Bishop Wordsworth’s School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check as well as other relevant re-employment checks including satisfactory references and medical clearance.
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About Bishop Wordsworth's School
Bishop Wordsworth's School is a unique school in a unique place. Our founder, Bishop John Wordsworth intended that his school should provide a centre of academic excellence in the heart of Salisbury. Since 1890 Bishop’s has fulfilled that mission and today we educate 1,176 students aged between 11 and 18 and which include approximately 130 girls in our now fully co-ed sixth form. Under the shadow of the Cathedral spire our eclectic buildings span the seventeenth to the twenty-first centuries, reflecting the school’s heritage. This creates a very special atmosphere in which students are conscious, on a daily basis, of their part in a long tradition of academic endeavour.
The school has remained true to its founder’s traditions by following three basic aims:
•To encourage all our students to develop their potential to the full by setting themselves the highest standards of excellence and achievement;
•To develop in all our students the integrity and the means to face confidently the challenges of a fast changing world;
•To inspire all our students to lead happy, purposeful and responsible lives.
Bishop’s enjoys a hard earned reputation as one of the finest schools in the country. The school is well known for its traditions of excellence, its strong links with the Church of England and the Cathedral, and its sense of pride in the school community. It became an Academy School in March 2011, enhancing its reputation for independence and outstanding quality in education.
Girls were welcomed to the Bishop’s Sixth Form from September 2020 and they now make up around 30% of the 400 Year 12 and 13 students that are on our roll. Standards are very high throughout, both in the curriculum and elsewhere and the young women and men of the sixth form provide outstanding leadership for the rest of the school. Almost all of our students progress to the most competitive universities, with some also securing high calibre degree apprenticeship positions.
Boys take an 11+ selection test for admission to Bishop’s. Academic standards are very high and are duly recognized as such by OfSTED, DfE and the media, but excellence permeates all other areas of school life. School Sport is exceptionally strong, and the traditions in Music and Performing Arts are impressive. The school is characterised by a culture of challenging students to do their best while, at the same time, offering them the support that they need to do really well. Older students are asked to take leadership responsibilities and operate as role models and mentors for those in lower years.
We place great importance on delivering an all round education for all of our students. Bishop’s enjoys an incomparable environment in the shadow of the highest cathedral spire in England, and many major school events take place in the Cathedral during the school year. Facilities for learning and teaching are already excellent, and further development of the school site continues.
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