Deputy Master
Westminster Under School
Westminster
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020
- Apply by:
- 30 July 2019
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role contributing to the strategic vision and planning for Westminster Under School.
As Deputy Master, you will be responsible for a full range of academic, pastoral and administrative matters. You will also be expected to be involved fully in all aspects of school life. In particular, your duties will include:
- Deputising for the Master, especially in his absence
- Being responsible for the weekly and day-to-day planning and organisation required to ensure the smooth running of the School
- Meeting regularly with the Master and being involved in whole-school planning and development
- Attending meetings of the Governing Body’s Under School Committee
- Overseeing staff induction, both teaching and ancillary
- Leading the professional development and review process
About the School
Westminster Under School has been in existence since 1943, providing an independent preparatory education for boys aged 7 to 13. Our high-ability pupils benefit from the principles and practices of a liberal education and are at the very core of our existence. These include a love of knowledge, an ability to question and a desire to serve others.
Since 1981, the Under School has been situated in Vincent Square, Westminster, overlooking the School’s playing fields. Our central London location is a huge asset, adding a significant cultural dimension to the education of our 285 boys.
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Closing date for applications: Wednesday 31 July 2019.
Interviews will take place: w/c 8 September 2019.
Westminster Under School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About Westminster Under School
Westminster Under School is a great environment for happy and purposeful pupils. Our aim is to produce well-rounded individuals with a love of learning and an enthusiasm for life. We expect the boys to be hard working and active participants in their lessons, but we place equal importance on the boys embracing extra-curricular activities at the School.
We want our pupils to enjoy their time at School and we believe that one of the best ways to achieve this is by providing stimulating, challenging lessons. The boys are encouraged to think for themselves, to engage fully in classroom discussions and to take pride in their work. We aim to foster a love of learning in all our pupils and a love of teaching in those who educate them.
Westminster Under School is a day school with approximately 260 pupils aged between 7 and 13. The Under School was founded in 1943 in the precincts of Westminster School in Little Dean’s Yard, just behind Westminster Abbey. The 17 boys with whom it began rapidly became 60 in number and by 1950 there were 80 boys in the Under School. The boys had to compete for space with the senior school pupils who had returned from evacuation at the end of the war, but in 1951 the Under School acquired its own premises in Eccleston Square. Numbers of pupils continued to rise during the 1960s and 1970s and in 1981 the School moved once again to its present site overlooking the Westminster playing fields in Vincent Square.
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