Director in Residence
St George's School
Ascot, Berkshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- The salary for this position is £10,764 (gross) over the contract period (September 2021 to 7 July 2022); paid in eleven equal instalments, September to July inclusive. Accommodation and meals included .
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- 1 September 2021
- Apply by:
- 16 April 2021
Job overview
Required for September 2021.
St George’s is an independent boarding and day school with approximately 270 pupils aged from 11-18 years about 45% of whom are boarders (both full and tailored) and with a Sixth Form of approximately 80 pupils. The school operates as an Educational Trust administered by a Board of Governors, is a member of the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), Boarding Schools Association (BSA), and is ISC accredited.
We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community and visitors often comment on the perceptible supportive and cheerful atmosphere. We believe that a happy and successful school is one where all pupils have the opportunities to develop their strengths. The richness of opportunities within and outside the classroom are fundamental elements of the St George’s experience and this allows the girls to foster the confidence, independence and academic curiosity that lead to success. Our academic results are impressive, with the ‘value-added’ in public examinations a real strength. We understand how girls learn effectively and we regularly add at least one grade higher at GCSE and A Level than baseline testing would suggest.
Over the past two years at GCSE, St George’s has been placed in the top 5 to 10% of schools nationally for value added.
Reporting to the Deputy Head (Pastoral), the Director in Residence provides academic and pastoral support to pupils within the boarding community; working with Housemistresses to provide supervision of boarders during weekends and assisting the Director of Drama.
The School is looking to appoint either:-
● A recent graduate from university or drama school with ambitions to direct; or
● A student at university or drama school on a third-year placement; or
● An actor/director moving from theatre to teaching, prior to training or taking up their first full-time position.
As well as having a background in Drama, the Director in Residence must possess excellent communication skills when dealing with parents, pupils and other staff. The will have a flexible and willing attitude to participate in the boarding life of the School and contribute to the co-curricular activity programme. The must have the desire and ability to teach, with an aptitude for inspiring young people. They must be a role model who girls can respect.
*Because this is a girls' Senior School and all accommodation is within the girls' boarding houses, we are required to appoint a female member of staff for this position (Paragraphs 7 (2) EB of the Sex Discrimination Act apply).
This is a Fixed Term Contract from 1 September 2021 to 7 July 2022.
Letters of application should be no more than two sides of A4 and, together with the completed application form should be addressed to Mrs Hewer, Headmistress and emailed to recruitment@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
Further details of this vacancy can be found on the School’s website www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk
The closing date for applications is 4pm on Friday 16 April 2021.
First round interviews will be held remotely week commencing 26 April 2021.
St George’s School is an equal opportunities employer under the Equality Act 2010 and is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children at the School. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check; a prohibition from teaching check (where applicable); and appropriate references from your current and previous employer, which may be corroborated by personal phone calls made to each referee.
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About St George's School
St George’s is a girls’ independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11 to 18 years. We are located approximately 25 miles west of central London on a beautiful, leafy 30 acre site, within walking distance of Ascot High Street. We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community and visitors often comment on the perceptible supportive and cheerful atmosphere.
Most girls join St George's in Year 7; there are around 35 girls in each of the first two years and we keep class sizes deliberately small so that each girl is individually known. An additional class is added at Year 9 with girls joining from 13+ prep schools and girls may also join in the Sixth Form, and occasionally in Year 8 and Year 10.
We believe that a happy and successful school is one where all pupils have the opportunities to develop their strengths. The richness of opportunities within and outside the classroom are fundamental elements of the St George's experience. This allows the girls to foster the confidence, independence and academic curiosity that lead to success.
Our academic results are impressive, with the 'value-added' in public examinations a real strength. We understand how girls learn effectively and we regularly add at least one grade higher at GCSE and A Level than baseline testing would suggest. As the girls progress through the school, bespoke advice on subject options, universities and careers as part of a thorough academic tracking process, gives each girl and her parents a sense of where her strengths lie and where she should be heading.
We also offer an extensive range of opportunities, clubs and activities with a significant focus on the arts, music and sport. The girls work hard and play hard, they value each other's abilities and there is a positive an supportive pastoral and boarding ethos.
St George's is a place where girls flourish academically, creatively, physically and morally , a place where risks can be taken, lessons are learnt and challenges are welcomed. We strive for the very best for our girls and by developing their love of learning, their academic potential and their individual talents, we are able to nurture them to become happy, responsible, well balanced and resilient young women in the twenty-first century.
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