Director of Admissions
Stonyhurst
Lancashire
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Job overview
Director of Admissions
Closing Date: Monday 29th April 2019 10am
First round Interviews: Wednesday 8th May 2019
Salary: in the region of £70,000 pa + generous benefits package
Stonyhurst College is the UK’s leading co-educational Catholic boarding and day school. Stonyhurst, together with its preparatory school Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, educates 3 – 18 year olds, with boarding from 7 years. The school is currently celebrating its 425th anniversary, as well as the 20th anniversary of full co-education. The Director of Admissions will play a pivotal strategic role in helping the College to achieve its ambitions for the future. The role focuses exclusively on pupil recruitment. The postholder will take strategic responsibility for attracting and enrolling pupils of all ages into Stonyhurst, locally, nationally and internationally, building relationships with feeder schools, with prospective families and with their agents and promoting the benefits of belonging to a modern, boarding community in a stunning setting. Boarding is central to the mission and identity of Stonyhust.
The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in school admissions, ideally gained in a leading, recruiting independent school and will be a persuasive advocate for the benefits of independent education in general and of boarding in particular. They will be able to convey Stonyhurst’s distinctive ethos with enthusiasm and conviction.
Stonyhurst College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
To arrange a confidential discussion, please contact Peter Lockhart at RSAcademics on PeterLockhart@rsacademics.co.uk or 07876 354185.
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About Stonyhurst
Stonyhurst College is the UK’s leading Catholic co-educational boarding and day school for pupils aged 3-18. Boarding is from the age of 7.
At the College, there are approximately 498 pupils aged 13-18, two thirds of whom are boarders. At Stonyhurst St Mary’s Hall, the adjacent dedicated preparatory school, there are around 240 pupils aged 3-13. Stonyhurst is set in stunning countryside, near the Ribble and Hodder rivers and the beautiful Trough of Bowland. Manchester is only about an hour away by road or rail. The market town of Clitheroe is four miles away, and we are 12 miles from the city of Preston. The Lake District can be reached in about an hour, and the Yorkshire Dales are even closer.
Stonyhurst has a fascinating heritage, being the oldest continuously active Jesuit school in the world.
It was founded in St Omer, Northern France (then the Spanish Netherlands), in 1593, and moved to its present site in Lancashire’s beautiful Ribble Valley in 1794. Throughout the years of religious
persecution in England, Stonyhurst educated the boys of the English Catholic aristocracy and gentry.
The College’s Ignatian mission and identity, and its sense of family, set Stonyhurst apart from other schools. Pupils are urged to do as much as they can (Quant Je Puis) for other people following the example of Jesus Christ and following in the spirit and charism of the Jesuits. The College prepares young people to change the world for others.
Stonyhurst is a family where heritage and innovation are fused to inspire young people to be agents of change in the world.
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