Director of Music
PHC Hitchin Independent School
Hitchin, Herts
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- £ Highly competitive, based on ability and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2018 or January 2019
- Apply by:
- 28 March 2018
Job overview
If you’re a qualified and motivated Music Teacher, you could join the team at Princess Helena College, an independent day and boarding school for girls’ aged 11 – 18.
Set in a beautiful 100-acre estate, Princess Helena College (PHC) is one of England’s oldest girls’ schools. Following the forthcoming retirement of Mrs Cynthia Neaum after 23 years, we’re currently seeking an enthusiastic and inspiring Director of Music to join us and build upon the Music Department’s record of achievement, and take it into the next phase of growth. It’s an opportunity to work in a vibrant, dynamic learning environment as part of a caring and dedicated staff team.
As Director of Music, you will play your part in exciting, enriching and empowering our pupils to prepare them for a competitive world. Applicants should be creative and flexible musicians with experience of building and leading a team, and have strong communication and organisational skills. The Director will be expected to share in the teaching of the core music curriculum and the direction of ensembles. The ability to teach a second subject would be advantageous.
In return, we can offer
• Motivated and well-behaved students
• Small class sizes
• Dedicated music facilities
About Princess Helena College Founded in 1820, PHC has some 200 pupils, 50 of whom are in the vibrant and familial Sixth Form. With small class sizes, highly qualified staff and a wide range of extra-curricular opportunities, pupils are individually challenged and stretched in academic study and beyond.
To apply, please visit our web site for an application form:
www.princesshelenacollege.co.uk/vacancies
Closing date: Friday 29 March 2018
Start date: September 2018 or January 2019
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the DBS.
About PHC Hitchin Independent School
Princess Helena College is an independent, co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 11 to 18. Boarding at PHC takes place in a single boarding house, currently all girls, opening to boys for boarding from Sept 2020.
The school has a rich history. It was founded in 1820 in London by Princess August and Mrs Sophia Williams as the Adult Orphanage Institute. Its purpose was to educate girls whose fathers had been in the services or the Church and had died. In 1874, Princess Helena, the third daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, became the school’s president.
Head
Mrs Sarah Davis
Values and vision
Princess Helena College is set in 180 acres of rolling fields and woodlands. It has a strong ethos of individualism and hard work. As a small school, Princess Helena College takes care to give each pupil individual attention.
Pupils are encouraged to be excited by new challenges and stimulated by new learning experiences. The school’s main aims are to inspire, encourage and assist each pupil to realise their own potential and develop their strengths and skills.
ISI report
“The quality of pupils’ academic and other achievements is good in relation to their ages and abilities. Pupils are successful in public examinations and achieve well across a wide range of activities. Pupils make progress at least in line with, and sometimes better than, pupils’ of similar ages and abilities. Their attitudes to learning are positive.”
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