Head of Dance
Bedales School
Hampshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Commensurate with experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Maternity Cover
- Start date:
- April 2022
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2022
Job overview
An inspiring, well-qualified and enthusiastic full-time Head of Dance is sought for a fixed term period for maternity cover, from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023 to continue the department’s considerable academic and co-curricular successes. Dance is valued at Bedales – by staff, by students and by parents. Dance events are a much-loved part of the school’s events programme and the academic record of accomplishment is impressive. We are keen to hear from anyone who can blend creativity with hard work and has an eye to detail.
Bedales School is a unique educational establishment, set in the beautiful Hampshire countryside. Our aim is to create an environment where questioning, divergent thinking and freedom to learn from mistakes are all encouraged. Central to our success is the sense that each person is a member of our community whose voice is entitled to be heard and treated with respect. Both our staff and students expect of each other the best kind of relationships – co-operative, authentic and trustful.
Experience & Background
An inspirational and encouraging teacher, you will have a good Degree in Dance or a related area, with a proven track record of excellence in teaching. You should also be keen to play a full and inclusive role in the life of our busy boarding community, and be able to contribute to the development of our innovative school during the period of your contract. A team player with good communication skills, you will have an enthusiastic approach in all of your dealings with pupils, colleagues and parents.
Timetable
You will be timetabled to teach 30 lessons a week as Head of Dance receives a reduction of 2 lessons per week. The full-time teaching commitment is 32 lessons per week. Learning takes place throughout the day and encompasses tutoring, co-curricular activities, and support and extension sessions as well as subject lessons. Most core curriculum commitments for students are scheduled from 09:25 hrs to 18:00 hrs on Monday to Friday, and until 13:00 hrs on Saturday. Students also have access to optional activities before and after the main school day. Typically, students do not have core curriculum lessons scheduled on Wednesday afternoons. Bedales is a busy boarding school so work during the evenings, weekends and holidays may be required depending on the nature of the post.
This post is Regulated Activity.
Benefits
Teacher’s Pension Scheme or personal APTIS pension with additional remuneration benefits
Funded Healthcare Cash Plan
Salary Extras Benefits Platform
Lifeworks Employee Assistance Programme
Free lunch is provided during term time
Free on-site parking
How to Apply
For further details on how to apply, please visit the recruitment portal on the Bedales Schools website via the Apply button.
CVs cannot be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application form.
Closing date: 9:00am, Monday 7 February 2022
Application Review via Teams: Wednesday 9 February 2022
Interview date: Wednesday 16 February 2022
Pre-Appointment Checks
All candidates will undergo a Safeguarding Suitability Interview and application for an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check and be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK, on an on-going basis, at the shortlist stage of the selection process.
Safeguarding Statement:
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Prohibition from Teaching Checks, Prohibition from Management Checks.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
- safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
- fostering a culture of openness, safety, equality and protection;
- providing a safe and welcoming environment where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are being listened to;
- playing a key role in prevention of harm and an equal responsibility to act on any suspicion or disclosure that may indicate a child is at risk of harm;
- when concerned about the welfare of a pupil, acting in the best interests of the pupil.
All staff have a key role to play in identifying concerns early and in providing help for children and are expected to act in accordance with the school Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job candidates to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
About Bedales School
Bedales School is an independent, co-educational, selective, day and boarding school for children aged 3-18. It is situated in Petersfield in Hampshire and there are 460 pupils on its roll. There are admission fees and scholarships and bursaries are available.
Bedales is a charitable trust and was founded in 1893 by J H Badley as a humane alternative to the authoritarian regimes of the late-Victorian public schools. Its founding ethos was, and still is, “Head, Hand and Heart.”
Headteacher
Will Goldsmith
Values and vision
The school prides itself on having a strong sense of belonging and it has five core aims for its pupils; to develop inquisitive thinkers with a love learning, to help develop talents through doing and making, to foster each individual and encourage initiative, creativity and appreciation of beauty, to ensure students, alumni, parents and staff take pride in the communities distinctiveness and to feel valued and nourished, and to foster interest beyond the school, with the community and to develop national and international awareness
ISI
“The School is extremely successful in achieving its aims. It is a mutual learning society, determined to maintain its momentum for continuous development. At all stages, students are well educated, and the quality of their achievement and learning is excellent. Students with SEND or EAL achieve well and make rapid progress through the excellent support they receive as their needs are carefully met. More able students and those with particular gifts or talents achieve suitably high standards in a variety of activities.”
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