Head of Girls’ Sport

The Role

Westbourne is passionate about sport and being active. Our excellent specialist teachers and coaches encourage enjoyment of sport, as well as pushing pupils to develop flair and intelligent game play.

We are looking for an outstanding Head of Girls’ Sport who will inspire the children towards high levels of achievement, whilst ensuring maximum possible participation. Sport at Westbourne House is of a very high standard, but inclusive. Strong coaching skills in netball, swimming, athletics and rounders are desirable, together with experience of coaching hockey. Superb organisational skills are also required, although a Sports Secretary does provide support. 

Westbourne organises sports tours that reap huge benefits in terms of the children’s skills and playing experience. There is an extensive programme for matches and tournaments against other schools and all ability levels have the opportunity to play competitive sport. 

The ability to teach a subject in addition to Sport may be desirable. Contribution to the extra-curricular programmes and willingness to drive a school minibus are essential.

There may be the possibility of staff accommodation on site in return for boarding duties. Westbourne House creates a safe, supportive and fun boarding environment for children to help them develop into caring, self-reliant and confident individuals. Boarding duties may include the running of a range of activities such as art, cooking and games. Please indicate on the application form if this is of interest.

We can offer:

• Strong, supportive staff team committed to raising standards

• Competitive salary

• Pension Scheme

• Possibility of staff accommodation (one bedroom) on site in return for some boarding duties 

• Discretionary school fee discount

• Use of the school’s facilities

• Employee Assistance Programme

About the School

Westbourne House is situated just to the east of Chichester in beautiful grounds of over 100 acres. There are approximately 350 boys and girls, aged 2½ -13. Most children go on to major Public Schools across the South.

The school enjoys outstanding facilities. Teaching is extremely well resourced with excellent teaching rooms, the majority equipped with interactive whiteboards; there are also sets of laptops which can be booked for class based work. There are rooms for Art, Ceramics, ICT, Design Technology and Food Technology, a separate Science block and Music School, as well as a modern, 300 seat theatre/assembly hall. The School also has a large (30 acre) lake on the north boundary for kayaking.

Academic standards are high, with consistently outstanding Common Entrance results together with an excellent scholarship record; last year no fewer than 36 awards and scholarships to senior schools were won across a range of disciplines, totalling 140 over the last five years. 

Westbourne House uses the High Performance Learning philosophy to guide all pupils in becoming good learners. The school believes that all pupils have the potential to perform at the highest level regardless of their current performance level. The Advanced Cognitive Performance Characteristics (ACPs) and Values, Attitudes and Attributes (VAAs) of HPL are the “thinking” and “behaviour” characteristic and these are delivered specifically and systematically throughout the curriculum.

The Music and Drama departments also excel consistently: all children are involved in school productions, a large number are members of school choirs and there are regular concerts.

Saturday school consists of sports matches, as well as optional enrichment activities, such as kayaking and coding.

There is a wide variety of sport on offer, and a large number of teams represent the school most Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. As well as extensive playing fields, there is a 25-metre swimming pool, dance studio, sports hall, squash courts and a full-sized astro-turf pitch. 

There are around 100 boarders, many of whom board for two or three nights in one of seven houses on the school grounds. As of September 2017, the school introduced full time boarding allowing the children to further enjoy the beautiful facilities and grounds the school has to offer.

Please apply by completing the application form. CVs may be attached, but not in place of the application form. Please return completed applications to Robyn Aubrey at hr@westbournehouse.org

Closing date: 23rd August 2020.

We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. For this reason, early applications are encouraged.