Head of Hockey
Brighton College
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 16 April 2021
Job overview
Brighton College is seeking to appoint a Head of Hockey. The start date for this role is anticipated to be September 2021, or January 2022.
ROLE SPECIFICATION
The post would suit an experienced teacher with a background in playing and coaching hockey to a high level. The successful applicant will be expected to lead the girls’ hockey programme at the College, coordinating the work of staff in charge of individual teams, and contributing to the provision for and involvement of girls within the games programme. Alongside this, the successful applicant will also be expected to lead the athletics programme in the Trinity Term, and contribute to the netball programme in the Hilary Term. Although advantageous, prior experience of coaching an athletics discipline is not required; the College works with a number of nationally renowned external athletics coaches.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach a small number of academic lessons across the 11-18 age range.
Applications from all subject disciplines are invited. The successful applicant will have strong interpersonal and organisational skills and be a good motivator of pupils and colleagues, demonstrating the ability to work with pupils at all levels and a willingness to support and guide less experienced coaches or academic staff involved in the Games programme.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Run the girls’ hockey programme, including managing all logistics and facilities for games sessions and matches and liaising with coaches across year groups.
- Develop and implement a clear vision for how to build on the recent success of hockey at the College.
- Organise annual tours, alternating between national and international destinations.
- Potentially, the candidate could also take on the Head of Athletics position, although this is not a necessity. Such a position would come with additional timetable remission and remuneration and would require managing all logistics and facilities for games sessions and competitions in the Trinity term, as well as liaising with both internal and external coaches as required.
- Assist with the delivery of the netball programme in the Hilary Term.
- Contribute to all aspects of girls’ sport in liaison with the Director of Sport and Heads of Sport.
- Work with the Head of Athletic Development to ensure all girls participating in hockey have access to a coherent Strength and Conditioning programme appropriate for their age and ability.
- Maintain the high profile of girls’ games throughout the College.
- Assist the Director of Sport and Head of Sport Outreach & Admissions in the recruitment of talented pupils.
- Assist with the recruitment and work of visiting sports coaches, abiding by guidelines for safer recruitment in education.
- Liaise between parents and staff regarding the balance of commitments for girls involved in multiple sport, fixtures and activities.
- Assist in the planning of inter-house competitions.
- Coach across all age groups within the Girls’ Games programme, including involvement in evening and weekend fixtures in all three terms.
- Teach a small number of periods in an academic subject as appropriate to the appointee’s skills and experience.
All teachers at Brighton College are expected to contribute to the school’s pastoral system, generally as a tutor in one of our 14 houses (of which six are boarding houses and eight are day). There is also an expectation that all teachers will contribute to the co-curricular life of the school, through the extensive Games programme, and/or through the leadership of one of almost 100 school societies. Candidates are encouraged to point to interests and enthusiasms as part of their application.
All teachers joining Brighton will have the benefit of guidance by an experienced mentor, whose role it will be to provide support during their probationary period. Thereafter, all teachers are expected and supported to participate in continuous professional development, throughout their time at the College.
For further details, please see the Applicant Info Pack.
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About Brighton College
THE SCHOOL
Brighton College is one of England’s leading schools. The College comprises the Senior School, educating 1,181 pupils aged 13–18, and the Lower School, educating 89 pupils aged 11–13.
The Brighton College family of schools also includes Brighton College Prep School, St Christopher’s School, Handcross Park, and from September 2023, Brighton College Kensington, educating a further 1,450 children aged 3 to 13. Overseas, the College has opened Brighton College Abu Dhabi, Brighton College Al Ain, Brighton College Dubai, Brighton College Bangkok and Brighton College Singapore. The first of seven schools in Vietnam opens in Hanoi in August 2023. Brighton College educates over 6000 pupils globally.
The College was delighted to receive record-breaking A-level and GCSE results in 2022. The Times listed us as one of their top schools for our A-level results, with 99% of grades A*-B and a phenomenal 62% of grades at A*, which compares to 15% nationally. One in six Sixth Formers are offered a place at Oxford or Cambridge. At GCSE, our pupils excelled, with 94.13% of grades at 9/8/7. Almost 1100 9s were achieved in the 2022 GCSE exams, with more 9s than all the other grades combined. Not a single paper was failed, with nearly 2,000 GCSEs sat at the school.
The College was recently named ‘England's School of the Decade’ by The Sunday Times. The award was given on the basis of our exceptional examination results as well as our fundamental emphasis on kindness and social engagement.
The Sunday Times also named Brighton College ‘England’s Independent School of the Year 2019’, the second time in a decade the school has won this accolade. The Week magazine named Brighton College ‘Most forward-thinking school in Britain’ for two years running in 2017 and 2018. Tatler magazine awarded Richard Cairns the title of ‘Head Master of the Year 2012-13’, and Brighton College was named UK ‘Independent School of the Year 2013- 14’ at the Independent Schools Awards. The last full ISI Inspection in 2021 on educational quality and compliance awarded the top grade for both pupil attainment and their personal development, and the compliance section of the 2021 report (and the shorter 2018 inspection) confirmed that all aspects of the College’s operation were fully compliant.
There has also been major investment in new facilities over the last ten years. This has seen the construction of five major buildings on the main site, including the new £55m School of Science and Sport which opened in January 2020, which includes eighteen state-of-the-art laboratories alongside a new sports hall, 25-metre swimming pool, fitness centre and roof-top running track. Other recent additions include two new boarding houses, a state-of-the-art Music School and the Yeoh Building, a teaching building which includes 22 classrooms for maths, history, economics, politics and EAL, alongside an innovative Creative Learning Centre, opened in 2017. Our next new building will open in May 2024: this is an exciting development which will include a stunning theatre, a first-class Sixth Form centre, teaching and performance spaces for dance and drama, and modern, spacious classrooms for English, computing and music.
Above all, Brighton is a very happy place where staff and pupils feel fulfilled and purposeful. We are proud to have taken a progressive stand on diversity, equality and inclusion and we are committed to furthering this agenda through our teaching, and all aspects of the life of the school. We are a member of the School Inclusion Alliance and an important aspect of our vision for education is to increase diversity among our teaching staff to enrich all aspects of the life of the College and provide diverse role models for all pupils. We pride ourselves on being a warm, inclusive and respectful community, where our staff are welcoming and positive and our pupils are intellectually curious and kind.
LIVING AND WORKING IN BRIGHTON
The College enjoys its location in Brighton, one of Britain’s youngest cities and one of the most vibrant and progressive in Europe. A recent national survey identified Brighton as the ‘happiest city in the UK’ and it regularly features within the top cities for quality of life nationally. With an extensive beach and seafront, and proximity to beautiful rural areas including the South Downs National Park, the opportunities for recreation and leisure are varied and numerous. Transport links are also excellent, Brighton being within easy travelling distance of London (50 minutes by train), and 30 minutes from Gatwick Airport. Brighton is also a university city, and the College has good links with both the University of Sussex and Brighton University. Our annual involvement in the Pride parade has strengthened existing links with the local community.
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