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Head of House

Head of House

Nailsea School

Nailsea, North Somerset

  • Expired
Salary:
MPS/UPS plus TLR 1A (£7832 pa)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 September 2020
Apply by:
5 December 2019

Job overview

Nailsea School is seeking to employ a Head of House from September 2020 to join our exceptional pastoral team. 

This is a permanent position and will mean the successful candidate will be a high profile leader, joining a team with a reputation for exceptional care and guidance.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, supportive school during a time of expansion. At Nailsea we have a thriving house system, with students regularly taking part in our inter house competitions and events. The house system is at the heart of our culture and ethos.

As Head of House you will provide guidance, challenge and support to 200 students, divided into 8 vertical tutor groups, enabling them to achieve academic success and experience personal growth.

No particular teacher specialism is required for candidates applying for this position.

We can offer you:

· The opportunity to work with a supportive and driven team

· CPD opportunities through a personalised programme and as part of a Teaching School Alliance

· The opportunity to continue to develop your teaching and leadership career

· Unwavering support from our Senior Team and other pastoral leaders

The successful candidate will need to:

· Have excellent communication and leadership skills

· Be passionate about the well-being and development of young people

· Support the school ethos at all times

Nailsea School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and all appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, medical questionnaire and satisfactory references.

For further details and relevant application form please visit our website, www.nailseaschool.com

If you have any questions or queries or would like to arrange a visit please contact Lorraine Coombs, Assistant Business Manager, HR, on 01275 866799

Closing date for receipt of applications: Thursday 05 December  2019, midday

Proposed interview date: w/c 09 December 2019

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About Nailsea School

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Our School

Nailsea School is a mixed secondary school and sixth form. Situated less than 10 miles from Bristol it enjoys the benefits of a small town whilst being on the doorstep of one of the U.K.’s most prosperous, vibrant and creative cities. Nailsea School is a community that demonstrates a common purpose - to ensure the very best for each and everyone of their students.

At Nailsea School all students are valued and each individual is encouraged to be the best version of themselves: to Aspire, Believe and Succeed.

The Whole Child 

The change from childhood to adulthood can be challenging and we believe that confidence, happiness and strong communication skills form the foundations for success. Our in-school pastoral team advise and nurture the whole child, offering support with social skills, peer problems, anxiety, home or academic issues. Experts in safeguarding, counselling and mentoring work alongside our Heads of House and tutors to support students well-being. The House structure’s vertical tutor groups integrate year groups and encourages peer to peer learning and support. This leads to strong friendships, confident relationships between groups and a comfortable family base from which students thrive. Feedback from a dynamic student voice programme connecting the whole school, reveals students to be happy and flourishing. We are proud of the behaviour of our students and visitors often remark on the studious, calm atmosphere within the school. Staff and students work together to ensure the effectiveness of rules and behaviour policies around the school create a fair and safe environment for all, with a focus on effort as well as achievement.

A Place for Everyone

Understanding that each child is different, Nailsea School has developed a range of inclusive ways to meet individual needs including a specialist learning centre within the school for students with specific educational needs and disabilities. The Hub is a place where children access a reduced mainstream timetable to improve literacy, numeracy and social skills. The low stress setting of The Hub, within the centre of the school, provides a nurturing environment through Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4, and children using this area are encouraged to join in with mainstream life.

Teachers at Nailsea are skilled in adopting and responding to the learning needs of all students and there is also extra support in the form of dedicated Teaching and Learning Support Assistants within lessons for those who experience specific learning difficulties.

Our Facilities

Nailsea School was re-built in 2009 and the space speaks for itself; designed with students in mind, its free-flowing structure makes navigation easy and there is a sense of calm learning throughout the school. As well as benefiting from excellent sporting facilities, including an all-weather pitch, fantastic creative arts facilities with music, TV and art studios, and technology throughout the school, it has excellent ecological credentials. Students can visit the DEN area (Developing Engagement with Nature) where forest school principles are taught. Green technology has been developed throughout the school, the main heating source is through a biomass boiler, we have sensory lighting and use solar panels to heat our water and provide electricity for external lighting. Even the toilets use recycled greywater. Our carbon footprint is improving year on year and we recycle throughout the school.

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