Head of Physical Education and Boys’ Games Teacher
Hereford Cathedral School
Herefordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2020 or for the right candidate we would be prepared to wait until September 2020.
- Apply by:
- 21 October 2019
Job overview
Hereford Cathedral School seeks to appoint a full-time teacher of PE from January 2020 or for the right candidate we would be prepared to wait until September 2020.
Location: Hereford Description: Full time, permanent.
We require a highly motivated and experienced teacher prepared to undertake the demands of working in an outstanding co-educational day and boarding school; which will include a full timetable within the Sports Department, as well as playing an active role in wider school life.
We anticipate appointing a suitably qualified, enthusiastic and committed PE specialist, with an expertise in coaching or playing in one or more of our boys’ main team sports – Rugby Union, Association Football and Cricket.
Depending on skills and experience the successful candidate will be expected to lead the school’s thriving academic PE programme, in addition to the curriculum teaching of the subject across the age range, from Year 7 to GCSE and A-level/BTEC
Essential qualities are first-rate interpersonal skills, energy, vision, high expectations and the ability to work well and communicate effectively with pupils, colleagues and parents.
Candidates for the position should be willing to contribute fully to the pastoral and extensive extra-curricular life of the school. This will include coaching teams beyond normal school hours including weekends and some evenings throughout the year.
An application form and information pack may be downloaded from the school website www.herefordcs.com/job-vacancies.
Completed applications should be accompanied by a covering letter and sent to Mrs Cath Knowles, Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, The Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG or to c.knowles@herefordcs.com
The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 21st October 2019. Applicants are encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible. We envisage that interviews will take place on Tuesday 22nd October 2019 and Wednesday 23rd October 2019.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to DBS clearance, satisfactory employment references and pre-employment checks.
Registered in Cardiff No 2081261 (Limited by Guarantee)
Registered Charity No 518889
We reserve the right to withdraw this advertisement at any time
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About Hereford Cathedral School
- Hereford Cathedral School
- Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford
- Herefordshire
- HR1 2NG
- United Kingdom
Hereford Cathedral School (HCS) is one of the oldest schools in the country and is located in the beautiful surroundings of Hereford Cathedral Close.
A happy, inclusive school with a national reputation for music, sport, and academic achievement, HCS is a co-educational day and boarding school for 745 pupils aged 3-18. In a caring and nurturing environment, every member of the community is both challenged and fulfilled. Pupils at HCS are offered an excellent standard of teaching and individual care and leave the School as well-balanced, confident and considerate young adults ready for the wider world.
It is probable that the School was established at Hereford Cathedral in the 12th century, possibly as early as the 1130s, but little is known over the following centuries. Having been rebuilt in the reign of Edward VI (1547-53), it received considerable emoluments from Queen Elizabeth I in 1583. Its greatest benefactors came in the 17th century when Dean Langford, Roger Philpotts, a former Mayor of Hereford, and Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, gave sizeable bequests to the School for the foundation of scholarships. When Charles I granted new statutes to the Cathedral in 1637, the School’s endowment was also increased by the grant of a house and garden for the Headmaster. By 1762 a new schoolroom 80 feet long and 40 feet broad, with windows overlooking the palace yard, had been completed to the south-west of the Cathedral on the site of the old building.
The period from the late 19th to the early 21st century has seen a remarkable growth in pupil numbers – from under 100 boys to more than 745 boys and girls (from 3 to 18 years) and a corresponding increase in staff; an expansion in the number of sites from the one in School Yard to seven around the Close and in Castle Street; the adoption of co-education in 1970; the integration of the Cathedral Preparatory School (now Hereford Cathedral Junior School, founded in 1898 and moved to its present site in 1925); and the development of purpose-built facilities (including most recently a new sports hall) and the School’s playing fields at Wyeside.
HCS proudly reintroduced boarding in April 2019 following months of renovations on a former country house hotel. Wilmot House currently offers 29 students the benefits of an outstanding education and the friendly culture of a traditional British school.
Looking to the future, there are plans in place to expand the School’s boarding provision as well as discussions at an advanced stage to launch the first Hereford Cathedral School overseas.
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