Head of Pre-Prep
Bishop's Stortford College
Hertfordshire
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2023
- Apply by:
- 17 October 2022
Job overview
Bishop’s Stortford College is one of the UK’s leading co-educational day and boarding schools. Its diverse and infectious mix of enthusiasm and dedication makes it an extremely stimulating place to work. We are delighted to be working with the Governing Body and College Executive, who are seeking to appoint an inspiring and talented Head to join the Executive Team in September 2023. The successful appointee will continue to develop the outstanding work Belinda Callow has done in creating a truly exceptional Pre-Prep School, one with a well-deserved reputation for delivering everything any parent of a young child could possibly wish for in a school.
With a roll of 130, the Pre-Prep has a very special atmosphere, created by cheerful, enthusiastic children and happy, fulfilled teachers. The Pre-Prep Head will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the school, maintaining this ethos and the roll, but is also expected to play an active and dynamic role in the strategic leadership of the whole College as a member of the College Executive. The role is currently non-teaching.
The successful candidate will be a passionate, caring and empathetic person, but also someone with lots of ideas and strong strategic leadership skills, ideally with previous Headship experience. This is an exciting opportunity for a progressive educationalist who is an open communicator with a sense of joy and fun to join a strong team at a well-established school.
For a preliminary, confidential conversation about the role, please contact:
- Jenny Funnell: jennyfunnell@rsacademics.com / 07941 221172 or
- Charlotte Faber: charlottefaber@rsacademics.com / 07769740479
For detailed candidate information and details of how to apply, please visit www.rsacademics.com
Closing date: 10.00 am (UK) on Monday 17th October 2022
Bishop’s Stortford College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its employees and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointee will undertake his/her role and responsibilities in accordance with Bishop’s Stortford College’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Guidelines. The successful applicant will be required to undergo all checks relevant to the post. Candidates should expect safeguarding issues to be discussed throughout the recruitment process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the role are indicated in the candidate information brochure.
RSAcademics is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools.
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About Bishop's Stortford College
- Bishop's Stortford College
- School House, Maze Green Road, Bishops Stortford
- Hertfordshire
- CM23 2PQ
- United Kingdom
At Bishop’s Stortford College, we have built a wonderful, busy, cheerful, confident and highly successful community. Within this environment your child’s personal journey of discovery will begin the moment they join us.
Our school offers the whole package: breadth of opportunity, depth of academic enquiry, and quality of human values and skills.
Qualifications and Qualities
Academic qualifications are a prime focus for us, yet we know that qualifications alone will not suffice for a life fully lived. Human qualities of decency and kindness are also a large part of the ticket to success. Together, qualifications and qualities are what an education for today and tomorrow must deliver.
We provide specialist subject teachers throughout our Pre-Prep, Prep and Senior Schools and know that very good teachers at this very formative age have a very noticeable effect. We are selective based on academic ability, yet despite this, our value-added score is probably one of the best in the country. We are consistently in the top 7% nationally * meaning that our school makes the greatest difference.
Breadth and Balance
From whatever age your child joins us, life will be busy. They will be doing lots of different things, learning how to prioritise – to take charge of what they are doing and when. But even more importantly, your child will quickly find things they enjoy and become good at.
When they leave us, they will be well prepared for life beyond school, with a combination of abilities, some social, some academic and with choices – choices as to where to direct their efforts and enthusiasm. They will also have the confidence of knowing how to function in the new world that we are all going to embrace.
Community Spirit
We recognise the world your child will be entering and the skills they need. Learning to collaborate, to be a team player, to become friends with diverse, different people, will happen. Here there is a togetherness where none of us is as important as all of us.
The diversity of backgrounds, nationalities and ages of our pupils ensures horizons are expanded and everyone learns together and from each other.
We do not look like most schools of our type. We are different in some important ways. We are the modern face of independent education.
*based on three year average for A Level results
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