Head
Caterham Prep School
Surrey
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2019
- Apply by:
- 23 September 2018
Job overview
Attractive package with accommodation if required
Caterham Preparatory School is one of the leading co-educational schools in the UK, committed to providing an environment in which all pupils are challenged to be the best they can be and one in which pastoral care and well-being underpin academic, co-curricular and sporting excellence. The Prep School has close to 300 pupils aged between 3 and 11. The Senior School, on the same site, has a further 900 pupils and the Schools share a close relationship.
The School is situated in a magnificent 200 acre campus in the beautiful Harestone Valley which provides pupils with plenty of opportunity to delight in the outdoors and all the activities that the grounds offer including their own woodland and outdoor learning centre. At the heart of the curriculum is the belief that all pupils should receive a broad and balanced education in a warm, friendly and stimulating learning environment. They endeavour to foster curiosity, the application of effort, an interest in their work, and the ability to think and learn.
Caterham Prep School is looking for a new Head who, working closely with the Head of the Senior School will develop, plan and deliver the next phase of the School’s history. This is a fantastic opportunity to ensure that the School continues to innovate and develop its practice in every way, especially with regards to the academic standards across all ages. The Head will lead and support a committed staff body and will have outstanding management and personnel skills as well as energy, ambition and passion to drive the School forward. S/he will be keen to be involved in all aspects of school life and be encouraging of the strong family atmosphere that exists. Candidates will need to demonstrate experience of working in a senior team within a similar setting and be a role model for the values of the School.
Saxton Bampfylde Ltd is acting as an employment agency advisor to Caterham Prep School on this appointment. For further information about the role, including details about how to apply, please visit www.saxbam.com/appointments using reference NAKIB. Alternatively email belinda.beck@saxbam.com or telephone 020 7227 0880 (during office hours).
Applications should be received by noon on Monday 24th September 2018.
Caterham Preparatory School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires everyone who comes into contact with children and their families to share this commitment. Child protection forms part of the School’s Safeguarding responsibilities.
Caterham Preparatory School
About Caterham Prep School
Caterham Prep is a vibrant and thriving part of the Caterham family, providing an outstanding education that enables every pupil to achieve his or her maximum potential intellectually, physically and creatively in an ambitious but nurturing environment. The Caterham School community shares a 200 acre campus in the beautiful Harestone Valley and educates pupils from age 3 to 18. The Prep School is nestled at the far end of the campus, surrounded by its own woodland.
Learning how to learn is a key part of a Caterham education, from the Early Years at the Prep School to the Sixth Form at the Senior School and is, in our view, an essential skill for modern life. We believe that a truly excellent school is about more than academic achievement alone: it is also about developing a passion for learning, a capacity for problem-solving, independent and critical thinking, self-awareness and resilience, self-confidence without arrogance and genuine interests that extend beyond the confines of the classroom.
We believe in providing an ‘Education for Life’ for all Caterhamians and our innovative curriculum blends the best of tradition with exciting opportunities such as Performing Arts, Mandarin, Digital Innovation, 21st Century Skills and Global Citizenship. Our unique Outdoor Learning programme, developed in and taking advantage of our own responsibly managed forest, runs alongside all of this, together with an award-winning Wellbeing programme that runs through the heart of everything we do.
All classrooms are equipped with computers, interactive board and Apple TV, allowing teachers and pupils to collaborate and share screens using the school’s iPads, which are also used for learning across the site, into the school’s grounds and at home. For more advanced computer use in our Digital Innovation programme, the school also has a full ICT suite, equipped with desktop PCs and a 3D printer, as well as a separate Music Lab with its own dedicated computers and electric keyboards. Technology spills out of the classroom and into our outdoor learning and co-curricular offering, built on our belief that technology can be used to support and enhance learning wherever it takes place.
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