Housemaster/Housemistress of New House
Brighton College
Brighton and Hove
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- August 2022
- Apply by:
- 24 January 2022
Job overview
Brighton's Pastoral System
Pastoral care at Brighton is structured through 14 vertically organised houses, each with pupils from Years 9 to 13 inclusive (there is a separate house for the youngest pupils in Years 7 and 8.) There are eight boys’ houses (split between five day houses and three boarding houses), five girls’ houses (split between three day houses and two boarding houses), and one co-educational sixth form boarding house. Each boarding house has a dedicated live-in HMM, resident Deputy HMM, non-resident Deputy HMM, Matron and a team of tutors. House spirit in the school is alive and well. Pupils are fiercely loyal to their house, and engage enthusiastically with house events and inter-house competitions. Each house has its own dedicated physical space on the campus, combining social and work areas. In this way, HMMs find it easy to get to know their pupils exceptionally well. When pupils leave at the end of the Upper Sixth, it is often the HMM that they identify as having had the most significant impact on them during their time in the school. Each House has its own identity and ethos which operates alongside a common framework for the pastoral support of the pupils. An excellent working relationship with each pupil will enable them to feel supported, encouraged and known.
New House
Built in 2013, New House is home to 78 girls, a mixture of full and weekly boarders. Studies vary from single rooms to shared dorms for 2-3 boarders. The girls also benefit from excellent social spaces in the shape of 2 common rooms, a computer room and kitchen facilities. Beyond the boarding House, the girls have access to state of the art facilities across the College campus where we run an extensive programme of evening and weekend activities
Role specification
The HMM is responsible for:
- The overall ethos, tone and character of the house and its pupils and staff.
- Maintaining an overview of the pastoral, academic and cocurricular progress of all the girls in the house, and ensuring that they develop their social and academic potential to the fullest extent.
- Taking a specific interest in key areas of the pupils' progress, such as GCSE choices, A-level choices and university admissions.
- Involvement in resolving lowlevel disciplinary issues and in supporting the girls and College through the resolution of any more serious issues in conjunction with the Deputy Head (Pupils).
- Effective liaison with parents, including the induction of families whose children are joining the House
- Finding effective and innovate ways to celebrate and encourage pupil achievement, through House assemblies, newsletters, fundraising initiatives, social events etc
- Managing the performance of the House tutor team in conjunction with the Deputy Head (Common Room) Attending HMMs’ meetings and chairing House tutor meetings
- Running weekly house assemblies
- Managing the House budget
- Supporting the involvement of the house girls in broader College activities by attendance at events, where appropriate
- Teaching approximately two-thirds of a timetable in any academic discipline offered by the College.
- Line-managing the House matron
- Managing duty rotas in order to ensure that the House is staffed at all times during term, including overnight. The HMM will be expected to take a reasonable proportion of the duty times, including overnight and at weekends
Safeguarding responsibilities:
- This role will involve daily contact with pupils and you will be engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
- All staff and volunteers have a responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for who you are responsible and with whom you come into contact.
For further details, please see the Applicant Info Pack
Attached documents
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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