Housemistress
Belhaven Hill School
East Lothian
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 25 January 2019
Job overview
Due to the promotion of the present incumbent to a Housemistress role at Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Belhaven Hill School is seeking to appoint a Housemistress to oversee all aspects of the running of the girls’ boarding house, which accommodates up to 45 full-boarding girls from ages 8-13. Whilst the successful candidate would be expected to teach a reduced timetable and register with the General Teaching Council, Scotland (GTCS), it is possible that - for the right candidate - this could be a purely pastoral and co-curricular role.
This is an opportunity for a well-qualified, enthusiastic and motivated person to continue the outstanding work which has been instrumental in making Belhaven Hill the top boarding prep school in Scotland.
Belhaven Hill School provides boys and girls aged 7-13 with the best possible prep education. Just 30 miles east of Edinburgh, the school is set in 25 acres of walled grounds and sits directly on the beautiful East Lothian coastline. Belhaven has an enviable academic record, winning 17 awards last year. All pupils and staff also take part in a wide and varied range of extra-curricular activities.
There are currently 124 pupils, of whom two-thirds are full boarders; the school operates as a boarding School first and foremost although there are 40 day pupils too, predominantly at the lower end of the school. Two separate houses, one for the girls and one the boys, provide a warm and caring full-boarding environment, with boarders and staff enjoying an Exeat from Friday lunchtime until Sunday evening every other week.
Application forms (available on the school website) must be completed in full and sent - along with a short, hand-written letter to the Headmaster - to the school secretary, Mrs. Alex Farquhar, Belhaven Hill School, Belhaven Road, Dunbar, East Lothian EH42 1NN (secretary@belhavenhill.com)
Closing date for applications: Friday 25th January
Interviews will take place in the week commencing Monday 28th January.
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About Belhaven Hill School
Belhaven is a happy and thriving co-educational prep school with a warm and welcoming atmosphere and ethos. Pupils aged between 6 and 13 come from all over Scotland and the north of England and are joined by a small but important group of international pupils. Currently, approximately 60% of the school board whilst 40% attend daily. Founded in 1923 as a boys' boarding school, is has been genuinely co-ed since 1995. A significant majority of the children board for their last two or three years. Boarders stay at the school on a fortnightly cycle, where they go home every two weeks from Friday lunchtime until Sunday evening or Monday morning. 'Weekends in' therefore see the school full of children enjoying a range of activities, making friendships that last for a lifetime. Currently, the school is investing in an exciting Digital Education programme as well as continuing to exploit its enviable position on the East Lothian coastline via an expanded Outdoor Education curriculum. The encouragement to the children to have a go and to learn via experience is pervasive and creates confident young people, ready and eager for the next stage of their education.
The main school building is a handsome listed mansion, dating from 1760. Five large rooms and an additional storey were added in 1900 and there have been further extensions in recent years. Boys have their dormitories in the main building and there is a separate girls' house across the lawn: both are comfortable and welcoming. The main house has been undergoing a rolling programme of refurbishment and redecoration in recent years, enhancing dormitories and common rooms and creating a new library and computer room. A new classroom block, music school and art building have all been created since 2000. Many of the teaching staff live within the lovely grounds which extend to 20 acres, with accommodation in either the old stable block or the south lodge. There are fine playing fields, a small astroturf pitch, a sports hall, a heated outdoor swimming pool, grass tennis courts, a croquet lawn, putting green and children's gardens within the walled garden. Between the rear of the school and the sea is a golf club, of which the senior children can become members and play rounds in the evenings and at weekends.
The school is a charitable trust run by a Board of Governors. The Head reports to the Governors and attends meetings of the full Board and its sub-committees.
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