Houseparent
Rossall School
Lancashire
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April or September 2025
- Apply by:
- 27 January 2025
Job overview
Rossall School is among the most successful and prestigious independent boarding and day schools in the North West with flourishing pupil numbers.
With an enticing and highly aspirational culture, Rossall School is offering opportunities for exceptional educators to come and work with supremely talented, inspiring and compassionate professionals to teach our hard working, ambitious and delightful pupils.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Resident Houseparent or Houseparent couple to lead our junior boarding house ‘Anchor’ from April or September 2025.
The Rossall boarding experience is one that exudes warmth and provides for its boarders a home from home, friendly, family environment. Through a purposeful, caring and inclusive ethos, Rossall pupils from a wide variety of backgrounds are encouraged and supported to learn from each other and live in harmony with one another.
Boarding at Rossall combines the very best of living within beautiful historic buildings whilst embracing the benefits of 21st-century life. There is a natural, relaxed, family atmosphere in the houses and Anchor House is the term-time home for up to 43 boarders from year 4 to year 9, both UK and International. The weekend programme is a defining feature of being in Anchor House and Anchor Houseparents are expected to put together an exciting schedule of fun activities and Sunday trips; past trips have included trips to the Forest of Bowland, Lake District, theme parks, cinema, ice-skating, bowling, the beach, and shopping etc.
Being part of the boarding team at Rossall is to be part of a mutually supportive boarding community of Houseparents, Deputy Houseparents and a number of other members of staff resident on the school site.
Further details of the post can be found on the website www.rossall.org.uk
Deadline for submission of applications 12.00 noon on Monday 27th January 2025
Early applicants may be offered an interview before the closing date
Rossall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. An enhanced DBS clearance will be undertaken by the School. The position is regulated activity and therefore exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An online check will also be conducted.
The School’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here: https://rossall.org.uk/policies/
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About Rossall School
Rossall School is one of the country’s leading independent co-educational boarding and day schools, in a picturesque and historic setting on the Lancashire coastline.
Our impressive campus of 160 acres on the picturesque Lancashire coast reflects the heritage of the school, with stunning period architecture at every turn. However, within our historic Grade II listed facades is a thriving school offering a world class education; Rossall is a school with a commitment to academic excellence backed by excellent facilities. It is a school where dedicated, professional staff, deliver a broad curriculum, provide the very best pastoral care and support and deliver an exciting and extensive extra-curricular programme to all our students, whether boarding or day, at all levels of the school.
Rossall is an inspiring place to live, learn and work; we are fortunate to attract fantastic students and inspiring teaching staff to join us on our beautiful campus by the sea.
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