Houseparent of School House
Monkton Senior School
Bath and North East Somerset
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2020
Job overview
Do you have what it takes to inspire young people and have a devotion to deliver an excellent holistic education?
Monkton is seeking to appoint for September 2020 committed and dedicated House parents for School House; a boys boarding and day house for Years 9-13.
This is an exciting opportunity for those who would enjoy working in a boarding school environment and overseeing the pastoral care of young people. We pride ourselves on our lively Christian ethos, excellent exam results and our strong pastoral care. At Monkton, we are setting standards for life; giving young people the qualities of character they need. You will be instrumental in creating a positive, welcoming and comfortable environment.
Based in a beautiful rural setting on the outskirts of Bath, you could find yourself working in our historic buildings or outside enjoying our scenic views of the Midford Valley, alongside other staff and pupils.
Monkton thinks differently. We start with a proactive pastoral environment to develop academically strong enthusiastic learners. With an initiative to encourage innovative thinking, there are opportunities to develop your ideas that has a positive impact on the students. Take advantage of what an independent school has to offer!
To be successful in this House parent role, you will require substantial experience of pastoral work gained whilst working as a Housemaster / Housemistress, or in a similar setting. The ability to teach one of the academic subjects offered at Monkton would be a clear advantage.
How to Apply
For further information and to download an application form, please visit: www.monktoncombeschool.com/key-information/work-with-us
You should write to us, the HR department: recruitment@monkton.org.uk enclosing a letter of application, fully completed application form and full curriculum vitae, with details of your qualifications and experience.
We are happy to consider applications from couples. If you are applying as a couple, we ask each individual to submit a separate application.
If you would like more information, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR department on 01225 721149.
Closing date: 20th January 2020
Interview date: 27th January 2020
Monkton Combe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and Disclosure and Barring Service.
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About Monkton Senior School
Our vision: Monkton inspires young people to become confident, kind and ambitious adults who live fulfilling lives.
Our mission: Monkton thinks differently. We start with a proactive pastoral environment to develop academically strong enthusiastic learners within a living Christian ethos.
Our values: Confidence, Humility, Integrity, Service
If you share this vision for a different way of doing schooling, then applying for a role at Monkton could be a professionally life-changing decision. We take our staff development seriously - in fact as seriously as we take our students’ development; both constituencies share the same aims:
‘A community empowered by its growth mindset, consistently evaluating and re-evaluating progress, acknowledging failure, celebrating success, setting new targets and constantly improving’
A coaching culture sits at the heart of our professional development strategy to enable our colleagues to reflect and explore their next steps. Our partnership with the Expansive Education Network run by Prof Bill Lucas at Winchester University means there is even the scope to engage in supported action research.
Boarding is part of the ethos of Monkton rather than a description of where some of its students stay the night. Many of the day students, who make up about 40% of the student body, often stay till 8.30 or later in the evening. ‘After school’ has more to do with university than tea time.
As such, teachers who thrive at Monkton understand and engage with this ethos as part of the vocation of choosing to teach here. Learning, for a Monkton teacher, happens as much in the classroom as outside it.
We aim to develop positive attitudes to learning which build on self-regulation and the notion of neuroplasticity. Students are engaged in growing their self-awareness and setting their own targets helped with a 1-1 tutoring programme which emphasises the tutor as coach rather than mentor.
Our pastoral care is market leading: in partnership with Mind.world we pioneered their groundbreaking pastoral tracking system which helps us track and improve our students’ emotional development. This is now used in leading schools around the UK and the world; Monkton is central as a key training hub.
Monkton is set in the beautiful Midford valley, just 3 miles outside Bath. The campus is an inspirational place to live and work, with Georgian Bath stone buildings blended with innovative modern design capturing a school with a clear heritage but 21st century aspirations.
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