Pastoral Director of Middle School
Headington School
Oxfordshire
- Expired
- Salary:
- In line with Headington School Teaching Scale
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2022
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2022
Job overview
PASTORAL DIRECTOR OF MIDDLE SCHOOL
Start date: September 2022 Salary: In line with Headington School Teaching Scale
Headington is a vibrant and welcoming school set in 23 acres close to Oxford city centre. In an environment where individuals come first, Headington is renowned for its commitment to academic excellence, pastoral support and an impressive range of extra-curricular opportunities.
We have an exciting opportunity to take on a key pastoral leadership role within our Middle School, with pastoral responsibility for the 400 pupils in Years 9-11. We are looking to appoint an experienced, outgoing, enthusiastic and caring individual capable of working with and leading a dedicated team of staff delivering high quality pastoral care for our diverse mix of pupils. The Pastoral Director also acts as one of the team of Deputy Designated Safeguarding Leads.
The Pastoral Director of Middle School will be responsible for the delivery of a clear vision and strategy for the pastoral leadership of the Middle School, managing the day-to-day running of the section, and promoting a caring and supportive environment for our pupils, both day pupils and boarders. The Pastoral Director role is people facing and much of the holder’s time will be spent dealing with people: pupils, parents, staff and external bodies.
The Pastoral Director will work closely alongside the Academic Director of Middle School to ensure coordination of pastoral and academic support through the Middle School team. The Pastoral Director will be a member of the Senior Management Group and will report directly to the Deputy Head Pastoral.
Applicants will also be required to teach 0.5 of a timetable and any teaching discipline will be considered.
If you are interested in applying for this position please refer to our website: www.headington.org for a job specification and application form. Please send your completed application form to recruitment@headington.org along with a covering letter.
Closing date: 12 noon Monday 7 February 2022
Interviews: First interviews w/c 7 February 2022, second interviews w/c 14 February 2022
Headington School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be able to provide evidence of having the right to live and work in the UK and must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and DBS and barred lists checks. The School expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Headington School is an equal opportunities employer.
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About Headington School
- Headington School
- Headington Road, Headington, Oxford
- Oxfordshire
- OX3 7TD
- United Kingdom
Headington is a leading day and boarding school for girls aged 3-18, set in a green 23-acre site located a mile from Oxford city centre.
It is a place where girls are given the opportunities to grow and develop their strengths and talents, whatever they may be, partnering academic excellence with superlative pastoral care and extra-curricular activities. While academically selective, girls are selected on potential and many achieve far beyond their predictions on entry. The focus is on providing a well-rounded education, with fantastic teaching and learning complemented by exciting, inspiring and challenging opportunities outside the classroom, and ensuring girls are ready for their future, whatever it may hold.
Headington’s results regularly place it among the top schools in the country at GCSE and A Level. The School offers an extremely broad curriculum, with over 20 subjects to choose from at GCSE and a choice of nearly 30 subjects in the Sixth Form. Girls benefit from proximity to Oxford’s two universities with a wide-ranging programme of speakers, lectures and visits involving experts and specialists from Oxford and Oxford Brookes.
Around 150 different extra-curricular activities are on offer each week, featuring academic enrichment, creative arts, sport, dance, performing arts and leadership and enrichment.
The School is rated excellent in all areas by the Independent Schools Inspectorate. The School, which has over 1,000 pupils across the prep and senior schools, has a thoroughly international and culturally diverse outlook, with more than 45 different nationalities represented. Around one in four of the 800 Senior School girls board and there are opportunities for staff to become involved in the boarding life of the School alongside their day to day roles.
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