Resident Assistant Housemaster/Mistress
Milton Abbey School
Dorset
- Quick apply
- Expired
- Salary:
- Dependant on experience and qualifications.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2021
- Apply by:
- 12 May 2021
Job overview
Milton Abbey is seeking exceptional individuals to help run our boarding houses – three for boys, two for girls.
We need enthusiastic and caring Residential Assistant Housemasters or Housemistresses (AHMs), who have a deep commitment to pastoral care and a desire to be part of a team overseeing transformational education of young people, in and beyond the classroom.
The successful applicants will ideally have boarding experience and will relish the opportunities and challenges of being involved in a boarding house in a 24/7, full boarding school environment.
An excellent record as a classroom practitioner is required, although the focus of the role is pastoral. Working in partnership with children’s families, this role provides extraordinary opportunities to shape the lives of the young people in our care.
House staff work as part of a dynamic and highly supportive team, line managed by their Housemaster or Housemistress and the Deputy Head (Pastoral).
We offer a genuinely different learning experience to our students, with the widest range of vocational courses in the independent sector, and a focus on the development of the whole person, not just examination results. More than half of our students have identified learning challenges and we promote opportunities for them to ‘learn differently’ and successfully here.
Assistant Housemasters and Housemistresses teach a reduced timetable, allowing them to help ensure their pupils’ holistic needs are met and any subject specialism will be considered.
Further details may be obtained from our website or from HR on 01258 880484 or email hr@miltonabbey.co.uk.
Applications must be submitted on the School’s application form. Closing date: Wednesday 12th May, with interviews later that week.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and the school reserves the right to appoint prior to the closing date.
Milton Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
The appointment will be the subject of an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
www.miltonabbey.co.uk
Registered Charity No 306318
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About Milton Abbey School
Milton Abbey School
Testimonials
“I love working here. I have the freedom and creativity to keep exploring and becoming more passionate about my subject, which helps me pass that passion on to my pupils.” | Milton Abbey School teacher
“I’m so glad we chose Milton Abbey. Every pupil is treated as an individual, strengths are recognised and celebrated, and the dedication shown by staff is exemplary.” | Parents of a Sixth Form student
“It’s a small school, so everyone knows everyone. We get a lot of help from staff with our studies and with our personal lives. It feels like a tight family bond.” | Sixth Form student
“Milton Abbey has been the making of our son. From the teachers, to the Boarding House team, and the friends he has made for life. It truly is a fantastic school.” | Parents of a Lower School pupil
Our location and facilities
The School lies in a secluded wooded valley, halfway between the towns of Blandford and Dorchester. It occupies the site of a former Benedictine Monastery, founded over 1,000 years ago. The two remaining Monastery buildings are used daily by the School – the Abbey for regular services and musical performances and the Abbot’s Hall as our dining hall.
Our expansive natural surroundings mean the School boasts a large farm and stables used for vocational learning, a nine-hole golf course, impressive grass pitches for a variety of sports, and plenty of inspiring outdoor space to run lessons, be active, or to relax.
Other buildings and facilities are on par with much larger schools, due to the wide variety of subjects on offer at the school. They include classrooms, laboratories and workshops to teach a full spectrum of academic and vocational subjects, a large library in a converted ballroom, specialist rooms for teaching Creative Media, Art, Fashion Design and Music courses, and a 370-seat theatre. Indoor sports facilities include a 25-metre swimming pool, golf simulator, gymnasium and sports hall. Staff are able to use these facilities as a benefit of working at the School.
Our management structure and ethos
The School is run by the Head, supported by a Senior Deputy Head and three Deputy Heads responsible for the Academic, Co-Curricular and Pastoral elements of the School. We have an overall staff of around 120 people, some of whom work flexibly to meet the needs of the school at different times of the year. We are deliberately small, with around 225 pupils.
All staff appointed are expected to contribute to the pastoral and nurturing ethos of the school, supporting a full and busy sports and activities programme. All candidates for any roles are encouraged to celebrate their conventional, and unconventional, interests on their application. Appointments will be made subject to a full DBS check and the receipt of satisfactory references.
For more information please see the school’s website: www.miltonabbey.co.uk
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