Resident Director
Magdalen College School
Oxfordshire
- £21,185 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive Salary, Pension, Cycle to Work Scheme, Fee remission, gym and swimming pool facilities (please check MCS website for more)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- July 2022
- Apply by:
- 26 May 2022
Job overview
The School
Magdalen College School, Oxford, founded by William Waynflete in 1480 is one of the country’s leading independent schools.
The Role
Magdalen College School, Oxford and Oxford Playhouse have created this opportunity to enable a talented, ambitious theatre maker to gain experience of professional theatre and apply their learning through a variety of school productions and outreach programmes. Resident Director will undertake a wide variety of duties across both organisations, with opportunities for mentoring, training and shadowing from Oxford Playhouse. The role will be working with the Resident Producer and the Programme, Participation & Artist Development team at Oxford Playhouse.
Please refer to the attached Information Pack for more information about MCS, OP, the Role and the Candidate.
Application Process
The application form is an important part of the selection process. To ensure fairness to all applicants, any decision to shortlist you for interview will be based solely on the information you supply on your application form. Ensure you read the job description and person specification before you start to complete the form. It is important you give as much information as relevant regarding why you wish to apply and what makes you a suitable applicant.
Please use the Resident Director Application Form attached to this job ad. Alternative, you can download it from www.oxfordplayhouse.com or contact Gail Workman on recruitment@mcsoxford.org or 01865 242191. Please complete the application form in black type. If you have any difficulty completing this form please do let us know and we will arrange an alternative means of application with you.
Applications in the form of CVs will not be considered: please do not attach CV, references or educational certificates to your application form.
If you need to attach a continuation sheet, please mark your name clearly at the top of the sheet. Please limit continuation sheets to one side of A4.
We welcome applications from all sections of the community – diversity is crucial to our success.
Safeguarding
Magdalen College School is committed to the safeguarding of pupils, and any offer of employment will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure, the receipt of satisfactory references, the school’s pre-employment medical questionnaire, plus sight of relevant original ID documentation and degree certificate(s).
Benefits
There is a wide range of benefits on offer to staff, including a free lunch during term time and complimentary use of school sports facilities. The School has a fully equipped gym which is available for staff use, and staff may also enjoy access to the University of Oxford’s Rosenblatt Swimming Pool. Tennis courts are available, and there is a comprehensive programme of staff sports clubs, including football, climbing, yoga, Pilates, and badminton. Staff also have the opportunity to join choirs and music groups, and to get involved in drama productions.
Staff are encouraged to make use of the Senior Common Room within and after the school day, as an area for relaxation and shared discussion outside departments. There is also a quiet room located close to the SCR where staff can work and study. Tea and Coffee are served in the SCR at morning break, and cakes and cut fruit are available in the SCR at the end of the school day. Staff socials, guest nights and Master’s Drinks are regular features of each term.
Non-teaching staff are automatically enrolled in the school’s contributory Group Pension Scheme. This is a defined contribution pension scheme into which the employee contributes 5% of gross salary and the employer contributes 10%. Teachers are part of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS).
Head to mcsoxford.org/vacancies to find out more.
Attached documents
About Magdalen College School
MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.
Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.
MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.
In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.
Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.
The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.
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