Resident Graduates
Leighton Park School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- £10,000 per annum including free accommodation and free board during term time
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- September 2017
- Apply by:
- 21 April 2017
Job overview
Resident Graduates
September 2017
Leighton Park School in Reading are seeking two Resident Graduates to start in September 2017 for a one year fixed term contract.
As a Resident Graduate with a hockey or netball specialism, you will be working with our Girls’ PE and Games staff to deliver a comprehensive sporting curriculum across all year groups (years 7-13) including strength and conditioning and extra-curricular activities. If you hold NPLQ or swimming qualifications, this would be advantageous. On a daily basis, you will be supporting the Head of House and members of the House Team to ensure the pastoral welfare of all boarders and day children.
Graduate Residents are appointed to support and enhance the educational experience offered at Leighton Park in keeping with the aims and ethos of the school. The role includes pastoral and boarding duties together with support for a particular area of the curriculum and a contribution to the extra-curricular life of the school. It is hoped that at the end of your residency that you will have achieved positive results both personally and professionally and that you will have developed skills and experience of considerable value – particularly if you decide to continue your career in teaching.
Salary: £10,000 per annum, with free accommodation throughout the year and free board during term time.
To apply, please complete the attached application form or download an application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.
Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Founded on Quaker values, Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere where we aim to inspire and support each student to prepare for their future by reaching their potential academically and personally. We aim to appoint a candidate who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for approximately 500 pupils aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In March 2021 we won the ISA Award for Outstanding Local Community Outreach for the involvement of our students, staff and parents in projects helping those less fortunate and putting our Quaker values into practice.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
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