School Counsellor
Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth
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- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Required for September 2019
- Apply by:
- 23 June 2019
Job overview
Part time (14 hours per week) term time only plus 1 week.
Can be offered as either 2 days per week or flexibly across the week to suit the successful applicant.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified counsellor to join our school where strong pastoral care is at the heart of our community. We welcome applications from counsellors who promote the physical health and emotional wellbeing of children by focussing on their individual needs. The successful candidate will be able to support pupils through setbacks and problems in life to enable them to achieve fulfilment both at school and in their lives beyond.
Further details and an application pack are available from the School HR Manager hr@por.gdst.net or by telephoning 023 9282 6714.
Closing date for applications: 24 June 2019.
Interviews: Week commencing 1 July 2019.
Portsmouth High School is part of the GDST (Girls’ Day School Trust) - the leading network of independent girls’ schools in the UK. The 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 the DBS.
About Portsmouth High School
Portsmouth High School is an independent school for girls aged 3 to 18 situated in Southsea, Hampshire, just a 5 minute walk from the sea. The school part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading provider of education for girls in the country which has been successfully educating girls since 1872. Portsmouth High School is ambitious for every pupil, preparing them for life beyond the school gates and an education at the school can be life changing.
The senior school opened its doors in 1882 and moved to its current location almost 130 years ago. Other sections have been founded over the years: the junior school opened in 1927, while the nursery was established in 2005.
Principal
Jane Prescott
Values and vision
Portsmouth High School nurtures students’ talents to help them grow into well-rounded individuals, socially and personally as well as academically. Relationships between students and staff are respectful and supportive, and bullying is extremely rare.
The school believes its status as an all-girls school is a valuable one, giving its students a confidence that helps redress the imbalance in female representation in leading positions in the outside world.
ISI report
“The school is highly successful in providing an excellent education and fully meets its aims to encourage pupils’ academic success and personal development within a positive and supportive environment. The excellent curriculum provides a wide range of choices, beyond requirements, accounting for the needs of pupils of all ages, including those in the EYFS, and for those with SEND or EAL. The pupils’ excellent personal development is evident in their growing self-assurance and sense of themselves as unique individuals with specific talents.”
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