Senior Deputy Head - January 2023
Oswestry School
Oswestry, Shropshire
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- January 2023
- Apply by:
- 30 May 2022
Job overview
SENIOR DEPUTY HEAD
Oswestry School is delighted to welcome applicants for the post of Senior Deputy Head, an excellent opportunity for a dynamic, experienced leader to join our team at an exciting time in the school’s history. With a rich heritage stretching back over 615 years, Oswestry is proud of its long history, but this is likewise a school with an exciting future ahead. Tasked with leading the smooth day to day running of the school and with a key role in shaping, developing and delivering a new strategic plan for the school, this opportunity will be well suited to candidates with an aspiration to move on to Headship with the role providing considerable whole school leadership experience and the chance to make a significant contribution and impact.
A member of both HMC and Society of Heads, Oswestry School is an independent, co-educational day & boarding school, with a 11-18 senior school of over 350 pupils and a 4-11 junior school (Bellan House) of c.120 pupils. An HMC and Society of Heads school, the strong ethos of the school is reflected in outstanding pastoral care and a close-knit campus community. As well as providing a nurturing and aspirational learning environment for young people, Oswestry School likewise offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment.
The Senior Deputy Head will join a collaborative and dynamic leadership team, and will work closely with Headmaster Peter Middleton in a key development phase for the school in the coming years.
Closing date for the above position: 12 noon on Monday 30th May
Longlist interviews will take place on Wednesday 15th June
Final Round interviews will take place week beginning Monday 20th June
For further information about the post and the school, please email Lynne Horner from LM Consulting (LynneMConsulting@outlook.com) who will be engaged in the recruitment process as an external consultant.
Oswestry School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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Attached documents
About Oswestry School
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Oswestry School is an independent, co-educational day & boarding school, with a 11-18 senior school of c.400 pupils (120 of whom board) and a 4-11 Prep School of c.120 pupils. The strong ethos of the school is reflected in its fabulous pastoral care and sense of community. The School is a member of HMC and has been judged ‘excellent’ in recent inspections. The School is growing in size and standing. As well as providing a fantastic learning and living environment for young people, Oswestry School offers an enjoyable, challenging and rewarding working environment.
Oswestry School is located at the heart of its market town on the Welsh borders, with easy access to the great outdoors as well as good links to the local town of Shrewsbury and the cities of Chester, Manchester and Birmingham.
Located in the ancient town of Oswestry in the county of Shropshire, the School was founded in 1407 and, as such, lays claim to being one of the oldest truly independent schools in the country. It is located in a beautiful corner of Shropshire close to the Welsh border and enjoys a campus setting and extensive playing fields. Just 30 minutes from the market town of
Shrewsbury and an hour from the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester, the School is well located and draws pupils from all over the county and beyond through its extensive bus routes. A dynamic boarding community with pupils coming from over 30 countries provides a vibrancy and exciting diversity to the School; internationalism and diversity is celebrated and championed.
As a relatively small independent school, Oswestry School is able to offer smaller class sizes as well as a close professional relationship between staff and students. A recent ISI report described pupils as “energetic, articulate and responsible throughout the school.” Deliberately non-selective, the School strives to nurture and develop the talents and abilities of each and every pupil both inside and outside the classroom. Recent facility development includes a floodlit astroturf, the Momentum Sports hall, a refectory and a new library.
Headmaster
Peter Middleton
Values and vision
As a relatively small independent school, Oswestry School is able to offer smaller class sizes as well as a close academic relationship between staff and students. The school adopts a traditional approach to pastoral care, uniform and behaviour. Staff have high expectations of the ability of pupils to police their own behaviour and approach their education in a mature and adult way. The school invests heavily in extra-curricular activities, with the Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme just one of the major activities on offer.
ISI report
“Pupils are energetic, articulate and responsible throughout the school. Relationships amongst pupils and between pupils and staff are excellent. This enhances the pupils’ personal development. In the senior school, where a third of pupils come from a wide range of countries, tolerance and mutual respect are firmly established, and this has a profound influence on the school as a whole.”
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