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Head of House (non teaching)

Tring School, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5JD

This job expired on 19 August 2024 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  19 August 2024 at 9am

• Date listed

  19 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,777.00 - £32,076.00 Annually (Actual)

Head of House (non teaching) job summary

Head of House

Contract: Permanent - 37 hours per week, 52 weeks

Salary: H7 payscale (£29,777-£32,076)

Start: September 2024

Responsible To: Assistant Headteacher

About the role: We are seeking to appoint a committed, resilient and enthusiastic person to the role of Head of House and become an integral part of our hard working, energetic and strong Pastoral Team. You will have a genuine passion for supporting young people with the ability to form strong working relationships with both students and adults.

Main areas of responsibility:

• Pastoral care for your House, developing relationships to work with the students, parents and staff in supporting their education and wellbeing (incl behaviour, attendance and social development) and keeping accurate records and appropriate records of communications.

• Putting pastoral interventions in place, both internally and working with external organisations to further support the development of our young people.

• Leading high quality assemblies for your house and leading a team of tutors, alongside attending key school functions

• Coordinating all house activities with your team of student house captains and creating a strong team ethos within your house

• Leading interventions with children

See Job Description/Person Specification for further details

Tring School can offer the successful candidate:

• Training for school specific systems as required

• ‘State of the Art’ school facilities

• Children of staff have second priority admission after 2 years’ service or recruited to fill a post with a demonstrable skill shortage

• CPD Champion School

• Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme

• Cycle to Work scheme and free on-site parking

• Free flu vaccinations

• Dedicated wellbeing team who are extremely passionate about ensuring our staff are well looked after

• Access to Occupational Health and Onsite Counsellor

• Discounted membership to our onsite Sports Centre, offering swimming and exercise classes

Tring School is very popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England comprehensive school with over 1500 students on roll including approximately 330 in the Sixth Form. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work.

We are proud to be joined by two local Primary schools in our closely formed MAT, The Ridgeway Learning Partnership, where we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19.

If you are interested in the prospect of working in a supportive environment where you can have real impact, then we welcome an application from you.

Closing date: Monday 19 August 2024

Applications will be shortlisted after the closing date.

First round of interviews will be held between 20 and 31 August 2024.

Successful candidates will be invited for second round interviews in school w/c 2 September 2024.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.”Safer recruitment Policy , Child protection Policy. To help us meet our high standards and aspirations of a fully diverse and inclusive workplace, we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply and to join us.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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About Tring School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1568 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Tring School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tring-school

Tring School is popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England all-ability school, 1500 on roll, over 300 Post-16. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’

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