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New Hall School requires, from September 2021 or earlier, a Head of Upper School (Years 9-11 Girls)
Competitive salary: teaching £36,252-£53,542pa / non-teaching £28,271-£45,562pa
This is an exciting, professional leadership opportunity, to join a strong pastoral team in one of the largest and most successful independent schools in the UK. The Head of Upper School has overall responsibility for the wellbeing of all day students of girls in Years 9-11. S/he supports and nurtures the Catholic ethos of the School and fosters the spiritual, academic, social and personal development of students to ensure that they achieve their potential.
The successful candidate will have experience of working in a senior school setting and the ability to relate effectively to students from diverse backgrounds. Applications from practising Catholics are particularly welcome.
New Hall is a warm, welcoming and supportive environment, with a mixture of single-sex and co-educational teaching. With a supportive team and an investment in training, this is an exciting time to be joining the School.
New Hall is committed to increasing representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds among staff across all roles and at all levels, to reflect our diverse student population. The School's Equal Opportunities Policy is available on the School's website.
Closing Date: Midday, Monday 18 January 2021
Interviews may take place on a rolling basis
JOB ID: NH0172
New Hall is committed to safeguarding pupils. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment. For further details & an application form please visit: www.newhallschool.co.uk/job-opportunities Alternatively, please contact the HR Department on 01245 467 588.
Information about the School
New Hall is a Catholic independent boarding & day school for girls and boys aged 1-18. New Hall School operates the highly successful 'diamond model', where students are educated in co-educational classes from ages 1 to 11 and at Sixth Form. However, from ages 11 to 16 they are taught in single-sex lessons. Click on one of the four diamonds below to find out more about our divisions.
The main benefits of the 'diamond model' and five years of single-sex teaching, derive from the ability to tailor pastoral and academic provision more sensitively and expertly to the needs of young people going through the physical, emotional and social upheaval of adolescence. Young teenagers are liberated from the negative peer pressure of having to perform in mixed classes. The gender stereotyping of subjects is also removed. Girls and boys follow an identical curriculum and do not learn to perceive subjects as being more suited to either girls or boys.
The Sixth Form experience at New Hall is about expanding students' horizons, both in their specialist areas of study and, more generally, in terms of their personal development.
From the moment New Hall students first travel up the mile-long, tree-lined avenue that leads to the grand façade of the former Tudor palace, they will be given individual opportunities to grow, learn, be challenged and to develop into confident young men and women. New Hall is set in an idyllic and convenient location, on the outskirts of the City of Chelmsford, Essex, just 30 minutes by train from London and within easy reach of all major London airports.
As a Catholic independent boarding & day school, at New Hall with every student we aim to educate the whole person: academically, creatively and socially, in a community which also nurtures the spiritual dimensions of human life.