Interim Head Of Boarding

CATS Global Schools; Northampton; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A progressive boarding school in Northampton is seeking a Head of Boarding to lead and shape its boarding provision. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and a vision for creating a positive and transformative experience for students. They will work autonomously with the Senior Leadership Team, ensuring the growth and development of the school community. This role offers an exciting opportunity to influence the future of boarding in a supportive and dynamic environment.

Benefits

Cycle to work Scheme

Tech Scheme

Car Scheme

Free flu vaccine

Free eye tests

Financial wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme

Group income protection

GP Access for all

Health Cash Plan

Death in Service

Long service awards

Employee referral scheme

Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay

Qualifications

• Proven track record in educational leadership or boarding management.
• Experience in developing communities and fostering inclusivity.
• Ability to work autonomously and manage multiple responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic direction of the boarding provision.
• Ensure boarding houses provide a transformative experience.
• Collaborate with the Senior Leadership Team for school growth.
• Cultivate leadership skills among students.

Skills

Leadership skills

Visionary thinking

Community fostering

Strategic planning

Job description

Bosworth Independent School is not a traditional British boarding school. That is just one of our strengths. Around seventy percent of our students are boarders; some from the UK but the majority from all over the world. We are a proudly global community, and staff and students - as well as their parents and guardians - value the dynamism and richness of the environment that results from this.

This role offers a unique opportunity to help shape the development and growth of a school that is going places. The Head of Boarding, as a member of the Senior Leadership Team and a residential member of staff, will hold a position of key responsibility. This is a demanding role but the right candidate will see the huge rewards that it brings.

Our recent ISI inspection reported that we were compliant in all areas. However, we consider compliance the bare minimum; we are ambitious for our boarding provision to be the best around. This is not about buildings and aesthetics, as important as those are after all, our boarding houses are homes away from home for our boarders but about offering students an experience of boarding that is positive and transformative. We want every one of them to feel valued, known as the individuals they are, and to have access to a wide range of activities that enrich their lives beyond the classroom. We want our boarding provision to offer them opportunities to develop leadership skills, to experience living alongside others whose stories are different from their own, and really importantly to have fun and be very happy.

This is a really exciting role at any time but especially as the school is close to realising its ambitious goal of acquiring new boarding accommodation in the shape of a former university halls of residence, a stone s throw from the two main school buildings. This will offer high quality, university-style accommodation for our boarders. The new residential Head of Boarding will have the opportunity to play a direct and formative role in this new venture.

Line managed by the Headmaster, the Head of Boarding will be entrusted with a level of autonomy concomitant with the role and with the likely experience and skill of the successful candidate. They will work with the rest of the Senior Team to ensure the future development and growth of the school, offering strong and strategic leadership. They will be energetic, visionary and ambitious to take boarding at Bosworth to the next level.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and strategic direction of the boarding provision.
• Manage boarding houses as homes away from home, ensuring a positive, transformative experience.
• Work autonomously with the Headmaster and Senior Leadership Team to grow the school.
• Foster leadership skills and inclusive community within boarding.

Benefits & Working Scheme

• Cycle to work Scheme
• Tech Scheme
• Car Scheme
• Free flu vaccine through Healthshield
• Free eye tests
• Financial wellbeing support via WageStream
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Group income protection
• GP24: GP Access for all
• Health Cash Plan
• Death in Service
• Long service awards
• Employee referral scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay