For April 2025, we require a teaching or non-teaching Director of Boarding to join our ambitious, successful and innovative State Boarding School. Our provision comprises 4 houses with 65 students from 13-18 years old and the capacity to accommodate over 100 students. This is an exciting opportunity to acquire the knowledge, skills and experience for career development and lead a boarding provision. SGS has a proven track record of commitment to excellent care, graded as follows by Ofsted in October 2022:
● Overall experiences and progress of children and young people, GOOD.
● How well children and young people are helped and protected, OUTSTANDING.
● The effectiveness of leaders and managers, GOOD.
The aim of boarding at Steyning is: ‘To contribute to the development of positive, independent and fully engaged citizens of our global community, equipped with the character to flourish in their future’. A highly desirable rural market town, Steyning is surrounded by the South Downs National Park yet has good connections to the rest of Sussex and is only 4 miles from the coast. We welcome applications from experienced Boarding professionals who share our commitment to providing exceptional holistic care for our students. “Boarders make significant, sometimes exceptional, progress across education, social and psychological areas of their development. Boarders greatly appreciate the all-round education they receive and attribute this to the ethos of those who work with them”. Ofsted 2022 The successful candidate will have the freedom and autonomy to lead the boarding community, whilst undertaking whole-school responsibility in an agreed strategic area. Proud to be part of the Bohunt Education Trust, SGS is a large, rural comprehensive school with over 2000 day school students. Successful candidates will be:
● Appropriate level of experience of working with 13-18 year olds in a residential setting.
● Flexible, generous with their time and responsive to the needs of the students in their care.
● Solution-focussed, resilient and optimistic.
● Empathetic and able to model courageous advocacy for young people.
● Outstanding pastoral carers with a proven track-record.
● Able to fully support the boarding provision of the school.
● A good communicator with outstanding people skills.
● Someone with a good sense of humour.
If you would relish the opportunity of working with us in our supportive and stimulating professional environment, then we would like to hear from you.
To apply please visit Director of Boarding (Teaching or Support Staff), West Sussex – Tes Jobs
