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.
The nature of this role will require the appointee to live on-site during term times, though the accommodation will be available for their use throughout the year. The accommodation on offer is dependent on the number of the successful applicant’s dependents. Candidates can discuss this in more detail before they apply should they wish to.
If you feel that a phone call or a visit to the school would help you understand this role better and be useful to you, please do not hesitate to get in touch. Please note that the summer term ends on 27 June and the new academic year commences on the 1 September, though calls and visits can be made over the summer holiday.
For further information see the application pack below.
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