Head of Girls Games - Maternity Cover
Bredon School
Gloucestershire
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Part Time, Maternity Cover
- Apply by:
- 3 January 2025
Job overview
We are looking for an exceptional individual to lead and champion girls sport at Bredon School. At Bredon we pride ourselves on a truly individualised approach and success criteria will be different for each pupil in our care. The successful candidate will be equally adept at inspiring a love of participation and challenging the most capable to excel in their chosen sports.
Bredon School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
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About Bredon School
A co-educational independent boarding and day school for children aged 8 to 18 years old, situated in beautiful Gloucestershire countryside.
With a focus on dyslexia specialist teaching, offering a wide-ranging Academic, Creative, Skills Based and Vocational curriculum, our vast outdoor environment set within an inspiring location enables all pupils to find an area in which to shine; whether that is on the school farm, within the forest school, out on the sports fields, taking part in outdoor education and adventure activities, or as a member of our thriving Combined Cadet Force. The opportunities are endless.
Pupils join Bredon from the local area, the UK and the wider world, and come together to form a vibrant community of learners who are socially and morally responsible and who support one another on their journey towards becoming happy, healthy, confident and capable young people.
The School is recognised by a specialist and professional association for our work teaching dyslexic pupils; we are accredited by the Council for the Registration of Schools Teaching Dyslexic Pupils (CReSTeD) and hold DSP - Dyslexia Specialist Provision.
The School currently has 240 pupils and since 2014, has been under the ownership of Cavendish Education Ltd.
Headteacher
Mr Nick Oldham
Values and vision
Bredon School provides an education that caters for all types of learners and treats and values them as individuals. Everyone in the Bredon community is expected to participate fully in the academic and extra-curricular life of the school, in order to develop as well-rounded, tolerant and responsible individuals.
ISI report
“The pupils’ personal development is excellent throughout all sections of the school. Their spiritual development is strong and they have a well-developed awareness of moral issues. Their social development is excellent and, as they progress through the school, they develop a thorough awareness of cultural issues. They have a clear sense of right and wrong and, at all ages, including the youngest they demonstrate a high level of mutual respect and support for each other and for all members of the school community.”
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