Principal
Hereford Cathedral School
Herefordshire
- New
- Quick apply
- Salary:
- Competitive
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- Ideally September 2025
- Apply by:
- 17 January 2025
Job overview
The post of Principal is a new role and reflects the joining of the Hereford Cathedral Junior School and Senior School into a single organisation, alongside the expansion of the Foundation through international and commercial projects. The current Headmaster, Dr Michael Gray, has been appointed Executive Headmaster and CEO of the Foundation with whom overall responsibility both for the School and the wider Foundation rests under the Governors. This new post provides a unique opportunity to help shape the School at this exciting time of development.
The Principal at Hereford Cathedral School is responsible for the operational leadership and day-to-day management of the 3-18 co-educational day and boarding school. Reporting directly to the Executive Headmaster and CEO of the Hereford Cathedral School Foundation, the Principal will ensure the smooth running of the institution while fostering an environment of academic excellence, pastoral care, boarding excellence and holistic development. This role requires a strong leader who is committed to upholding the School’s ethos, Christian values, and traditions, while contributing to the overall strategic vision set by the Foundation.
Reports to: Executive Headmaster and Chief Executive Officer of Hereford Cathedral School Foundation
OUR OFFER
Join a highly talented and supportive team and governing body
Competitive salary
A beautiful place to work in the most idyllic settings
A positive and innovative working environment surrounded by students, staff, parents and governors
A collaborative and supportive attitude amongst staff which promotes a sense of teamwork and unity
Cycle to Work scheme
Free lunch during term time
School Fees Remission
And finally, the chance to work with outstanding students
H O W T O A P P L Y
An application form and information pack may be downloaded from the school website:
www.herefordcs.com/job-vacancies
Completed applications should be accompanied by a covering letter and sent to Mrs Cath Knowles, Hereford Cathedral School, Old Deanery, The Cathedral Close, Hereford HR1 2NG or to recruitment@herefordcs.com
The closing date for applications is 10am on Friday 17 January 2025.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all members of staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and satisfactory employment references and other safer recruitment checks. Further information on the School’s safeguarding can be found on the school website.
Hereford Cathedral School is committed to being an equal opportunity employer and is determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.
The School retains the right to interview suitable applicants and appoint before the deadline
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About Hereford Cathedral School
- Hereford Cathedral School
- Old Deanery, Cathedral Close, Hereford
- Herefordshire
- HR1 2NG
- United Kingdom
Hereford Cathedral School (HCS) is one of the oldest schools in the country and is located in the beautiful surroundings of Hereford Cathedral Close.
A happy, inclusive school with a national reputation for music, sport, and academic achievement, HCS is a co-educational day and boarding school for 745 pupils aged 3-18. In a caring and nurturing environment, every member of the community is both challenged and fulfilled. Pupils at HCS are offered an excellent standard of teaching and individual care and leave the School as well-balanced, confident and considerate young adults ready for the wider world.
It is probable that the School was established at Hereford Cathedral in the 12th century, possibly as early as the 1130s, but little is known over the following centuries. Having been rebuilt in the reign of Edward VI (1547-53), it received considerable emoluments from Queen Elizabeth I in 1583. Its greatest benefactors came in the 17th century when Dean Langford, Roger Philpotts, a former Mayor of Hereford, and Sarah, Dowager Duchess of Somerset, gave sizeable bequests to the School for the foundation of scholarships. When Charles I granted new statutes to the Cathedral in 1637, the School’s endowment was also increased by the grant of a house and garden for the Headmaster. By 1762 a new schoolroom 80 feet long and 40 feet broad, with windows overlooking the palace yard, had been completed to the south-west of the Cathedral on the site of the old building.
The period from the late 19th to the early 21st century has seen a remarkable growth in pupil numbers – from under 100 boys to more than 745 boys and girls (from 3 to 18 years) and a corresponding increase in staff; an expansion in the number of sites from the one in School Yard to seven around the Close and in Castle Street; the adoption of co-education in 1970; the integration of the Cathedral Preparatory School (now Hereford Cathedral Junior School, founded in 1898 and moved to its present site in 1925); and the development of purpose-built facilities (including most recently a new sports hall) and the School’s playing fields at Wyeside.
HCS proudly reintroduced boarding in April 2019 following months of renovations on a former country house hotel. Wilmot House currently offers 29 students the benefits of an outstanding education and the friendly culture of a traditional British school.
Looking to the future, there are plans in place to expand the School’s boarding provision as well as discussions at an advanced stage to launch the first Hereford Cathedral School overseas.
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