Director of International Learning
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Culford School
Suffolk
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- April 2025 or September 2025
- Apply by:
- 29 November 2024
Job overview
Senior School
Overview of the Role
We are looking to appoint an innovative and dynamic Director of International Learning (IL), to lead and manage our Senior IL Department, work closely with our Prep IL Department, oversee our present bespoke programmes, and in addition develop strategically further induction, curricular support, co-curricular and pastoral programmes. This is an excellent opportunity for a suitable candidate to contribute to our vibrant international community, and to ensure their continued success across Culford Senior and Prep Schools.
- Full time
- Start date: April or September 2025
- Closing date for applications: Friday 29 November 2024
- Interviews to be held: Friday 6 December 2024
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Applicants must be living in the UK and be able to provide suitable evidence of their Right To Work in the UK.
As an equal opportunities employer, we are committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds.
Culford School puts at the centre of its operation the safeguarding of the pupils of the school and encourage a culture of challenge to ensure the risks of harm to the pupils’ individual welfare are minimised.
Successful applicants must complete mandatory pre-employment training in safeguarding and other key areas before commencement of employment.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will undergo appropriate child protection screening; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
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About Culford School
Established in 1881, Culford School is a co-educational, all-through, independent school in the town of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. Offering places to around 700 pupils aged 1-18, the selective school sits on a large plot of rural land and boasts a mix of 18th-century buildings and modern teaching facilities.
Although the majority of Culford’s children are day pupils, the school offers boarding facilities for prep and senior pupils. Prospective students are expected to pass examinations across a broad range of subjects. The precise nature of the admissions procedure differs depending on the age of the child applying for entry.
Head
Claire Bentley
Values and vision
Culford School was originally founded in the Methodist tradition and as a result takes pride in the cultural and spiritual development of its pupils. Students are instilled with a strong moral code and encouraged to value themselves and the work they produce, as well as to always have respect for their fellow pupils and staff members.
ISI report
“The quality of pupils’ personal development throughout the school is excellent and is supported by strong pastoral care. Pupils have high levels of moral and social awareness, and a clear sense of right and wrong, demonstrating emotional maturity. They treat each other with tolerance and respect and there are excellent relationships between staff and pupils.”
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