Lead School Nurse
Highgate School
Haringey
- £43,138 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 25 October 2024
Job overview
The role of the Lead School Nurse at Highgate is to support pupils’ health and wellbeing in order for pupils to fully participate in active school life. The Lead Nurse is instrumental in the coordination and implementation of the medical care across the foundation, and has the opportunity to have a significant positive impact on our pupils’ experience of school. They will work as part of a close-knit, supportive team, which sits within a passionate and proactive wider staff community.
The Lead Nurse will work with both staff and the pupils themselves to ensure that the pupils health needs are looked after, be it through the provision of care or dissemination of self-management strategies.
The Medical team is well established and the Lead School Nurse would be coming in to a well-run, confident team.
For further details, please click on this link: Lead School Nurse | Highgate School
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About Highgate School
Established in 1565, Highgate is now one of the UK’s leading co-educational independent schools, with around 1,700 pupils aged 3-18.
Academic excellence
Academic standards at Highgate remain high, as our most recent exam results demonstrate. In 2023 over 50% of all our GCSE entries were graded 9, and 78.9% were 9 or 8. Within our Sixth Form, in 2023, 46.5% of all our exam entries were awarded an A* at A level (or Pre-U equivalent) and 82.8% were A* or A. In 2023, 30 pupils matriculated at either Cambridge or Oxford colleges, whilst others took up places at prestigious Art, Architecture and Medical schools. Every year, the vast majority of our leavers enter Russell Group universities or other elite Higher Education establishments, including in the US and Canada.
Beyond the classroom
Alongside their studies, Highgate pupils are offered a wide range of co-curricular activities which enhance both their childhood experience and their future aspirations. We are also exceptionally fortunate when it comes to sport with extensive facilities, excellent staff and a wide range of activities available.
At Highgate, we encourage social responsibility through our charity work, both locally and further afield. For example, we are the principal education sponsor for the London Academy of Excellence Tottenham and support Great Lakes High School in Uganda.
Location
Our School is situated in one of the most attractive and popular areas of North London, a short distance from central London and adjacent to Hampstead Heath. We endeavour to be a sustainable school and are well served by good public transport links.
Management
Our Head, Mr Adam Pettitt, leads our Senior School and is also responsible for the overall direction of our Pre-Preparatory and Junior Schools.
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