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SalarySchool: Independent Prep School
Location: Worcestershire
Role: Head of Classics
Start Date: September 2024
Salary: Competitive
An outstanding Independent Prep School in Worcestershire are recruiting a Head of Classics for September 2024. This is a full time and permanent role.
This independent school aims to ensure pupils develop as independent lifelong learners and to provide a first-class, all round education for every child. The Head wants pupils to enjoy an education that is both happy and balanced. Each child is supported and staff inspire an appetite for learning and stimulating intellectual curiosity. The school's ethos promotes a desire for achievement and success both in and outside of the classroom, but also to have fun and enjoy learning and school life.
The Head is seeking a passionate and engaging Classicist who will join and lead a thriving and dynamic Classics department. The successful candidate will be deeply committed to the success of every pupil whom he or she teaches. You will deliver inspiring and stimulating lessons and have an appropriate degree. You will be expected to teach Latin from Year 6 - Year 8 and prepare pupils for their Common Entrance and Scholarship exams. There might also be opportunities to teach Classical Greek, although this is not essential. All teaching staff are expected to take a full part in the wider life of the School through extracurricular involvement. The school is looking for someone who has a demonstrable enthusiasm for Classics.
If you are interested in teaching your specialist subject, Classics in a vibrant and excellent Independent Prep School, please apply now. Or call Duncan Eaglesham on for an informal conversation and more information including a job description. The school has a strong ethos of student welfare therefore any successful applicant will undergo a full enhanced criminal record check (DBS).
