Head of Boarding

Required Skills/Abilities

 

Experience and Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent professional qualification;
  
  

• Significant leadership experience in an educational or residential setting;
  
  

• Proven safeguarding expertise; DSL experience desirable;
  
  

• First Aid qualification and experience with student medical care;
  
  

• Essential: prior experience in boarding education;
  
  

• Desirable: training through the Boarding Schools’ Association (BSA) or equivalent professional boarding accreditation;
  
  

• Desirable: familiarity with CIS and Cognia accreditation frameworks and with International Baccalaureate programmes;
  
  

• Desirable: familiarity with CPOMS, iSAMS and GDPR compliance.

 

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Personal Attributes

• Warm authority combined with emotional intelligence;
  
  

• Excellent communication and organisational capacity;
  
  

• Cultural sensitivity and appreciation of international students;
  
  

• Resilience, flexibility and practical judgement;
  
  

• A collaborative, solutions-oriented mindset;
  
  

• Deep alignment with the School’s values and educational philosophy;
  
  

• High professional integrity and discretion;
  
  

• Uncompromising commitment to safeguarding and student wellbeing.