Resident Tutor

**About St George’s**

**Capable, Confident, Connected**
St George’s is an independent boarding and day school with approximately 270 pupils aged from 11-18 years about 45% of whom are boarders (both full and tailored) and with a Sixth Form of approximately 80 pupils.

We are a welcoming school with a warm sense of community. Visitors are impressed by our facilities within a beautiful seing and the ambition of our educational provision, but most of all they are delighted by the girls who are truly special.

Over the past two years at GCSE, St George’s has been placed in the top 5 to 10% of schools nationally for value added.

St George’s offers an education that is grounded, relevant and fosters employability.

The school operates as an Educational Trust administered by a Board of Governors, is a member of the Girls’ Schools Association (GSA), Boarding Schools Association (BSA), and is ISC accredited.

**Our Location**
St George’s is approximately 25 miles west of central London, on a beautiful, leafy 30 acre site, within walking distance of Ascot High Street. We are close to Windsor, Eton, Bracknell and Heathrow airport, and equidistant from the M3 and M4 motorways. Ascot High Street can be reached on foot in five minutes while Ascot Railway Station is less than a mile away.

All facilities are on site and include, amongst others, a state-of-the-art 350 seat theatre, three boarding houses, a sports hall, squash courts and gym/dance studio, spacious library, Science centre, photographic, têxtiles and art studios, 6 floodlit netball/tennis courts, extensive sports pitches and a 25m 6 lane indoor swimming pool.

**The Department**
Reporting to the Deputy Head (Pastoral), the Resident Tutor provides academic and pastoral support to pupils within the boarding community; working with Housemistresses to provide supervision of boarders during weekends and evenings and assisting academic departments.

St George’s has three boarding houses:
**Markham **accommodates pupils in Years 7-10.

**Knatchbull **accommodates pupils in Years 11 and 12.

**Loveday **accommodates Year 13.

There are ten resident members of the Pastoral Team. The Deputy Head Pastoral is in overall charge and is assisted by three Housemistresses who lead a support team of Resident Tutors.

The post is for the Autumn term 2023 but there may be an option to extend by mutual agreement.

**Person Specification**
The Resident Tutor must possess excellent communication skills when dealing with pupils, parents and other staff. They will have a flexible and willing attitude to participate in the boarding life of the School and contribute to the extra-curricular activity programme. They must be a role model whom girls can respect.

Ideally, the Resident Tutor will hold a First Aid qualification; appropriate training will be provided.

The following are the key tasks and responsibilities:

- Supporting the Housemistress with the day-to-day routines ensuring the care of the pupils in the house
- _Communicating effectively with other staff and where appropriate, recording information within the daily information handover log
- _Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of pupils at the School; being fully conversant and compliant with the school’s child protection policy and procedures
- _Providing advice and support for pupils concerning emotional, social or behavioural problems they might have; informing the Deputy Head Pastoral if any referral to outside agencies is required; fulfilling the requirements of the School’s policy on
Child protection
- _Accompanying pupils on their weekend outings as required
- _Contributing to the programme of co-curricular activities available to pupils at evenings and weekends
- _Attending Chapel, Staff meetings, departmental meetings and other School functions, as required
- _Assisting with the preparation and closing of the boarding house in the periods prior to and at the end of each term
- _Supporting the School’s disciplinary policy and, by encouragement and reward, foster an acceptance of the code of conduct of the School; informing the
Housemistress in cases of breaches of School rules
- _Carrying out other duties as deemed appropriate by the Deputy Head Pastoral or the
- _Participating in training courses, as required
- _Supporting the Health Centre throughout the week with various duties

**Salary and Benefits**
**Terms of service**

**Start date**: September 2023

**Annual salary**: in the region of £13,300 (gross) per annum paid pro rata over the contract period. It is expected that the contract will end on Thursday 14 December
2023 but there may be the option to extend the contract by mutual agreement.
Accommodation and meals included as below.

**Hours of work**:This is a term time only position, however the Resident Tutor is also required to be available to attend INSET days and for periods prior to and at the end of terms. The hours of work during term time are varied and include weekends. T