Head of Boarding

Full Time | Wuhan, China | Whole school Division
Start Date:  August 2026

About School:

The campus opened in August 2022, comprising two separate K-12 schools. This enhances a broad education enabling students not only to have a truly international educational experience but also to receive a rich Chinese language and culture education. School provides an international (IB) curriculum to students holding foreign passports. The school offers boarding in order to provide an education option to families across the greater Wuhan metro area as well as Hubei and neighbouring provinces. School  caters for Chinese nationals, offering the Chinese curriculum for Years 1-9, leading into the senior international secondary qualifications. It is envisaged that the two schools, while legally separate, will form a model of collaboration and cross-cultural understanding.

Curriculum: A Levels, IB, Reggio Emilia, US Advanced Placement (AP)
Accreditation:   IB
School Type:  K-12 Day and Boarding
Students Enrollment: Approx. 600  in total

About Job:

  • • To be responsible for the running of the Boarding House liaising with the matrons and the duty member of staff on a day to day basis;
    • Ensuring, in consultation with matrons, that the Boarding House is a clean, safe, professional but homely and welcoming environment in which children can thrive;
    • To be responsible for the updating /review of the Boarding Handbook and other policies;
    • To welcome boarders and their parents at the start of the academic year and at the start of terms and after half term;
    • To ensure resident staff oversee the academic work undertaken by boarders through the monitoring of preps and organisers and to ensure that there is an evening reading programme for the younger children;
    • Co-ordinate and run a Boarding House reward competition that encourages prompt rising, tidy dorms and good behaviour through the awarding of dorm points;
    • To keep a record of any pastoral concerns involving boarders that may require further discussion at a full staff meeting;
    • Ensure positive relations are maintained with their parents and guardians;
    • Be fully conversant with, and applying, the School’s child protection policy and all related issues
    • Set a good example to pupils in terms of appropriate dress, punctuality and attendance
    • To be immediately responsible for the processes of identification, assessment, recording and reporting for the pupils in their charge.
    • To strive for personal and professional development through active involvement in the School’s appraisal system and performance management procedures.
    • Undertake duties that may be reasonably assigned by the Head (directly or indirectly)
    • Participate in the School’s extracurricular programme

About You:

  • • Minimum Bachelor’s Degree in relevant subject area
    • A recognized teaching qualification (e.g. BEd, PGCE)
    • Relevant head of boarding or house parent experience
    • Experience managing challenging behaviour.
    • Know a range of assessment approaches, and how to use the data collected from it to best benefit the pupil.
    • Sensitivity to the cultural differences

About Contract:

Contract Period: 2 years
Student Contact days: 195
Approximate Dates for the School Year: Aug 15-July 31

About Package:

  • Salary Range: Negotiable
    Benefit: Health Insurance, Flights, Moving Allowance ,Tuition for children100% tuition waiver up to two legal dependent children under 18.

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