During the half term break the School Shop will be closed. Please purchase any items of uniform or bus tickets required for the second part of term before we break up.
If you have any queries please contact our Shop Manager, Nicola Browne on 01926 634272 or email nicolabrowne@princethorpe.co.uk
Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar
We seek to appoint a well-qualified, dynamic and lively graduate to teach Business Studies and/or Economics to GCSE and A-level, working in a flourishing and successful department. Starting in September 2018, or sooner depending on the successful candidate’s availability, the role will be offered on a full-time or significant part-time basis.
Enthusiasm to become involved with the extra-curricular life of the school is essential. Candidates should be able to demonstrate success in the classroom and be effective team players.
This is an excellent opportunity to join the fast growing Foundation that values its staff and offers a rewarding benefits package including discounted places for staff, a pension scheme, child care vouchers and a cycle to work scheme.
Application: To apply for this vacancy applicants must submit a Princethorpe College application form, together with a CV and covering letter detailing your personal qualities, experience and how you meet the person specification for the role. Applicants must ensure the application form is fully completed, including a detailed career history with specific dates.
Closing date: Monday 29 January 2018, at 9.00am, although candidates are advised to apply immediately. Interviews are likely to be held on Friday 2 February at Princethorpe.
Further details and an application form are available from the College website www.princethorpe.co.uk/employment-opportunities
The Foundation is offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Grounds person to develop their career further in grounds keeping and to build on their existing leadership skills.
As the Assistant Grounds Manager, you will be joining a busy, close-knit Grounds Team where you will play a key role in managing the grounds of the three schools within the Foundation.
The successful candidate will be NVQ Level 3 Sports Turf Maintenance qualified or equivalent and will offer significant grounds maintenance experience. The ability to remain calm in a busy and demanding environment, excellent communication skills, strong leadership skills and a flexible attitude to working hours are all essential. An interest in conservation and wildlife will be advantageous.
This is a varied and ‘hands-on’, predominately outdoors role working 37.5 hours a week, on a 7 days’ contract and requires the post holder to be open to change and adapt to changing priorities.
The initial working pattern will be Monday to Friday 8.00am – 4.30pm plus a Saturday rota for sports and events. This is a Foundation wide role, based at Princethorpe College with duties at The Crescent and Crackley Hall Schools.
This is an excellent opportunity to join the fast growing Foundation that values its staff and offers a rewarding benefits package including discounted places for staff, a pension scheme, child care vouchers and a cycle to work scheme.
Application: To apply for this vacancy applicants must submit a Princethorpe College application form, together with a CV and covering letter detailing your personal qualities, experience and how you meet the person specification for the role. Applicants must ensure the application form is fully completed, including a detailed career history with specific dates.
Closing date: Monday 5 February 2018, at 9.00am and interviews are likely to be held on Thursday 8 February at Princethorpe.
Further details and an application form are available from the College website www.princethorpe.co.uk/employment-opportunities
Our catering team are proud to introduce their new menus for the Lent Term which have all been checked and endorsed by Holroyd Howe’s Director of Nutrition and Food Development.
Maureen Kennedy
Catering Manager
Please note that half a term’s notice is required if a pupil no longer needs to use the bus service provided by the school. This is particularly relevant for pupils in Years 11 and 13 who have exams in the Trinity term and for members of Upper Sixth who pass their driving test. For example, we need to be advised in writing before the start of next term if the bus service is not required after half term in May. Parents wishing to give notice should write to Barbara Bromwich in the Bursary or email buses@princethorpe.co.uk.
Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar
As it is the time of year when there is the threat of snow, it might be helpful for everyone to be familiar with the arrangements should there be significant snowfall. Where possible and if it’s safe to do so, we always remain open, even if we have to end the school day earlier than usual.
Should there be bad weather overnight, we talk to the bus companies a little before 06:00 and they brief us about their ability to operate our services. The Headmaster then makes a decision about whether the school will open.
Information will be available via the channels detailed below:
If you want to look online at reliable weather forecasting, then www.weather.co.uk and www.metcheck.com are both sites which we use. In the case of flooding, then www.environment-agency.gov.uk is also useful. If you look under Flood and then use the river search word Leam, that will give you a good idea of the conditions around Princethorpe and the surrounding villages.
Usually, website updates are made in the course of the day, but if the school is likely to remain closed for a further day the same process will take place on the second and subsequent days. Should we have to close in the course of the day we will send text messages to let you know arrangements.
Where possible, we will make sure that our main number 01926 634200 is staffed or carries a recorded message.
Eddie Tolcher
Foundation Bursar
Please click on the links below to access the Term Dates:
2018-19 (Two-page document including Key Dates)
Please Note: The PTA Summer Fete and Motoring Festival was originally incorrectly listed as a Saturday on the 2018-19 Key Dates. The correct date is Sunday 23 June 2019.
