Simon Smith Email & Phone Number

Hong Kong

Oversight of Pastoral and boarding across whole school. Line manage enrichment, House system, school counsellor and SEN provision. DSL. Member of SLT in founding year of K-12 school

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Oversee the Boarding and Pastoral provision in a start up school. This involves liaising between both the Bilingual and International sections to provide the best boarding and pastoral experience for our learners. I have also managed the entire school timetable liaising with section Principals and programme coordinators, managed the tutoring and homeroom provision and the set up of the House System.

Dongguan, Guangdong, China

Overall responsibility for the pastoral and boarding provision for a sister start-up academy to Merchiston International School, Shenzhen

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

This is a whole school pastoral position and one of the four founding SMT posts at the school. It has required me to manage the Safeguarding teams across all ages, the delivery of the wellbeing programme, the boarding houseparents and implement an effective tutoring system. As this is a startup school I have had to create all the pastoral policies and oversee their implementation. I was involved in the Phase 1 building project of the boarding house and am about to embark on Phase 2 as we expand. Boarding is compulsory from Y7-12. I have had to manage support facilities with direct impact on the lives of our students. This has involved liaising with Health and Safety, Medical, Catering, Site Security, Transportation, Student Leadership, Gap and Internship staff and producing effective working practices in all these areas. It has also involved creating working communication methods with parents and delivering vision and chairing forums with parents.I have managed the counseling provision, extra curricular programme and the House system at the school

Overview of the pastoral and academic welfare of circa 70 boys from a largely international background. Managed a team of tutors and all the support services required in running a boarding house.

Overview of the pastoral and academic welfare of 300 sixth form students encompassing students with over 20 nationalities. Analysis of pupil performance. Organisation of post 16 PSHE programme. Training and delivery on UCAS applications. Managing the selection process of the school prefects. Member of the Senior Pastoral Team (SMT plus Head of Boarding, Chaplain and Head of Sixth Form). Present at Housestaff and calendar meetings.

Management of large department (13 plus technicians). Science representative for complete refurbishment and development of Science Block. Member of the Academic Policy Committee with members of SMT and other Faculty Heads. Managed department through successful inspection and implementation of IB. IB HL and SL Physics teacher from 2008 to leaving in 2018

Managing personnel, curriculum and budget of the department. Attending Head of Department meetings. Analysis of departmental performance. Inaugural member and organiser of the International Science Seminar between schools in Germany, UK and Czech Republic. Producing material for inspection team

Pastoral and academic overview of Y10 pupils in consultation with Housestaff. Communication with parents, delivering year assemblies, organisation of year socials. August 1997 organised senior cricket tour to Kenya

Bachelor Of Engineering Beng (Hons), Civil Engineering

Bsa Diploma In Boarding Management And Pastoral Care

Pgce, Physics And Science

O And A Levels