Lower Key Stage 2 Teacher (Middle School)

Start Date – Autumn 2024

Salary – according to experience

Are you looking for your first teaching role or is it time for a change and a new challenge at one? If you can answer yes to either of these questions, then working at ‘the UK’s Best Prep School 2024’, St Hugh’s, is definitely the right choice for you.

St Hugh's is a highly successful, largely non-selective, co-educational day and boarding school that educates 360 girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 13. We are situated on a beautiful green campus of 40 acres in the South Oxfordshire countryside, only 25 minutes from Central Oxford.

At St Hugh's we aim to give all our children academic and pastoral excellence in a friendly environment in which each child can discover what they are good at and, therefore, thrive and gain confidence in themselves.

The successful candidate will be welcomed into an enthusiastic, collaborative and hard-working team. The school offers excellent benefits including a competitive salary on our own salary scale with scope for progression, an outstanding working environment in our beautiful estate with easy access to transport links and being part of the vibrant and supportive community of the highly regarded St Hugh's School. We also offer free meals, a discount on School fees and the use of our sporting and gym facilities.

Full details of our staff benefits and recruitment procedures, including an application form, can be found on our School recruitment page at https://www.st-hughs.co.uk/news/staff-vacancies

To apply, please send a fully completed application form to recruitment@st-hughs.co.uk. This should include a supporting statement outlining the extent to which you meet our requirements as set out in the job description and person specification together with two referees, one of which should be a current or most recent employer.  References may be taken up before interview. Online social media checks will be completed on shortlisted candidates prior to interview as part of the KCSIE guidance.

Applications will be considered on receipt and should arrive no later than 10.00am on Wednesday 1st May 2024. Interviews will take place at St Hugh’s in the week of the 6th of May 2024. We reserve the right to interview at any point during the recruitment process so early applications are encouraged.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check (including a check against the Children’s Barred List), and other pre-employment screening including a check on the Secretary of State list of prohibited staff.