Classroom teacher
Haberdashers' Girls' School
Elstree
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive, commensurate with experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 September 2026
- Apply by:
- 26 February 2026
Job overview
We offer a range of teaching opportunities. Permanent and fixed-term positions are available.
Habs has been awarded Independent School of the Year 2025, with Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools receiving both the award for Outstanding Educational Partnerships and the overall top accolade of Independent School of the Year 2025. This recognition reflects our long-term commitment to social impact and the deep, sustained collaborations we continue to build with our state sector partners. It is an exciting time to join our community.
The Role
As a class teacher, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching and outstanding pastoral care. Working closely with colleagues in your year group, you will plan and deliver an engaging and challenging curriculum that stimulates curiosity and deepens understanding. You’ll ensure that every pupil receives the attention and guidance they need to thrive both academically and personally.
Your classroom will be a place where learning comes alive – a space filled with creativity, curiosity, and care. You’ll use stimulating resources and create an exciting and child-centred environment that celebrates pupils’ achievements.
For a detailed overview of the role, including key responsibilities and the person specification, please refer to the attached candidate pack.
What we offer:
We offer a competitive salary, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and the size of the School, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your professional and personal wellbeing:
Approximately 17 weeks holiday per year.
Private Pension Scheme through Aegon with four flexible options and generous employer contributions.
Additional life insurance cover.
Access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), providing confidential support and advice.
Financial assistance for further qualifications.
Extensive professional development and training opportunities.
Discount on school fees for children attending any of the Elstree Schools (fee remission applied at the time of child joining) - for fixed-term roles, we do not offer fee remission
Free lunch and refreshments.
Free onsite parking and access to travel on the school’s extensive coach network.
Complimentary access to state-of-the-art sports facilities, including gym, swimming pool, and fitness classes.
Wellbeing initiatives such as yoga, mindfulness sessions, and health checks.
Access to an online GP service for quick and convenient healthcare advice.
Access to Vivup, our staff benefits platform offering discounts, financial advice, and wellbeing resources.
Cycle-to-Work Scheme and green travel incentives, including options for Octopus Electric Vehicles.
Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy sooner, please apply as soon as possible.
Haberdashers’ Elstree Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
About Haberdashers' Girls' School
Founded in 1875, Haberdashers’ Girls’ School, Elstree is a leading independent day school for girls aged 4–18. The School’s academic results place it amongst the highest-ranked schools in the UK.
It provides a challenging, positive, stimulating and secure community in which students enjoy working hard to fulfil their potential. The co-location of the School with Haberdashers’ Boys’ School provides the best of both worlds: an excellent single-sex education within a co- educational environment.
The School traces its roots back to the 17th century when its founder, Robert Aske, established the principles that guide it to this day – to give talented and ambitious young people the opportunities they need to succeed in life. Its priority is the education of the whole person, amongst other bright, well- motivated students, taught by a highly qualified, committed staff. In partnership with parents, it aims to provide every student with the intellectual, cultural, physical, moral, personal and spiritual resources she needs to give her confidence to go forward in a changing world.
The School is a diverse community which nurtures a global perspective and a deep sense of responsibility for the world in which its pupils will lead and succeed. Its excellent pastoral care, broad academic curriculum and far-reaching co-curricular provision prepare students for success, wherever their passion may take them.
Today the School educates approximately 1,250 girls from the age of 4 to 18, including 320 in the Junior School and 220 in the Sixth Form. Admission to the School is by competitive selective assessment, and students enter at 4+, 7+, 11+ and 16+.
On its most recent visit in March 2022, the Independent Schools Inspectorate rated the School “Excellent” in all areas.
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