Development Director
Hampton School
Richmond upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Highly attractive and competitive package
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 13 February 2024
Job overview
Development Director
Highly competitive salary commensurate with the seniority of the post
Hampton is a leading independent day school for boys aged 11-18, renowned for academic and all-round excellence. Located in suburban South West London, Hampton is situated on a beautiful 27-acre green field site, with its Prep and Pre-Prep schools less than a mile away, and benefits from easy access to Central London. For over 460 years, Hampton has been helping boys to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. One of the country’s highest-achieving and most well-resourced independent schools, Hampton is a happy, friendly, and caring community where outstanding, innovative teaching is complemented by exceptional pastoral care.
Hampton is now seeking to appoint an outstanding Development Director to take the lead in creating and delivering the School’s future fundraising and alumni relations strategies. Both will align with the vision, goals and values of the School and The Fitzwygram Foundation (a separate, but linked, charity established in 2016 for the sole purpose of increasing the number of free places offered at Hampton for pupils in financial need).
This is an exciting and distinctive opportunity to build the Development team, further develop relations with a broad network of stakeholders, cultivate an active alumni engagement programme, and raise the income required to significantly increase the number of free places available at Hampton.
Bringing the science of fundraising and contemporary best practice, along with outstanding relationship-building skills, the successful candidate will apply their considerable experience in creating and implementing a £multi-million fundraising strategy to optimise the School’s significant philanthropic potential. They will evidence success in leading and growing teams and building a long-term culture of philanthropy.
The successful candidate will be an inspiring individual with a strong track record in major gifts fundraising and stakeholder relations, and the experience to build and lead a high-achieving team that will support all aspects of a sector-leading fundraising campaign. Experience of working in a UK school environment is not essential, but candidates will be supportive of independent education in general and the Hampton ethos in particular.
Further information about the role and details of how to apply can be found at www.rsacademics.com.
Interested candidates are invited to contact RSAcademics to arrange an informal and confidential discussion about the post:
· Lucy Mediratta: lucymediratta@rsacademics.com
The closing date for applications is 10.00am on Tuesday 13th February 2024
Hampton School is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the role are indicated in the candidate information.
RSAcademics is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools.
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About Hampton School
Established over 460 years ago, Hampton is one of the country’s foremost, highest-achieving and best-resourced independent schools. Our community is vibrant, dynamic and happy, making it a wonderful place to teach and learn. Members of the Common Room are talented and hugely supportive of one another and their pupils; they share their love of learning with young people who are bright, intellectually inquisitive and aspirational.
Hampton is a lively, friendly and inclusive School community where we aspire to enable our boys to not only to make sense of the world, but also to want to go out and improve it. Above all, Hamptonians are encouraged and indeed expected to aspire to personal best while supporting those around them with kindness and respect.
Situated on a green-field site in a leafy suburb of South West London, we are fortunate to have 28 acres of playing fields within our spacious grounds. Pupils and staff alike benefit from first-class facilities across all areas of School life. These include a state-of-the-art 3G sportsground, a large and well-appointed Sports Hall, and the remarkable Hammond Theatre for the Performing Arts, along with an excellent library and specialist facilities for Art, Music, Science, Technology, Computer Science and Languages (Modern and Classical). Our older pupils enjoy impressive Sixth Form private study and Careers provision in The Barry Martin Centre. The Millennium Boat House, shared with our neighbouring girls’ school, Lady Eleanor Holles, has a prime location on the nearby River Thames, and provides the focal point for our popular and successful Boat Club.
Hamptonians’ examination results and university entrance record consistently rank in the top echelon nationally and indeed internationally. Nearly all Hampton leavers go on to undergraduate courses at Russell Group or equivalent universities; around 25 pupils are offered places at Oxford and Cambridge annually, and a significant number move on to global top-10 universities. We annually support pupils who wish to study at universities in North America, some of whom secure academic and/or sporting scholarships.
Hampton’s notably diverse, socially inclusive nature is an especially cherished part of our DNA and we as far from being a stereotypical public school as any setting in the independent sector. Currently, 7% of our boys (around 100 in total) attend on means-tested, free places, many of which are funded by a separate but closely linked educational charity, the Fitzwygram Foundation.
Our alumni network is extremely strong and former pupils (Old Hamptonians - OHs) remain deeply committed to their School, in no small part due to the exceptionally warm and mutually respectful relationships between pupils and colleagues here.
Hampton teaching staff enjoy a range of attractive benefits, including generous holiday provision and salaries enhanced above maintained sector scales. Private health insurance cover is provided, along with free lunches in a dedicated staff dining room, and excellent CPD provision. Subsidised single accommodation within School-owned properties in the local area may also be available for new colleagues. Those with children who meet the Hampton Pre-Prep & Prep School and/or senior school entrance requirements are eligible for substantial fee remission. A reciprocal fee remission arrangement is offered to staff whose daughters meet the entry criteria for our neighbouring girls’ school, Lady Eleanor Holles.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds. Alongside those joining us from university PGCE courses or as experienced teachers, we recruit talented people from a variety of sectors, including post-doctoral research, universities, industry, and commerce. Successful candidates who are new entrants to the teaching profession are supported towards qualified teacher status (QTS) via an in-post PGCE course offered in conjunction with the University of Buckingham.
Hampton is a highly regarded name on any teaching CV and our School often acts as a professional springboard. Many colleagues have successfully moved on to middle or senior leadership roles; several former members of the Common Room have been appointed as HMC/GSA Heads over recent years.
The School was judged to be excellent (the highest possible recognition) across all categories by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in May 2023. Inspectors found that Hamptonians’ achievements are exceptional across academic and co-curricular areas of School life and concluded that ‘outstanding analytical and thinking skills’ lead to academic achievements ‘far and above national and worldwide averages’. The ISI team also highlighted Hamptonians’ excellent personal development and concluded that ‘Pupils are open-minded and tolerant and have a clear sense of justice, successfully fulfilling the school’s aims for them to make sense of the world, to want to make a difference for good, and to aspire to personal best while supporting those around them with kindness and respect’. A copy of the full ISI report can found on the School website and a summary booklet of the inspection team’s key findings is linked here.
‘One of the most genuinely inclusive, diverse independent schools in the London area’. Good Schools Guide
Information for prospective colleagues is linked here.
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