At Sevenoaks we are proud of our talented, friendly and committed staff and are looking for people who want to help us achieve our ambitious and exciting vision for the future. We employ around 500 staff, offering a diverse range of career opportunities, and would love you to come and join us.

Sevenoaks School enjoys the distinction of being one of the UK’s longest established schools, offering an innovative approach to education, an ethos of lifelong learning, strong pastoral care and a culture of mutual respect. We provide an excellent co-curricular programme and social events for students and staff, and both academic and support staff benefit from this culture.

We believe that having a diverse staff body enhances our school community and we warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We employ staff in academic, pastoral and co-curricular roles and also in administration and professional support, IT and operations, in the school sports centre, the health centre, our estates department, performing arts centre, summer programmes and other areas.

We celebrate the rich interests and skills of our staff and pupils, with clubs and activities including climbing, yoga, football, tennis, netball, choral and orchestral groups, prayer and reflection, creative writing, Pride Society and many more.

Our co-educational day and boarding school has a beautiful 100-acre campus, next to Knole and in the centre of Sevenoaks. The first-class facilities include a state-of-the-art performing arts centre, a sports centre with swimming pool, a theatre, eight boarding houses and a health centre.

Our benefits

  • Car parking on site
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Delicious lunches provided daily
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Eye test and glasses vouchers
  • Fee remission policy (terms apply)
  • Free or reduced price tickets to events in The Space performing arts centre
  • Free life assurance
  • Gym membership including use of the swimming pool
  • Long service award
  • Sevenoaks School Savers voluntary benefit scheme
  • Support for training and development
  • Trained Mental Health First Aiders

For academic staff

  • Accommodation, where available
  • Membership of a Pensions Scheme

For support staff

  • Membership of our GPP pension scheme
  • 33 days holiday, including bank holidays (or pro rata) which increases with service
  • Discretionary leave for school shutdown over Christmas

Academic vacancies

Teacher of English, Full Time

Department

Academic

Type

Permanent

Closing date

15 April 2024

Head of Mathematics, Full Time

Department

Academic

Type

Permanent

Closing date

15 April 2024

Head of English, Full Time

Department

Academic

Type

Permanent

Closing date

15 April 2024

Teacher of French, Full Time – 1 Year Maternity Cover

Department

Academic

Type

Fixed Term Contract

Closing date

22 April 2024

Teacher of French, Full Time

Department

Academic

Type

Permanent

Closing date

22 April 2024

Support vacancies

Server and Cloud Specialist (Full-time, all year round)

Type

Permanent

Closing date

1 April 2024

Boarding House Cleaner (Part-time – 20hpw, all year round)

Type

Permanent

Closing date

1 April 2024

Senior Electrician (Full-time all year round)

Type

Permanent

Closing date

7 April 2024

Building Services Engineer (Electrical)

Type

Permanent

Closing date

7 April 2024

Graduate Drama Assistant (Full-time, term-time only, 1 year FTC)

Type

Fixed Term

Closing date

15 April 2024

Drama Department Coordinator (Full-time, term-time only)

Type

Permanent

Closing date

15 April 2024

Fitness Instructor (Casual)

Type

Casual

Closing date

17 April 2024

Residential Graduate Music Assistant – Piano (Full-time, term-time only, 1 year FTC)

Type

Contract

Closing date

18 April 2024

Speculative CVs

Type

Casual

Closing date

31 August 2024

Speculative Applications

Type

Casual

Closing date

31 August 2024

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