This is a full-time, temporary contract (maternity cover). The first six months will be a probationary period.
Location: High Wycombe
Closing Date: 21/04/2025
Job Category: Teaching
Region / Division: Wycombe Abbey
Department: Classics
Job Introduction
Are you ready for an exciting, challenging and rewarding experience at a world-class school?
We are looking for a strong and inspirational teacher to take on a significant leadership and management role as Head of Classics on a temporary contract.
The Classics Department is a busy and vibrant department which enjoys a variety of specialisms including philosophy, linguistics, history, and literature. Pupils are introduced to both Latin and Greek in Year 7 to Year 9, providing linguistic challenge and developing analytical and problem-solving skills. Exploring mythology and studying various key places around the Classical world allows our pupils to go beyond the languages and understand the people who spoke them.
We regularly offer opportunities to further enhance learning and enjoyment of the Classics through trips to national and international sites of interest. The Classics Department has strong numbers at both GCSE and A level with a number of pupils applying to read Classics at university each year.
Wycombe Abbey is a world-class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus, and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18.
We have been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership, and delight in learning among its pupils.
Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include:
* Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme.
* Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools.
* Generous CPD training and development scheme.
* Free parking.
* Free meals.
* Free use of the Sports Centre.
* Free eye tests.
* Access to the Employee Assistance Programme.
To apply: Please see the job profile document for full information about this role. To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan by selecting “Apply for this job”. Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com.
Closing date for applications: Monday 21 April 2025
Interview date: Monday 28 April 2025
We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.
Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:
* All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.
* All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.
Wycombe Abbey is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.
About the School
Wycombe Abbey is an exceptional place for our pupils to learn and our staff to work. Working here you will be part of a world-class school and community of 420 staff and 650 pupils. We are committed to encouraging curiosity, bold ideas, innovation, leadership, and delight in learning – not just in the pupils, but in our staff body too, both teaching and support staff. We are looking for people who can bring new ideas, a passion for their area of expertise, skills, and enthusiasm that will enrich our community as well as encourage our pupils to do their best.
Life at Wycombe Abbey goes beyond the job title. We encourage staff to be fully involved in School life and offer a rewarding working environment, generous employee benefits package, continuous professional development, and an emphasis on staff wellbeing throughout your time with us. Whether you are a member of the teaching staff, House staff, or support staff, you will be part of the whole team at Wycombe Abbey. Everyone at School plays their part in inspiring our pupils to strive for ambitious goals and to recognise that they can make a positive difference in the world, now and in the future.
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