Challoner’s High is a school whose core purpose is to provide the best possible education for girls. In order to achieve this, all our staff share our vision and values; freeing girls to be themselves and encouraging them to be intellectually ambitious.
If you believe that you could thrive in our supportive and purposeful community where at the heart of all we do is the best for the girls, we would welcome your application.
The school has an enormous CPD programme with over 70 opportunities for staff to become immersed in, and since the start of the academic year there have been 972 hours of opportunities for teachers at the school to immerse themselves in!! Challenge Partners March 2023
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We work in a caring environment and every single member of staff has the pupils’ wellbeing and development as their priority
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Head of Faculty, Maths and Computing
required for September 2024
We are looking for a Maths teacher who is utterly passionate about their subject to lead our faculty from September. The sky is the limit with the faculty, as it is packed with fabulous teachers, has a great team spirit and is popular and highly respected by our students, who achieve very highly. The successful applicant will be an excellent Maths teacher with high academic standards. They will be a caring, collaborative, and wise leader who will embody the values and ethos of our school and will relish the opportunity to lead a real ‘flagship’ faculty, whilst contributing to wider whole-school strategy. The role is supported by a Computing Head of Department and Maths TLR roles.
Within the Maths and Computing Faculty you will experience:
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was also rated as ‘leading’ in all categories by Challenge Partners last year.
Responsible to | Deputy Headteacher |
Salary / Allowances applicable | UPS / MPS TLR 1.1 (currently £11,285) |
Start Date | September 2024 |
Application Deadline | Noon, Wednesday 6th May 2024 |
Interview Date | Tuesday 14th May 2024 |
Job Description and Person Specification
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from [email protected]
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities
Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Teacher of Spanish for September 2024
Part Time or Full Time (0.5 FTE or more to suit you)
Applications from ECTs and experienced teachers welcomed
We are looking for a caring and capable Spanish teacher who will share our ethos of guiding our pupils to achieve their personal bests, by providing an enjoyable, supportive and academically rigorous classroom experience. The successful applicant will love their subject, be a team player and will be passionate about helping our girls to flourish.
This is an opportunity to join our highly experienced, successful, collaborative and friendly Modern Foreign Languages Faculty – an ideal place to thrive and develop as a teacher, whether newer into the profession or very experienced. The Spanish Department is supportive, has a great team spirit and attains very strong results. We have a good degree of flexibility, so Part Time from 0.5 upwards to Full Time is available.
What Challoner’s High can offer you:
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was also rated as ‘leading’ in all categories by Challenge Partners in 2023.
Responsible to | Head of Department |
Salary / Allowances applicable | Main / Upper Pay Scale |
Start Date | September 2024 |
Application Deadline | 29th April 2024 |
Interview Date | 1st May 2024 |
Applications should be emailed to [email protected]
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities. This is a regulated activity. Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Finance Officer
Pay Range 4 £29,477 to £31,645 FTE,
Actual Salary £ £18,077 to £19,406 salary
based on 27 hours per week over 4 or 5 days. Flexibility with start and finish times.
School term time plus 5 days in school holidays per year.
We are looking for an experienced, organized, meticulous, and personable Finance Officer. This is an opportunity to work with a fabulous team of staff to make a significant positive difference in a centrally important role. The postholder controls and manages income and expenditure and manages the financial aspects of school trips and activities. The postholder will also manage records and schedules, and more widely help maintain financial control and discipline within the school.
The successful applicant will have bookkeeping experience and a background that includes preparing information for reporting purposes. They will thrive in a purposeful, collegiate, and at times pressurized environment and will be highly numerate, obsessive about accuracy and will have a ‘can-do’ approach.
Within the Challoner’s High community you will experience:
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was recently rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students
Responsible to | Business Manager |
Salary / Allowances applicable | Pay range 4 |
Start Date | June or July 2024 |
Application Deadline | Noon, Monday 13th May 2024 |
Interview Date | Wednesday 15th May 2024 |
Completed applications should be sent to [email protected]
Informal visits to the school are welcome
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.
Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities
Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com
The successful applicant will be subject to an Ennanced DBS disclosure. This is a regulated activity.
Learning Support Assistant (SEND)
32 hours a week over 5 days. Term time only, 38 weeks/year.
(Some flexibility with start and finish times.)
Pay range 3 (£27,310 - £29,295 FTE / £19,258 - £20,658 salary based on 32 hours per week)
We have a wonderful opportunity to work as a Learning Support Assistant (LSA) as part of our friendly and very capable special educational needs (SEND) and pastoral team. The role will provide learning support to individuals and groups of students and will include some routine record keeping and admin. The girls are a real privilege and joy to work with. The post will suit someone with a friendly and supportive disposition and with a real commitment to providing the best possible support for young people, and an enthusiasm to develop SEND knowledge and expertise. Sound administrative and organizational abilities are also needed.
Within the Challoner’s High community you will experience:
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school was graded Outstanding by Ofsted in November 2023 and was rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students.
Responsible to | The Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO) |
Salary / Allowances applicable | Pay range 3 (£27,310 - £29,295 FTE /£19,258 - £20,658 salary based on 32 hours per week) |
Start Date | September 2024 |
Application Deadline | Noon, Monday 20th May 2024 |
Interview Date | To be confirmed |
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from [email protected]
Informal visits to the school are welcome
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing.
Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, Recruitment and Equalities. This is a regulated activity.
Policies; all of our polices are available at www.challonershigh.com
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Dr Challoner's High School
Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont
Buckinghamshire
HP7 9QB