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
Thank you for being so supportive during the interview process! I felt so welcome
We work in a caring environment and every single member of staff has the pupils’ wellbeing and development as their priority
Working at Challoner's High - what you need to know!
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Chemistry Technician
(14 hours per week over 2 days / Term Time only – 38 Weeks)
Pay range 3 £29,114 to £31,230 FTE
Actual Salary for 14 hours per week/ 38 weeks - £9,109 to £9,771
As a member of our thriving Chemistry Department, the Technician plays a vital role in providing technical support for the delivery of the Chemistry curriculum and management of the Department's resources, including through supporting practical lessons. We have flexibility with your start time (from 8am – 9.30am) and with days of the week.
The successful applicant will be well suited to preparing Science materials, lessons and practical activities and will enjoy providing our teachers with great customer service. The Chemistry team are friendly, collaborative and do a superb job, and so this is an opportunity to be right at the heart of this fabulous team. The role is suitable for someone who is organized, has strong administrative skills and a ‘can do’ approach and will thrive in a highly purposeful and collegiate environment.
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 ‘Leading’ by Challenge Partners.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students
| Responsible to | Head of Chemistry Department |
| Salary / Allowances applicable | Pay range 3 £29,114 to £31,230 FTE Actual Salary for 14 hours per week - £9,109 to £9,771 |
| Start Date | September 2026 |
| Application Deadline | Noon on 6th July 2026 |
| Interview Date | TBC |
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.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. This is a regulated activity.
Policies; all of our polices are available at
https://www.challonershigh.com/about-us/school-policies-practices
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
Learning Support Assistant (SEND)
12 or 13 hours a week over 2 days. Term time only, 38 weeks/year.
(Some flexibility with start and finish times.)
Pay range 3 £29,114 to £31,230 FTE
Actual Salary for 12 Hours £7,808 to £8,375 or for 13 hours: £8,454 to £9,073
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. It is essential that the successful candidate can also complete routine record keeping and admin. 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. The girls are a real privilege and joy to work with!
We have some flexibility: any two days except Tuesday; and start time of 8.05am – 8.35am and finish time of 2.35pm to 3.45pm (to total 12 or 13 hours per week, plus a 30-minute unpaid lunch break each day).
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 £29,114 to £31,230 FTE Actual Salary for 12 Hours £7,808 to £8,375 or for 13 hours: £8,454 to £9,073 |
| Start Date | September start |
| Application Deadline | Noon on Monday 6th July |
| Interview Date | TBC |
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.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. This is a regulated activity.
Policies; all of our polices are available at
https://www.challonershigh.com/about-us/school-policies-practices
The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
Library Assistant
9 hours per week over two afternoons (Monday and Wednesday), 12.30 – 5pm, school term time.
Pay range 2: £26,522 to £28,742 FTE. Actual salary £5,334.73 to £5,781.27
for 9 hours per week/ 38 weeks per year
We are looking for a Library Assistant to support and promote our thriving Library and more widely our school’s reading for pleasure culture. The role includes working with our Librarian to organise and manage all centralised learning resources including books and other media within the School Library, and to assist students and supervise silent study.
The successful applicant will be a keen and regular reader, with a passion for encouraging reading in young people, and more widely promoting learning and education. They will have a broad knowledge of books/literature that students might enjoy, will be able to set a studious, warm and friendly environment in the Library, and will have strong administrative skills.
This is a great role where you will be working with superb students and a fabulously friendly, passionate and successful staff team.
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 and 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 | Librarian |
| Salary / Allowances applicable | Pay range 2: £26,522 to £28,742 FTE Actual salary £5,334.73 to £5,781.27 for 9 hours per week/ 38 weeks per year |
| Start Date | September 2026 |
| Application Deadline | Noon, Monday 29th June |
| Interview Date | Thursday 2nd July |
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.
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.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. 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 and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
Sixth Form Administrator (Alumnae Events/Careers)
Pay range 3 £29,114 - £31,230 per annum FTE
(Actual Salary £10,411 - £11,167 per annum (16 hours/week over three days, 38 weeks per year)
Good level of flexibility with working hours and days to suit you
We are looking for an organised, proactive and enthusiastic Administrator to join our Sixth Form and Careers team. The postholder will develop and deliver opportunities for Sixth Form and Year 10 and 11 students through our Connections (alumnae) Programme, coordinating careers talks, mentoring, work experience and other enriching events that inspire ambition and broaden horizons.
The successful candidate will be an experienced and accurate administrator, an excellent communicator and someone who enjoys working with young people, bringing creativity and warmth to the role. A core part of the job is organizing a weekly programme of careers-related lunchtime events presented by visiting alumnae for our students, and so events organization and the ability to build relationships quickly with students and external stakeholders is essential. The role includes supervising our lovely Sixth Form students as they study one morning per week (8.30am – 11am; a day of your choice. Later start on other 2 days fine), providing an opportunity to support them and receive feedback and ideas for the Connections Programme.
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 is graded Outstanding by Ofsted and gained the Exceptional Schools Award.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students
| Responsible to | Assistant Head |
| Salary / Allowances applicable | Pay range 3 |
| Start Date | 1st September 2026 |
| Application Deadline | Noon, Thursday 9th July |
| Interview Date | Tuesday 14th July |
Please send completed applications 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.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. 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 and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
Support Staff Application Form
Online searches are a useful addition to the checks we make during our safer recruitment process.
Staff Cover and Rooming Administrator
30 hours (5 days) per week, 39 weeks/year (term time plus 5 days to be used flexibly)
7.45am – 2.15pm (including 30-minute lunch break)
Pay Range 3 £31,230 (FTE) £21,474 actual (pro rata)
We are seeking to appoint an experienced and meticulous administrator to play a pivotal and very satisfying role at the heart of day-to-day operations in our school. The successful candidate will be very organised, with good communication skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to work highly accurately, planning ahead and also problem-solving.
You will be responsible for planning and organising cover for absent teachers, and all room changes for events, lessons, clubs and meetings, ensuring clear communication and efficient processes. The role involves developing a detailed understanding of the operations of a large and highly busy school, helping to ensure that it runs very smoothly and efficiently, so building good relationships with a wide range of staff is very important. This is an ideal opportunity to play a central role in our warm and strong community, providing the very best operational support for our staff. In short, we are looking for a really nice person who has the skills and attributes to help our school run like a Swiss watch!
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 is graded Outstanding by Ofsted and was rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners.
The best advert however for working at Challoner’s High will always be our hugely rewarding students
| Responsible to | Assistant Head |
| Salary / Allowances applicable | Pay Range 3 £31,230 (FTE) Actual Salary 30 Hours: £21,474 |
| Start Date | 1st September 2026 |
| Application Deadline | 9am Monday 13th July |
| Interview Date | Wednesday 15th July |
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 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.
A copy of our privacy notice for applicants can be found here.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. 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 and Section 128 check, where applicable.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
Dr Challoner's High School
Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont
Buckinghamshire
HP7 9QB
