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Employment Opportunities

As Head of Abbot’s Hill School, I am delighted you are interested in joining our team. There is a distinct atmosphere here, which I hope you will have a chance to witness. It’s a place that is caring, nurturing and academically fulfilling, yet full of happiness and fun. We have impressive pupils, teachers and support staff, who build memories as well as achievements, who submerge themselves in our school life and our warm community.

We are committed to recruiting a skilled, diverse and highly qualified staff body in order to provide the highest quality of education for our pupils. Abbot’s Hill places great value on the welfare of its staff. We are fortunate to work in beautiful surroundings. But more than that, we offer an exceptional professional development programme, in-house coaching, a staff benefits package, a staff welfare committee, a staff wellbeing day and kind, committed and highly-qualified colleagues who work collegiately to enhance the school. 

Sharon Schanschieff
Head

Head of Modern Foreign Languages

Permanent, full time

Required for January or April 2025

Abbot’s Hill School are looking to appoint an outstanding Head of Modern Foreign Languages to lead our languages programme.

This is the ideal opportunity for a well-qualified, inspirational teacher of Spanish and/or French to join a successful and lively department in its delivery of outstanding teaching and learning both through its curricular and co-curricular activities.  A second language (ideally French or Spanish) is highly desirable to facilitate maximum timetable flexibility.

Exam Invigilators

Required for February 2025.

Abbot’s Hill School are looking to expand their team of enthusiastic and dedicated Exam Invigilators to provide support to the examination process.

Catering Assistant

11.30am – 3.00pm, Term Time

Required as soon as possible.

Abbot’s Hill School are currently seeking to recruit a Catering Assistant, working as part of the catering team providing a lunch service to the School.  Depending on the rota tasks will include serving meals from the counters or working in the pantry clearing trollies or assisting the kitchen porter with pot washing.

Nursery Vacancies

See Nursery Vacancies 

Prospective enquiries

We are always pleased to receive enquiries from prospective candidates, irrespective of whether you are looking for an academic career or a position in a support role such as finance, human resources, administration, grounds and/or building maintenance, catering and cleaning. You may submit an initial enquiry or CV to our HR team: recruitment@abbotshill.herts.sch.uk.

Reference Requests

If you have been asked to provide a reference for the school, we would be very grateful if you could please complete the reference request form below and return it to the HR department at recruitment@abbotshill.herts.sch.uk

Obtaining references is a vital part of our safeguarding procedures, and your cooperation is much appreciated. 

Should you require any further information that would assist you in completing this reference, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Safeguarding

Abbot’s Hill School is committed to equal opportunities and maintaining a safe and secure environment for all pupils to safeguard and protect all in its care. We would like to remind all prospective candidates that should you be successful, then any provisional offers of employment will always be made subject to the receipt of pre-employment checks, according to current guidelines, which will include a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, satisfactory references which include a statement regards any interaction you may have had with children and a full career history being provided.