Teacher of Classics and/or Latin - Dr Challoner’s High School
Location: Little Chalfont
Overview
We are looking for a caring, dedicated and well qualified Classics and/or Latin teacher for September 2026.
Required: for September 2026
Salary: MPS/UPS (Fringe)
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part Time (0.4/2 days minimum) up to Full Time – your choice
Closing date: Noon on Wednesday 20th May 2026
Interview Date: Friday 22nd May
About us
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.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students.
What Challoner’s High can offer you:
- Sparky, high achieving and thoroughly decent students who make teaching an absolute pleasure
- A positive place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources
- A supportive and highly capable, friendly and committed teaching team
- Excellent opportunities for professional development, including a highly regarded CPD programme
- London Fringe allowance
- Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
For more information please visit: www.challonershigh.com
About the role
This is an opportunity to join our highly experienced, successful, collaborative and friendly Classics and Latin Department – an ideal place to thrive and develop as a teacher. We will give you classes full of fabulous students who are a privilege to teach, and you will be part of a tight-knit staff community that believes deeply in what we do for our students.
For further information please see attached Job description.
About you
The successful candidate will share our ethos of guiding our pupils to achieve their personal bests, by providing a fun, 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. Note: we would welcome a part time teacher offering just Latin or Classics up to a 0.5 FTE contract, or a teacher offering both subjects for 0.6 FTE or above.
Other information
An information pack is available from the Vacancies section of the school website or from [email protected]
Please send completed application forms to the school.
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.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
