Sixth Form Administrator (Alumnae Events/Careers) - Dr Challoner’s High School
Location: Little Chalfont
Overview
We are looking for an organised, proactive and enthusiastic Administrator to join our Sixth Form and Careers team.
Salary: Pay range 3 £29,114 - £31,230 per annum FTE (Actual Salary £10,411 - £11,167 per annum.
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 16 hours/week over three days, 38 weeks per year (Term time only)
Closing date: Noon on Thursday 9th July 2026
Interview Date: Tuesday 14th July
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 and as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners in 2023.
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:
- A positive place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources and lots of purposeful and community-minded people around you (unlike working from home!).
- Some flexibility with start and finish times
- 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
- Onsite counsellor; Free flu jabs
- Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
- Qualified daughters of staff are given priority in the schools over subscription criteria after 2 or more years’ service
- Excellent train links to London (on the Metropolitan line)
For more information please visit: www.challonershigh.com
About the role
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.
About you
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.
Other information
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.
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.
