Whether this is the first step in your teaching career, the next step towards greatness or somewhere in between, you will find OHS a workplace like no other.
Working alongside brilliant and inspiring colleagues, you will have the opportunity of teaching and interacting with wonderful, inspirational and intellectually curious girls as well leveraging the unique benefits of being a member of the GDST, the UK’s largest and most effective secondary school teaching network. With plentiful opportunities for progression and development – whether your interests lie in stretching the most able children, in pastoral support or in the world of extra-curricular activities – the only real question is where will you focus?
Visiting Singing Teacher
Visiting Singing Teacher
Location: Oxford High School GDST
Self Employed. Required from September 2023.
We are looking for an outstanding singing teacher to join our thriving Music Department, within a highly successful girls’ school.
The Role:
The successful candidate will be an outstanding musician, an effective communicator and an inspiring teacher, able to teach singing from beginner to post-grade-8 standard.
You will teach individual pupils throughout the Senior School (Year 7-13). Depending on the interests and skills of the appointee, there may also be opportunities to coach ensembles and to take part in school performances.
You will be engaged on a self-employed basis, term time only. You will be responsible for creating your own timetable, in line with school guidelines, to ensure weekly lessons of 35 minutes are taught to your pupils. The number of pupils will vary due to demand but is likely initially to be between half and one day per week.
The School
Oxford High School is a high-achieving selective girls’ day school, which was rated Excellent in all areas in an ISI inspection last term. The Music Department is popular and active, with approximately 240 individual music lessons per week delivered by 28 visiting music teachers. There is a Prep School on a separate site about 10 minutes walk away, where a further 10 visiting music teachers offer tuition on a wide range of instruments. Some Music staff work across both sites. The department offers a broad range of ensembles, from beginner to advanced level. The Senior ensembles regularly perform in prestigious venues around Oxford. Practical and academic exam results are exceptionally strong; our most advanced pupils frequently gain places in national ensembles, and a number pass diplomas before they leave the school.
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: midnight on 21st May 2023.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 24th May 2023.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
Visiting Classic Guitar Teacher
Visiting Classic Guitar Teacher
Location: Oxford High School GDST
Self Employed. Required from September 2023.
We are looking for an outstanding guitar teacher to join our thriving Music Department, within a highly successful girls school. The role currently involves roughly half a day teaching of classical guitar in the Senior School.
The Role
The successful candidate will be an outstanding musician, an effective communicator, and an inspiring teacher, able to teach the guitar from beginner to post grade 8 standard.
You will teach individual classical guitar pupils throughout the school age range (Year 7-13). There are other colleagues in the school who currently teach acoustic, electric and bass guitar in the Senior School, and classical, acoustic and electric guitar in the Prep School. At the moment we are looking for someone who can teach classical guitar to a high standard, but in the future the role could evolve to include other styles of playing, depending on the interests and skills of the successful candidate and on demand from students. There could potentially also be opportunities to coach ensembles and bands, and to take part in school performances.
You will be engaged on a self-employed basis, term time only. You will be responsible for creating your own timetable, in line with school guidelines, to ensure weekly lessons of 35 minutes are taught to your pupils. The number of pupils will vary due to demand but is likely initially to be approximately half a day of teaching.
The School
Oxford High School is a high-achieving selective girls’ day school, which was rated Excellent in all areas in an ISI inspection last term. The Music Department is popular and active, with approximately 240 individual music lessons per week delivered by 28 visiting music teachers. There is a Prep School on a separate site about 10 minutes walk away, where a further 10 visiting music teachers offer tuition on a wide range of instruments. Some Music staff work across both sites. The department offers a broad range of ensembles, from beginner to advanced level. The Senior ensembles regularly perform in prestigious venues around Oxford. Practical and academic exam results are exceptionally strong; our most advanced pupils frequently gain places in national ensembles, and a number pass diplomas before they leave the school.
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: midnight on 21st May 2023.
Interviews will take place on Wednesday 24th May 2023.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
OHS Inspires Mentor
OHS Inspires Mentor
Required from: September 2023
Contract term: 1 year, with the possibility of extension.
Hours: Part-time: 0.5 to 1 day per week by negotiation, 0.1 – 0.2 FTE.
Salary: £22000 per annum, pro rata
The role:
This is an exciting opportunity for academics including those early in their careers (e.g. doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers) to join our team to inspire our driven and highly able students.
At Oxford High School, we are passionate about giving all of our students the freedom and agency to explore their academic passions beyond their core curriculum. We want to work with you to develop agile thinking in our students, and deepen their understanding so that they can produce and proudly showcase original research.
To achieve this ambitious aim, as an OHS Inspires Mentor, you will:
- Mentor and assess small groups of Sixth Form students in the completion of their Warnock Extended Research Projects (independent research for Year 12 students)
- Deliver inspiring masterclasses and other activities (e.g. lectures or clubs) for a range of students throughout the school stemming from your own research, or related disciplines.
We are looking to appoint people who are passionate about motivating and enabling the next generation to change the world for the better, and have expertise in one, or more, of the following fields:
- Arts (Creative and/or Performing)
- English
- Humanities
- Languages (Modern and/or Classical)
- Mathematics
- Medicine
- Philosophy & Theology
- Sciences (including technology and engineering)
- Social Sciences
All OHS Inspires Mentors will be entitled to full use of OHS facilities, as well as free school lunch and refreshments in the staff room, on days when they are employed.
If you would like to discuss the role further before applying, please email oxfvacancies@oxf.gdst.net and we will contact you at a convenient time. For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: Monday 05th June 2023
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
Teacher of Chemistry
Teacher of Chemistry
Required from: September 2023
Contract: Fixed Term (Autumn Term 2023 only)
Hours: Full Time
Salary: The GDST has its own competitive salary scale
The role:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional individual to join our team as Teacher of Chemistry.
The successful candidate will be a leading practitioner who can inspire pupils, have an obvious passion for teaching Chemsitry and a track record of outstanding pupil outcomes at both GCSE and A Level. The role may also suit someone new to teaching who can show great potential.
The successful candidate will teach Chemistry from Years 9-13, and Science to Years 7 and 8 as required. All teachers at OHS are involved in the delivery of pastoral care as form tutors and are expected to make contributions to both the co- and extra-curricular life of the school.
The Department:
All girls study science at GCSE (most study Triple Science) and Chemistry is one of the most popular subjects at A Level. Pupil results are excellent throughout and many pupils aspire to read related subjects at university. The Chemistry Department has five members of staff, one dedicated technician and two fully equipped, spacious laboratories.
A wide range of co- and extra-curricular opportunities are provided to challenge and support girls, many in conjunction with the Biology and Physics Departments who work closely together as the Science Faculty.
More information is contained within the candidate information pack.
If you would like to discuss the role further before applying, please email oxfvacancies@oxf.gdst.net and we will contact you at a convenient time. For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
Closing date: Midnight, Sunday 18 June 2023
Interviews: on (or before) the week commencing 19 June 2023
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a sufficient number of applications. An early application is therefore strongly advised.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
We are committed to the safeguarding of children and child protection screening will apply to this post.
About Oxford High School
Since its foundation over 140 years ago in the heart of Oxford’s historic city centre, Oxford High School has been innovative and pioneering in its approach to girls’ education.
Today, Oxford High School is a happy and vibrant place to work: our girls are highly motivated and ambitious, supportive yet self-aware. From our youngest Reception pupils through to our longest-serving members of staff, there is a real sense of pride at being part of the Oxford High community.
As well as our commitment to girls’ education, we are committed to investing in our staff’s personal development through training and learning initiatives and via the GDST network.
As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust, the leading and largest group of independent girls’ schools in the UK, we offer a variety of benefits, which include:
- Competitive salaries and pay progression
- Access to extensive professional development opportunities
- Training grants for qualifications
- Generous pension schemes
- Free life assurance benefit
- Free school lunches
- A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
- Interest free loans for training, computer purchase loans and travel season ticket loans
- A Cycle to Work scheme
- Competitive terms and conditions of employment
Oxford High School and the GDST (Charity No 306983) are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service