As a boarding school, a specialist music organisation and a charity we have a diverse team of staff working across many dedicated areas in Music, Academics, Pastoral, Fundraising, Maintenance and Housekeeping, to name but a few.
To apply for any posts listed below, please download and complete the application form and return this to us by email with your supporting statement to recruitment@purcell-school.org. Please do not use any other format to submit an application. These will be accepted by email only.
All candidates should read our Child Protection Policy and Recruitment Privacy Notice, available below, before applying.
Please find details of our current vacancies below.
Resident Graduate Assistant
Residential, full-time, one year fixed-term contract
Closing date – Wednesday 11th June 2025
Start date – 1st September 2025
Houseparent for Junior House (Years 7-9, mixed)
Residential, non-teaching
Permanent, full-time position
Closing date – Thursday 19th June 2025
Interviews – week of 30th June 2025
Start date – 1st January 2026 (or possibly earlier by agreement)
The Purcell School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post.
The Purcell School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from appropriately qualified persons regardless of gender, marital status, sexual orientation, race, ethnic origin, colour, nationality, religion, disability or age. Candidates will be assessed against relevant criteria only (i.e. skills, qualifications, abilities, experience) in selection and recruitment. The School reserves the right to withdraw a position at any point in the process.
Unfortunately, CVs cannot be accepted. Due to limited resources, we only respond to those applicants who are offered an interview. We regret that we do not accept or respond to speculative CVs and we request no contact from employment agencies.
The Job Application Form can be filled out using any internet browser or PDF viewing software. To save the PDF with typed information from a browser, click ‘Download’ and then ‘Save as PDF’.
