Whitgift School
Croydon
Salary:
£5,200 plus military volunteer allowance for additional training days outside of School hours
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 November 2025
Apply by:
15 October 2025
Job overview
The Vacancy
Permanent, Part-Time
Salary: £5,200 plus military volunteer allowance for additional training days outside of School hours
Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1500 pupils including over one hundred boarding pupils and flexi-boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.
We are seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic and suitably qualified individual to:
Be responsible for the day to day running of the CCF Navy Section
Ensure that CCF Navy training days are coordinated with other co-curricular activities and entered into the school calendar
Inspire and motivate the pupils and staff in the Navy Section
Ensure the CCF is a disciplined organisation within the School, which enables students to exercise responsibility and leadership
Take an active role in promoting the benefits of outdoor education to students in the Navy Section.
The ideal applicant will possess Regular or Reserve Military Experience (preferably as an Officer) or have previous experience within the CCF.
The position is available from November 2025.
We welcome applications from all sectors of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.
For further information about the role and the skills required, see the documents below and the green 'Apply Now' button for the online application form. For any queries, please contact CCF Contingent Commander Glenn Hogben or for general enquiries telephone Human Resources Department on or e-mail .
Applications will be reviewed daily, and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible. The school reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time.
Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers, the Disclosure & Barring Service and online media checks (including personal, professional and other online activities).
All roles within the school involve contact with children and are therefore classed as regulated activity. Child protection and safeguarding are the responsibility of everyone who works or volunteers in our school. All staff must be committed to providing a safe environment for children and supporting the school's safeguarding ethos.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants are required to declare all convictions and cautions, even those that are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules, to assess suitability to work with children. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose information relevant to safeguarding prior to interview.
The Company
For more than 400 years, Whitgift has been transforming boys' lives through education.
Whitgift 2025 was created as a result of the input and imagination of staff and students and the next few years will represent an exciting time of evolution for the school, both in terms of our site development plan and the educational partnerships we are embarking on.
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About Whitgift School
Whitgift School
Haling Park, South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 6YT
United Kingdom
Whitgift is an outstanding independent day and boarding school for boys aged 10 to 18. Successive inspections have ranked Whitgift amongst Britain's finest schools. Whitgift is one of Britain's leading independent day and boarding schools, based in 45-acres of beautiful parkland in Surrey.
Whitgift is an exceptionally innovative and dynamic school, enhancing the opportunities available to our 1500 students. A Whitgift education is a unique and exceptionally tailor-made, offering a variety of pathways to qualifications which include A Level and the IB. Exchanges, visits and scholarship programmes are in place with more than 25 countries worldwide. Whitgift is regularly ranked amongst the country's top schools for achievement; new records are regularly set.
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