Abingdon School
Oxfordshire
Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
14 October 2025
Job overview
The Abingdon Foundation is looking to appoint an ambitious, driven and commercially successful individual to be its Commercial Director. The post holder will take on the leadership of Abingdon's commercial division at a point when we are actively challenging ourselves to think creatively about how to further develop profitable commercial income streams. We are therefore looking for someone who wants the opportunity to innovate and shape the agenda, and has the commercial initiative and strategic experience to build on our already successful operations.
The role attracts a competitive salary and an excellent range of benefits including a generous contributory pension scheme (14.1% employer contribution), private healthcare insurance and 25% remission on school fees.
Closing date: 14 October 2025 (midday)
First round interviews: w/c 20 October 2025
Second round interviews: w/c 10 November 2025
For further details and to apply please visit our recruitment portal:
Candidates are advised that a cover letter outlining their motivation for the role must be uploaded in order to complete the application process. The cover letter should be addressed to Justin Hodges, Director of Finance & Operations.
Abingdon is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.
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About Abingdon School
Abingdon School
Park Road, Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 1DE
United Kingdom
A level % grade A* to B
GCSE % grade 9 to 7
Abingdon combines over 750 years of history and tradition with a modern outlook. It offers day and boarding with the senior school housing around 1070 students aged 11 to 18, of whom 360 are in the sixth form, and approximately 130 are boarders. There is also a preparatory school at Frilford, near Abingdon, for 215 students aged The two establishments together form the Abingdon Foundation, an independent charity, governed according to a scheme approved by the Charity Commissioners. Full particulars can be found in the Independent Schools Year Book.
The School stands in beautiful grounds close to the centre of Abingdon, six miles south of Oxford. Day students are drawn from a region that includes the University and City of Oxford, a number of large scientific establishments such as those at Harwell and Culham, and a wide area of the Upper Thames Valley and the Berkshire Downs. A wider region supplies weekly boarders, and there is a thriving international community of full boarders.
Students are selected for entry by examination, and the curriculum is geared towards the academic pupil. The expectation is that the vast majority of students who enter the school proceed to university, with a significant number winning places at Oxford and Cambridge every year.
The School has developed considerably over the last half-century, and has benefitted from a major building programme, including a new arts centre and a multi-million pound sports centre. Recent additions include a superb science centre housing 21 teaching labs and a new sixth form centre, a library and art facilities which opened in 2018. Autumn 2020 saw the Computer Science and Business & Economics departments move into a purpose built new three-story building. New and refurbished boarding facilities as well as a flexible new dining pavilion were completed in Autumn 2023.
The strength of the teaching staff is seen as the key to Abingdon's continuing success. The Head seeks recruits of the highest possible standard, with a powerful professional vision and who are prepared to exert themselves wholeheartedly for the benefit of their pupils and the School.
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