Garden House School
Kensington and Chelsea
Salary:
Commensurate with experience
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
01 November 2025
Apply by:
17 October 2025
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a bright, enthusiastic and well-presented secretary to join the School Office.
This engaging role working in a friendly team requires flexibility, a sense of humour and excellent organisational, administrative and IT skills. Applicants must be able to handle a variety of tasks quickly, efficiently, and calmly. You will be the first point of contact for any enquiries. This is a varied position with a wide range of responsibilities. Working in a similar environment within a school setting, knowledge of the Engage Management system would be an advantage, but not a necessity.
This is a full-time position starting ideally after half term in November. Depending on availability, a later start date would be considered. The successful candidate will join a highly supportive and friendly working community.
Completed application forms should be emailed to Miss Sarah Pitt, HR Department – and include a personal statement explaining your reasons for applying for the post and outlining your experience and suitability for the role.
For further information, please contact Miss Sarah Pitt, HR Department, by email or by telephoning A full job description is attached for information.
Closing date: 9am on Friday 17 October 2025.
Interviews to commence: From Monday 20 October 2025.
Applications will be considered on receipt. An early response would be recommended.
Garden House School is 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. Applicants must produce evidence of their right to work in the UK.
Garden House School is committed to increasing and promoting diversity at all levels within our school. We warmly welcome applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds.
About Garden House School
Garden House School
Turks Row
London
SW3 4TW
United Kingdom
Welcome to Garden House School
We believe in a happy and well-spent childhood.
Garden House is a joyful, vibrant, purposeful school in the heart of Chelsea for girls and boys between the ages of 3 and 11.
From the age of 4, girls and boys are taught separately for academic lessons but have numerous opportunities to interact and collaborate with each other during the school day, giving our children the very best of both worlds.
We are supported by an outstanding team of dedicated teachers and assistants who recognise and celebrate every child as an individual, enabling them to succeed. We are unashamedly proud that Garden House staff look forward to coming to school just as much as our children.
Garden House is an extended family, and we believe a parental partnership in education is vital to achieving our aims.
Our Kindness Code was established in 1998. It is a set of seven principles for living and working happily and successfully with friends, teachers and the entire school community. It underpins everything that we do, and is central to our outstanding pastoral care.
We aim to equip our children for success and happiness in their future lives through a strong sense of self-worth. They are given the foundations to become independent, creative and critical thinkers, to be resilient and reflective, to make mistakes and to learn from them. They develop confidence, grace and courage. They are encouraged to take an interest in the people around them, to be curious about their surroundings and to grasp the opportunities that life presents, showing a desire to make a difference.
Garden House children understand and appreciate the ideals which underpin British Values. They develop skills to communicate readily and effectively and to listen respectfully to the views of others; acknowledging that listening is at least as important as speaking. Our pupils appreciate the value of a team and enjoy operating as part of one, recognising how collaboration can enhance individual performance.
Above all, they are kind.
The Garden House School Motto encapsulates this inclusive stance:
'Non sibi sed omnibus – Not for one, for all'
How to Find Us
Underground
Turn left out of Sloane Square station and cross the road to enter Sloane Gardens. Turn left at the end of the street and immediately cross Lower Sloane Street at the zebra crossing. Walk straight ahead following the curve of the pavement. You are now on Turks Row and the School is on your right.
Bus
22: from Putney or Oxford St
211: from Waterloo
19 and 137: from Battersea
11: from Liverpool St
452: from Vauxhall
Car
Unfortunately there is no parking on site for visitors. There are parking spaces on surrounding roads subject to RBKC meters.
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