The Purcell School
Hertfordshire
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
02 September 2025
Apply by:
1 September 2025
Job overview
To apply please download an application form from our website at https://www.purcell- We reserve the right to appoint a suitable candidate before the advertised closing date so please apply as soon as possible. The Housekeeping team is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the school. In addition, staff are responsible for the operation of the laundry. Reporting to the Senior Housekeeper, Housekeepers are expected to take responsibility for cleaning key areas of the school to the frequency and standard set out. The key areas of the School to be cleaned are:
* Toilet and cloakroom areas
* Staff Offices and Staff Room
* Classrooms and Practice rooms
* Corridors and Stairs
* Science labs and Art block
* Medical Centre
* Boarding Houses
* Main Hall
* Dining Room
* Gym
We welcome applications from individuals with excellent timekeeping and high standards of work. 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. This job specification sets out the duties of the post at the time of drafting. Specific responsibilities are as follows: The Housekeeping team is responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the School and boarding houses. In addition, Housekeepers are responsible for the operation of the laundry. Under the guidance of the Senior Housekeeper, you will be expected to take responsibility for cleaning key areas of the School to the frequency and standard set out. We welcome applications from individuals with excellent timekeeping and high standards of work.
* All members of staff are ultimately answerable to the Principal.
* As a member of support staff you report to The Director of Operations as well as to the Bursar.
Working hours either a morning shift 5.00am am or an evening shift 5.00pm - 8pm, 5 days a week during term time, plus 5 weeks during school holidays. The salary is competitive based on experience, alongside a contributory pension and statutory holiday pay. Lunch is available free of charge during term time and during the holidays when lettings are on site, depending on working hours. Free parking on site.
Closing date: 01/09/2025 15:00:00
Interview date: TBC
The Purcell School is an independent co-educational day and boarding school for young musicians aged 10 to 18, and Britain's oldest music school. Based on the outskirts of London, in Bushey, Hertfordshire, the School provides a rounded education with music at its heart to approximately 180 talented young players, singers and composers. The mission of The Purcell School is to provide young musicians who demonstrate the potential to become exceptional, irrespective of background, with outstanding teaching within a supportive school environment and to equip them with the self-confidence, adaptability, maturity and perspective to sustain their professional development and personal fulfilment throughout their lives. In our latest ISI inspection report in May 2022, the school achieved the highest possible grading in all categories - both the quality of students' academic and other achievements and their personal development was judged to be excellent (the highest ISI grading). The excellent personal development of our students, as noted in the inspection report, is 'due to the strong commitment of senior leaders, school governors and staff providing high levels of support'…'supported by the leadership having created a culture of openness, integration and acceptance'. Celebrated throughout the world as a centre of musical excellence, The Purcell School is a unique, vibrant, innovative and exhilarating place to work or study. We are a close-knit community dedicated to nurturing some of the world's most talented young musicians and we recognize the unique privilege it is to work with these incredibly gifted students. As a boarding school, a specialist music organisation and a charity we have a diverse team of staff working across many dedicated areas, such as, Music, Academics, Pastoral, Fundraising, Maintenance and Housekeeping. 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. 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.
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About The Purcell School
The Purcell School
Aldenham Road, Bushey
Herts
WD23 2TS
United Kingdom
The Purcell School is a world-famous boarding and day school in Bushey near Watford, which aims to provide a rounded education with music at its heart.
The school was founded in 1962, and is Britain's oldest specialist music school. There are currently over 180 pupils aged from 10-18 years, of whom about 30% come from abroad. Over 75% of pupils are boarders. The sixth form currently comprises around 90 pupils with approximately 25-30 pupils joining the school each year specifically for the Sixth Form. The majority of pupils progress to music conservatoires, many of them on scholarships, while a small number each year elect to go to university, often to Oxbridge or Russell Group institutions.
The school has an enviable reputation for the quality of its musical education and performance. Students enjoy individual tuition on one or two instruments, or in composition, from some of the very best teachers available. They take part in over 200 orchestral, choral and chamber concerts, and have opportunities to perform regularly at venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room and St Albans Abbey.
In addition to their musical studies, students study for GCSE and A Level. The range of subjects on offer includes all three sciences, art, drama, English literature, modern languages, history and music technology. All pupils take GCSE and A-level Music.
Our students are the liveliest, most committed and self-motivated young people you could hope to meet. Every day, the School's corridors echo with the sound of extraordinary music as our students prepare for concerts both here at School and in the most prestigious venues in London.
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