Westminster School
Westminster
Salary:
Competitive salary
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Apply by:
1 October 2025
Job overview
The role
Westminster School is seeking to appoint a Teacher of Classics from January 2026 on a fixed-term basis. This temporary role offers an exceptional opportunity for a well-qualified Classics graduate who is eager to begin a teaching career at one of the UK's leading independent schools.
The successful candidate will plan, prepare and deliver stimulating and engaging Classics lessons to students across the school, inspiring pupils with a genuine enthusiasm for the cultural riches of classical antiquity.
The post can be offered as a full timetable from Monday to Saturday morning, though there is flexibility to negotiate a part-time timetable over four and a half days for the right candidate.
If you would like to discuss this post informally, please contact the Head of Classics, Mrs Rachel Collier )
About you
While prior teaching experience is highly desirable, we welcome applications from those new to the profession. The Classics Department is a supportive and collaborative team, and colleagues at the start of their career can expect detailed schemes of work, structured guidance and mentoring from the Head of Department at every stage.
The successful candidate should be able to teach Latin and Greek language and literature throughout the age range, ideally up to A Level, and a readiness to teach prose composition would be an advantage.
Classics at Westminster School
Classics is thriving at Westminster, both in the classroom and via its rich and extensive co-curricular contribution. We have a strong commitment to rigorous language teaching: at all levels the pupils learn to translate into their target language, and all Upper School pupils study prose composition.
Opportunities abound for visits to the world-class museums, universities and theatres on our doorstep in central London, as well as for cross-disciplinary initiatives with other departments and trips further afield and abroad.
Working at Westminster
Westminster School is a busy, purposeful and vibrant place to be and an excellent workplace. The School is friendly and welcoming, and all newcomers quickly become part of the rhythm of life here.
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The deadline for applications is midday on Wednesday 1st October 2025.
Interviews will take place w/c 6th October 2025.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
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About Westminster School
Westminster School
Little Dean's Yard, London
SW1P 3PF
United Kingdom
Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school for boys aged 13-18 and girls aged 16-18, with a long history, a distinctive ethos, and a unique sense of place in the very heart of London. Pupils achieve exceptional examination results and entrance to some of the top universities in the world. It is a busy, passionate and purposeful place where independent and deep thinking is enjoyed, encouraged and respected by all, and where holistic excellence is nurtured and valued.
While the School is one of the foremost centres of academic excellence in the country, its commitment to academic life does not make it a hothouse for passing examinations. Pupils' success at examinations and entry to leading universities is instead a result of their enjoyment of academic enquiry, debate and search for explanation, well beyond published syllabuses. Pupils are intellectually, socially, ethically and politically engaged and our aim is to ensure that their enthusiasm for learning is developed further, allowing them to take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them in the future. At Westminster, pupils have the freedom to lead on projects outside of the classroom and embrace a whole range of extra-curricular activities and interests. A host of pupil-led societies take place every week at the School, often with expert guest speakers, and pupils can choose to study an additional language, play an instrument or two, volunteer in local primary schools, row along the Thames, take part in plays and musicals, and much more.
The School's ethos resides in the enduring values of the liberal tradition reflected in the 1560 Charter of Westminster's Elizabethan foundation, where it is stated that: 'the youth which is growing to manhood, as tender shoots in the wood of our state, shall be liberally instructed in good books to the greater honour of the state'. Whilst academic and cultural attainments are highly prized at Westminster, the School is fully committed also to each pupil's spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing – with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies – and to prepare young people for fulfilled private and public lives.
From September 2028, the School will welcome both girls and boys at 13+ entry, offering a Westminster education to all. By 2026, Westminster Under School will have opened its brand new pre-prep for girls and boys at 4+ and girls will have joined boys in Years 3 and 7, at the 7+ and 11+ entry points. By 2030, all year groups at Westminster School and Westminster Under School, from ages four to 18, will be fully co-educational, reflecting the School's dedication to inclusivity and excellence.
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