Hereward House School
Camden
Salary:
Competitive
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
26 October 2025
Apply by:
11 September 2025
Job overview
Hereward House is a thriving and well-regarded small boys' prep school with outstanding academic outcomes, situated just outside central London. We are seeking to appoint a dynamic, proactive, and forward-thinking professional to join our team as IT Operations Manager.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for the strategic planning, development, and coordination of all aspects of IT across the school, ensuring resilient systems and innovative solutions are in place to support Teaching and Learning, provide excellent support to staff and pupils, and oversee the smooth day-to-day running of a comprehensive IT service. The school operates on Office 365, Microsoft Teams, and Azure, and experience with these platforms is highly desirable.
This role is suitable for applicants with existing experience providing IT support within educational settings. IT Technicians seeking to progress into a managerial position may also be well suited to this role.
School
Hereward House is a friendly and thriving IAPS school in Belsize Park, with highly motivated and talented pupils. We excel in our preparation of pupils for 11+ and 13+ transfer and strive to create a stimulating, purposeful and happy community where every child feels valued and secure. The vast majority of our pupils go to the very top independent senior schools in London and across the country.
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Whilst achieving this we believe passionately in the value of a prep school education for boys between the ages of 4-13. In partnership with our immensely supportive families, we help pupils to develop at a crucial, formative stage of their lives.
The years spent at Hereward House will be the time when pupils will cultivate their life-long values; the personal attention they receive aims to produce well-rounded, kind, academically curious boys. They will acquire the self-confidence and soft skills needed in a rapidly changing world alongside a real sense of community. Together with solid intellectual foundations, Hereward House pupils leave with a strong sense of empathy, humility, and compassion.
Please view the school website,
for more information about the school and our policies.
ISI Report (April 2023)
The report found the school excellent in all areas, particularly noting –
* The quality of the pupils' academic and other achievements is excellent.
* Pupils exhibit excellent levels of skills and knowledge across their broad curriculum.
* The range and quality of pupil achievements across the whole school are consistently high and fulfil wholly the school's aim to embrace the highest academic aspirations for the pupil.
Hereward House ISI Report
Experience and Background:
The IT Operations Manager will lead on all technical and operational matters relating to IT across the school.
The successful candidate will be a knowledgeable and proactive professional with the expertise to manage and develop the school's IT provision, ensuring that our network infrastructure is secure, reliable, efficient, and backed up, and that systems continue to meet the evolving needs of the school. A key feature of the role will be to champion IT across the curriculum in order to enhance Teaching and Learning.
We place a high degree of importance on strong technical skills, particularly in relation to our use of Microsoft Teams, Azure, and Office 365, as well as the ability to provide clear, approachable support to staff and pupils. The IT Operations Manager will also play an important role in supporting the Designated Safeguarding Lead in co-ordinating e-Safety across the school.
The ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues, external providers, and the wider school community will be essential to the role.
All staff must show commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children at the school.
Salary
The salary will be competitive and based on experience and includes a personal APTIS pension.
How to Apply
Please download the school application form from the corresponding TES page.
Candidates are asked to complete all sections of the form and submit it along with a cover letter.
Your cover letter should be addressed to the Bursar, Alexander Jenne, and outline both your interest in the position of IT Operations Manager at Hereward House School and how your skills, experience, and career aspirations make this role the right fit for you at this stage in your professional journey.
All application documents should be emailed to or uploaded via the TES portal.
The deadline for applications is Thursday, 11th September 2025
Interviews will begin in the week starting Monday, 15th September 2025
If you have any queries, please contact the School Office on or call on
Safeguarding Statement
Hereward House School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. Appointments are also subject to the receipt of references which the School considers satisfactory.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are 'spent' unless they are 'protected' under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
Equal Opportunities
The school is committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, race, sex, disability, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and religious background.
Applicant Info Pack - IT Operations Manager
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About Hereward House School
Hereward House School
14 Strathray Gardens
London
NW3 4NY
United Kingdom
Hereward House, a preparatory school for boys aged 4-13, was founded in 1951 and is accredited by the Independent Association of Preparatory Schools.
We aim to provide a warm, welcoming and safe atmosphere in which every child can thrive and feel comfortable. Whilst embracing the highest academic aspirations for our boys, we believe that a school should not be an exam factory. We strive to create a stimulating, purposeful, safe, and happy community, where every child feels valued and secure. We aim to be a school where boys will be encouraged and assisted to develop academically, morally, emotionally, culturally and physically. It is our belief each one should enjoy his school days and reflect upon them with pride, pleasure and affection. We are preparing boys not just for senior school, but for life.
The school seeks to provide a lively, stimulating and intellectually demanding education in a friendly and well disciplined environment. Modern approaches are employed alongside those traditional methods that have proved their worth.
The Headmaster, Pascal Evans, leads a highly qualified and dedicated team. The curriculum is varied and interesting, and almost every boy learns an instrument. Games, especially team sports, are important. Supported by Leonie Sampson, the Chair of Governors, who has been a head for over 30 years. She can be contacted via the school number throughout the year.
By providing a happy and challenging environment, the school aims to meet the needs of the individual child, enabling him to reach the highest standards of personal achievement in both academic and non-academic fields.
Hereward House provides the firm foundation boys need in order to achieve fine results at Common Entrance and scholarship and the skills to succeed in their Senior Schools and in life.
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