Graduate Resident Tutor

This role is an exciting opportunity for graduates with an interest in education to gain experience in this prestigious, forward-thinking and high-achieving school.

The Graduate Resident Tutor Team is vital to the running of the School, assisting with all aspects of school life including boarding duties, weekend activities, co-curricular trips and academic lesson support. 

Successful candidates will thrive in a busy and varied role. They will be strong communicators with the ability to maintain strict confidentiality and remain calm under pressure. Knowledge and understanding of a boarding environment is an advantage as well as a genuine commitment to Wycombe Abbey’s aims and ethos.

This role is to begin in 20 August 2025 to 26 June 2026. The role includes free onsite accommodation and meals during term time. 

Contract: This is a term-time only, fixed-term contract.

Hours of work: Term-time only, which includes all published teaching days, plus INSET and some days at the beginning and end of each School holiday. The School’s routine may vary from term to term and the post holders will be required to be flexible and to work such additional hours as may be necessary for the satisfactory fulfilment of duties. The post holders will receive the equivalent of one-and-a-half days off per week.

Salary: £1,873.42 per month for the duration of the contract (£22,481 per annum pro-rata), plus free accommodation and meals.

To apply: To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan.

Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 or hr@wycombeabbey.com. 

Closing date for applications: 12 January 2025

Interview dates: 22 or 23 January 2025

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638