St Mary's Calne

St Mary’s Calne is an independent boarding and day school for girls aged 11-18, a happy, purposeful and flourishing community of around 360 pupils with a 80% to 20% boarding to day ratio.

Founded in 1873, the school has been providing an outstanding education for girls for 150 years, and our alumnae have prominent positions in every profession from the law, politics and medicine to the arts, drama and sport. There is a strong tradition of the core academic subjects and strength in science and mathematics, as well as modern languages, arts and humanities.

Our Sixth Form is flourishing and highly successful, with over 120 girls. The girls benefit from exceptional careers advice and work hard to achieve their goals. Their academic results are outstanding and the girls go on to study at top UK and American universities; the striking range of courses they embark upon shows the wealth of choice available to our pupils. Many of the Sixth Form also undertake extensive pieces of independent research in the form of the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ).

St Mary’s Calne is proud of its 'Win Your Own Race' culture of academia that comes from the high aspirations, industry and flair shown by pupils throughout the School. Teachers, Houses and Support Staff all help pupils to do their very best academically and achieve excellent outcomes, both in relative and absolute terms.

Pupils are empowered to be the best version of themselves and to ‘win their own race.’ We celebrate a breadth of fantastic achievements in a variety of subject disciplines and across the whole attainment range.

The Win Your Own Race strategy aims to challenge all pupils in all areas of their academics to strive for their very best. It builds on our vision of pupils being connected across subjects, digitally, with their teachers and with the wider community. This allows pupils and teachers to break free from silos and collaborate to achieve excellent learning outcomes.

Win Your Own Race’s key message is that at St Mary’s Calne, we celebrate success in a variety of subjects and all its forms.

Located near the market town of Calne and amidst the natural beauty of the Wiltshire Downs, our schools are within easy reach of the university towns of Bath, Bristol and Oxford and just over an hour by train from London. Our ideal location means that our girls benefit from a huge range of curriculum-enhancing opportunities as well as extra-curricular ones.

St Mary’s offers positions on its own pay scale based on experience and expertise. Benefits include pension scheme, reduced school fees for dependents (including girls and boys up to 11 at St Margaret’s Preparatory School), a nominal fee for on site Sport Club membership (including access to a wide range of fitness classes, swimming pool and gym) and excellent term time meals.

We are an equal opportunities employer and committed to ensuring all applicants will be treated in a fair and equal manner and in accordance with the law regardless of gender, marital status, race, religion, colour, age, disability or sexual orientation.

Research tells us that applicants (especially those from under-represented groups) can be put off from applying for a role if they do not meet all the criteria. If you think you would be a good match for one of our vacancies and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you tick every box.

Any offer of employment is conditional upon receiving an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) which is considered to be satisfactory. The School applies for an Enhanced Check for Regulated Activity from the DBS (which includes a check of the Children's Barred List) in respect of all positions sitewide, which amount to regulated activity. It is unlawful for the School to employ anyone who is barred from working with children. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position at the School. If you are successful in your application you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form. Any information disclosed will be handled in accordance with any guidance and / or code of practice published by the DBS.

The School is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered "spent" under the Act) must be declared. You are not required to disclose a caution or conviction for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules. If you have a criminal record this will not automatically debar you from employment. Instead, each case will be assessed fairly by reference to the School's objective assessment procedure set out in the Recruitment Policy.