Vacancies

Welcome to the recruitment section of The Gilberd School website. We are delighted that you are considering us as a possible employer. We seek to recruit the highest calibre of staff throughout the school.

We are a large, high performing and oversubscribed 11-16 coeducational school in Colchester and as such, we offer a diverse range of careers. New recruits at The Gilberd School join a happy, positive and busy school. Our students appreciate the excellent education on offer and are positive and motivated. The information here will give you a flavour of our school and the opportunities we offer. Please feel free to contact our Human Resources Department for additional information or to organise a visit by email to [email protected]

How to apply

If you feel that The Gilberd School can provide you with the challenges, support and opportunities you are seeking and believe that you have the passion and drive to support our school culture, then please submit our application form along with a supporting covering letter (which should state how your experience to date has prepared you for the post) by the closing date. 

APPLICATION FORM

Central to our values and beliefs is The Gilberd Way.

The Gilberd Way

Each Gilberdian should:

Show ambition and commitment
Act with integrity and compassion
Learn with creativity and resilience

These apply just as much to staff as they do to students. One of the strengths of the school is the quality of relationships, amongst staff and between staff and students. We work together within an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust which supports our aims.

The results of our work can be seen in the outcomes we can measure such as examination results. These are consistently excellent. Our many successes have been recognised in our most recent Ofsted report of November 2018. This report judged us to be Outstanding in every category. Our examination successes are due to the skill and commitment of our hard-working staff who do all they can to ensure all students achieve their best.

We also pride ourselves on the successes that cannot be measured; the positive atmosphere around the school, the pride that we have in the many successes of our staff and students and the genuine warmth of our community. We believe in educating the whole person and have worked to create a school where sporting, artistic and performing events are fully integrated into our lives; hopefully this is reflected in the myriad of activities you can see on our website.

This Gilberd School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). A copy of our Recruitment and Selection Procedure can be found here.

Thank you for taking an interest in our school. If you feel The Gilberd School is a school in which you could flourish, we look forward to your application.