Job Description

Old Buckenham Hall School

Suffolk

Salary:

Salary: up to 75,000 per annum FTE, depending on skills and experience

Job type:

Full Time, Part Time, Permanent

Apply by:

22 October 2025

Job overview

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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND ADMISSIONS

Nestled within 80 acres of Suffolk countryside, Old Buckenham Hall (OBH) is one of East Anglia's leading co-educational preparatory schools and is home to around 200 boarding and day children aged 2 to 13. OBH has a proud 160-year history and children leave ready to thrive at some of the UK's most prestigious senior schools, taking with them not just a strong foundation of knowledge, but also the friendships and values that last a lifetime.

Building on that legacy, in January 2026, OBH will formally become part of the Rugby School Group. Best known for its historic senior school in Warwickshire, Rugby is one of the great names in British education, with a reputation for innovation, breadth, and the "Whole Person, Whole Point" ethos. This is an incredibly exciting time for OBH, the merger means the best of both worlds: the intimacy and character of a small country prep school, backed by the support, investment, and vision of a global education group.

This is no ordinary prep school marketing role: OBH is seeking to appoint an exceptional Director of Marketing and Admissions to drive the development and implementation of its marketing, recruitment and communications strategies. The Rugby School Group merger creates the opportunity to be part of shaping and delivering the next chapter of OBH's history, and to deliver a bold recruitment and marketing strategy that builds on the school's traditions while ensuring OBH thrives in an increasingly competitive landscape.

Reporting directly to the Head and sitting on the Senior Leadership Team, this is a high profile and exciting leadership position suited to a high calibre marketing professional who can demonstrate established and effective leadership skills, combined with extensive marketing and communications experience, commercial acumen, stakeholder management and influencing skills gained inside or outside the education sector.





Applications are encouraged from candidates who want to work on either a full- or part-time basis (minimum 4 days a week). A hybrid working arrangement may also be considered.

Further information and details of how to apply can be found on the RSAcademics website at rsacademics.com. https://www.rsacademics.com/current-vacancies/head-mark-comms-old-buckenham-hall/

Interested candidates are invited to contact RSAcademics in the first instance to arrange an informal and confidential discussion with Susannah Thompson via: susannahthompson@rsacademics.com





The deadline for receipt of applications is 10.00am on Wednesday 22 October 2025.





Old Buckenham Hall is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The safeguarding responsibilities of this post are detailed in the candidate information brochure.


RSAcademics is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to promoting diversity and inclusion in schools.

About

Old Buckenham Hall School

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Old Buckenham Hall School

Brettenham Park, Ipswich
Suffolk
IP7 7PH
United Kingdom

+44 1449 740252

Old Buckenham Hall is a leading co-educational preparatory school for children aged 2 - 13 years and has been educating children for over 160 years.



Here, children remain just that. They experience, they learn, they grow, but they do so within one of the most idyllic environments imaginable.



We are proud of our beautiful school, but it is what goes on inside these old walls and in the grounds that really matters. Every teacher at Old Buckenham Hall is committed to delivering the very best for every child. For us this means inspirational academic and co-curricular teaching, outstanding pastoral care and embracing risk and challenge. Children here feel happy and safe and they have a chance to explore their aspirations and develop their character.



Situated in the heart of rural Suffolk, near the historic town of Lavenham, Old Buckenham Hall is just 20 minutes away from Bury St Edmunds, Sudbury and Stowmarket; and 35 minutes from Colchester.



A range of transport options are available, including morning and evening bus routes and accompanied train journeys to London. Stowmarket and Colchester train stations are both direct lines to London Liverpool street.

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