Job Description

Whitgift School

Croydon

Salary:

Point 31 - 34 - 46,810 gross pay per annum (at Point 31) to 50,926 gross pay per annum (at Point 34) depending on qualifications and relevant experience.

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Apply by:

9 October 2025

Job overview

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Full-time, Full year, Permanent contract

Start Date: November 2025

Salary: Point 31 - 34 - 46,810 gross pay per annum (at Point 31) to 50,926 gross pay per annum (at Point 34) depending on qualifications and relevant experience.

We are seeking to appoint a full-time

Head of Aquatics

to join our nationally recognised Sports Department. The ideal candidate will have experience working with elite-level swimmers and/or water polo players and must be confident coaching pupils across a broad range of abilities, from beginners to those competing at national level. A proven ability to develop and support swimmers at all stages of their journey is essential.

Sport and physical activity play a central role in the life of Whitgift. Many boys are attracted to the School, not just because of the academic excellence, but also the considerable opportunities that exist in physical education, both in the curriculum and in co-curricular activities. Central to the work of everyone in the Sports Department is a desire to encourage pupils to give their very best at whatever level they can achieve. The result is an enormous number of boys involved in sporting activities of one kind or another and very high quality in all activities, culminating in professional standards for many of the most talented boys.

Whitgift is a leading independent day and boarding school for boys, with approximately 1525 pupils including over one hundred boarding pupils and flexi boarding pupils. It is set in an attractive 48-acre parkland site in South Croydon enjoying excellent links to London, Surrey and the south coast.

We welcome applications from all sectors of our community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our student intake.

How to Apply:

Applications close: 9 October 2025 at Midnight.

From the School's website: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/about-us/current-vacancies, for further information select the white 'documents available' button at the top left of the advertisement, and the green 'apply' button on the top right for the online application form. For general queries, please telephone Human Resources Department on 020 8688 9222 or e-mail SchoolHR@whitgift.co.uk .

Applications will be reviewed daily and interviews may occur at any stage after applications are received so we invite interested candidates to apply as soon as possible.

Whitgift School (part of the John Whitgift Foundation) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Where applicable, applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service and online media checks (including personal, professional and other online activities). It is an offence to apply for a role at the school if you know that you are barred from regulated activity with children.

About

Whitgift School

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Whitgift School

Haling Park, South Croydon
Surrey
CR2 6YT
United Kingdom

+44 20 8688 9222

Whitgift is an outstanding independent day and boarding school for boys aged 10 to 18. Successive inspections have ranked Whitgift amongst Britain's finest schools. Whitgift is one of Britain's leading independent day and boarding schools, based in 45-acres of beautiful parkland in Surrey.



Whitgift is an exceptionally innovative and dynamic school, enhancing the opportunities available to our 1520 students. A Whitgift education is a unique and exceptionally tailor-made, offering a variety of pathways to qualifications which include A Level and the IB. Exchanges, visits and scholarship programmes are in place with more than 25 countries worldwide. Whitgift is regularly ranked amongst the country's top schools for achievement; new records are regularly set.

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