Job Description

Whitgift School

Croydon

Salary:

Competitive salary

Job type:

Full Time, Fixed Term

Start date:

03 November 2025

Apply by:

3 October 2025

Job overview

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Fixed term, Full-time, Full year contract

Salary: Competitive salary

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.

With a reputation for holistic endeavour, Whitgift enjoys an unparalleled reputation for delivering a genuine combination of academic excellence and all-round achievement. The co-curricular programme - which provides every one of its students with an exceptional range of clubs and societies across academic departments and beyond - was recognized by ISI in our recent inspection at the end of the Lent Term 2025 as a "significant strength". We believe in breadth and depth of opportunity, high aspiration, and a "can-do" and engaged attitude: key ingredients for preparing the young people in our care brilliantly for the rest of their lives.

We are seeking to appoint an organised, self-motivated and analytically minded newly qualified Accountant. A high standard of administration skills will be expected including a strong proficiency in the use of excel spreadsheets and accounting software.





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.

From the School's website: https://www.whitgift.co.uk/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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