Vacancies

Pinewood School is an exciting and rewarding place to work. We are committed to creating the best possible environment for both our pupils and our staff.

“We are delighted you are considering joining our school community. Pinewood is an extremely happy school, where relationships are built on kindness and respect. The success of the school and the well-being of its staff depend very largely on co-operation and trust between us all. We warmly welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds who wish to join our friendly and dedicated team.”     Neal Bailey, Headmaster

“There are many fantastic benefits of working at Pinewood: our beautiful countryside location, friendly and dedicated staff, Employee Assistance Programmes, well-being and emotional support, free parking, free lunches, social events, discounts at local gyms and numerous training opportunities. We are also proud to have signed the Menopause Pledge, which commits us to take positive action to ensure all our employees are supported during the Menopause. We very much hope you will decide to join our fantastic team.”     Jo Ranstead, Director of HR

What our staff say they enjoy most about working at Pinewood:

“The feeling of camaraderie amongst the staff and being part of the Pinewood ‘family’”
“Our fantastic working environment and feeling valued in my role”
“Colleagues who really look after each other and pupils who are keen to learn”
“The freedom and trust from management to teach my subjects as I see fit”

Please click on the links for full details of current staff vacancies at Pinewood.

All application forms submitted electronically should be saved and emailed in either Microsoft Word or as PDF files.  Please do not submit application forms saved in Pages files.

Pinewood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service. 

The posts advertised here are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013, 2020 and 2023) and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. 

Please go to the School Policies page to download our Policy on Safeguarding Children, and our Privacy Notice for the Whole School Community.

Please also click on the links below to read our recruitment policies:

Online searching of shortlisted candidates

Recruitment privacy policy

Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy

Head of Marketing

We are looking to recruit a Head of Marketing to join our busy and successful Prep School, overseeing our Marketing Team to deliver marketing activities and present the school in new and exciting ways.

If you feel passionate about children’s education and understand how to share this passion, we want to hear from you!

This is a new role which offers an exciting opportunity for a driven and highly motivated marketing professional to shape our marketing activity for the future. You will be pivotal in securing parental engagement and presenting our fantastic school to the outside world. You must have exemplary communication skills, be highly self-motivated and have a real can-do attitude. In return, we can offer an outstanding working environment, a friendly and experienced team and excellent staff benefits.

This is a full-time position which can be worked either all year round or as term-time plus an agreed number of weeks in the school holidays.

For a detailed job description and an application form, please click on the links below.

Completed application forms, along with a brief covering letter or email outlining what you believe you can offer to the school in this role, should be sent by email or by post to Jo Ranstead, Director of HR at Pinewood School: joranstead@pinewoodschool.co.uk

Candidates wishing to have a confidential discussion on the role prior to submitting an application are welcome to speak to Jo Ranstead, Director of HR, by telephone on 01793 782205. Please note that the school will be closed for Half Term from 17th – 21st February.

Applications without a completed School Application Form will not be considered and will not receive a response.

• Deadline for applications: 8am Monday 24th February 2025
• Start date: As soon as possible following completion of recruitment checks and any notice period is served.

Head of Marketing Job Description

Head of Marketing Person Specification

Pinewood School Support Staff Application Form

Maintenance Person

We are looking to recruit a Maintenance Person to work as part of our friendly estates team to be responsible for the daily support of the school.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys maintenance tasks and providing facilities support, and who would enjoy working across a wide variety of tasks, getting stuck in to whatever needs doing!

Hours Required: 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday with occasional additional hours required.

Salary Scale: Competitive.

Holiday Entitlement: 5 weeks paid holiday per annum (to be taken during the school holidays) plus Bank Holidays when the school is not in operation.

• Deadline for applications: 8am Monday 24th February 2024

Please send your completed application form by post or e-mail to Jo Ranstead, Director of HR, joranstead@pinewoodschool.co.uk before the closing date. Applications without the completed school application form will be not be considered.

PLEASE NOTE – WE WILL BE INTERVIEWING FOR THIS ROLE AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE SUITABLE APPLICATIONS. PLEASE DO APPLY ASAP IF YOU WISH TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS ROLE.

For a detailed job description and to download an application form, please click on the links below:

Maintenance worker job description

pinewood school support staff application form

Gap Assistants (Overseas)

If you are interested in applying to work at Pinewood as an overseas Gap Assistant, we recruit via the Gap company, Letz Live. Please contact them and let them know you wish to be put forward for our school and state the year in which you wish to work. You can find full details on their website: https://www.letzlive.org/