Junior School Teacher
Competitive salary plus benefits
For September 2026
Full time
Notting Hill & Ealing High School, winner of The Week’s Best City Prep 2025, has an exciting opportunity for an inspirational teacher to join our team.
The NHEHS Junior School is a popular and highly successful, two-form entry school with 300 pupils aged 4 to 11 years where girls and staff work together in a warm, friendly environment. Expectations in all areas of school life are high and entry is by academic selection. Almost all our pupils continue into the Senior School, which also has an outstanding academic record.
NHEHS Junior School
The Junior School is a happy community of pupils, parents and staff, working together to provide an environment in which girls’ strengths are allowed to flourish. We encourage girls to approach the world with curiosity and creativity, to express their views and feelings, and to develop a real enjoyment of learning. As a result they are proud of their school and value kindness and laughter, fun and friendship.
Life at NHEHS is rich, busy and varied. Visits, trips, speakers and special events are built into our curriculum and girls are provided with outstanding opportunities to develop their interests in a wide range of areas. They love music, drama, sport and art and they take part in everything they do with wholehearted enthusiasm.
About the School
NHEHS is a leading academic day school. Our girls are ambitious, bright, enthusiastic and eager to learn and we offer a warm and supportive community. We occupy a site in suburban, leafy, west Ealing with excellent transport links. As part of the Girls’ Day School Trust (GDST), the UK’s leading network of independent girls’ schools, we can offer a variety of benefits, such as:
● Competitive terms and conditions of employment, and competitive salaries and pay progression
● Membership of the GDST flexible pension scheme (18% employer contribution and flexibility to generate a pay top-up of up to 10% of pensionable salary in lieu of pension)
● Access to extensive professional development opportunities and training grants for qualifications
● Free life assurance benefit
● Employee Assistance Programme via Health Assured, offering free 24-hour counselling, wellbeing support and advice services
● A discount of up to 50% on fees for children at GDST schools
● Free lunches for all staff during term time (equivalent to at least £900 per year)
● In-school staff wellbeing activities such as yoga and access to the school gym
● Interest-free loans for training, computer purchase and travel season ticket loans
● A Cycle to Work scheme
Further information about this position and how to apply is available by clicking the apply button.
The closing date for applications is Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 12pm. Early applications are encouraged and we reserve the right to close applications and interviews at any point in the process.
Interviews will take place on 17th April 2026.
We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from all qualified individuals. To be eligible for employment, candidates must provide proof of their right to work in the UK.
NHEHS 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 DBS. Applications will be considered only from candidates who are eligible to work in the UK.
The GDST is committed to diversity, inclusion and real change: a family where every individual is valued, respected and included.
The Girls’ Day School Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection checks appropriate to the post, including online searches and checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.