Contract: Full-time, permanent, residential – 40 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (plus board and lodgings)
Responsible to: Head of Boarding
Start date: 14 December 2026
Closing date: Friday 16 October 2026 (12:00pm)
Accommodation: This is a residential post, and accommodation is provided.
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic person to become Deputy Head of Boarding in our vibrant Boarding Department.
The Deputy Head of Boarding will support the general and personal development of all students in the Boarding House, in line with school policies. They will work alongside the Head of Boarding to give students a positive, ‘home from home’ experience of boarding, recognising and meeting everyone’s needs by building strong, supportive relationships.
Situated at ‘The Gateway to the Cotswolds’, Burford School is an academy founded as an Elizabethan grammar school in 1571. The School’s Charter still exists, and its founding is celebrated each year with a Charter Day Service attended by the whole school. Today, the original Grammar School building in the heart of Burford is Grade I listed and forms part of our Boarding Department.
If you would like to discuss the role informally, please contact R. Hogg, Head of Boarding, at r.hogg@burford.oxon.sch.uk.
Why work with us
Burford is an oversubscribed school in the Cotswolds National Landscape. It is an excellent school with a superb environment for learning, and we give real priority to staff development. We are looking for colleagues who will be motivated by the chance to work hard and share in our success.
Additional staff benefits
- Supportive continuous professional development and opportunities to grow
- Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, free flu vaccinations and a subsidised healthcare plan
- Local Government Pension Scheme membership
- A location within a short walk of a picturesque Cotswold town
- As we are a heavily oversubscribed school, children of staff have priority for admission to Burford School*
Visits are warmly welcomed, so you can see for yourself what makes Burford School such a special place to work. To arrange a visit, please contact Cloudia Hill, HR Manager.
The Deputy Head of Boarding is a residential post, and the postholder will be required to live in the House during term time.
Residence in School-provided accommodation is an essential requirement of this post, to enable the proper performance of the postholder’s duties. The postholder will be required to enter into a Service Occupancy Licence Agreement (SOLA) in respect of the accommodation.
The right to occupy the accommodation is conditional upon, and ancillary to, the postholder’s employment. It will terminate automatically and immediately when the employment ends, for whatever reason. There will be no right to remain in occupation beyond that date, and no security of tenure.
The successful candidate will need to meet the person specification to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
To apply
Please download the job details and an application form from our TES page:
Alternatively, contact Cloudia Hill, HR Manager, at c.hill@burford.oxon.sch.uk
Burford School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All postholders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
As part of our vetting procedures, shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search. This is not part of the shortlisting process, and candidates will have the opportunity to address any concerns should it be necessary.
*Please see the relevant Admissions Policy on the school website.
