Why choose to work at The Hemel Hempstead School? 

Simply put, it is a great school.  Not just now, or in the last Ofsted, or with the last summer’s results - but consistently, for over ninety years.   

Generations of parents return to this school knowing that their children will get the very best educational outcomes.  Staff have their children here.  People who started their careers here return for second or third promotions. Students here in their time, return to be teachers and people move house to get into the catchment.  Our parents recommend us to other families. 

This is because we believe that the curriculum is everything: the whole experience; what it is to be a part of the community at The Hemel Hempstead School. Our curriculum provides the broadest, richest experiences which lead to meaningful learning, of knowledge and of skills.   

At the heart of this culture, we have: 

As a colleague here you would be joining a friendly, experienced, caring and close-knit team, both in the school, and across Scholars’, which now serves nearly six -thousand young people in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire.  You would be joining a school with a confident outlook, digital technology in the hands of every child, an incredibly strong house system and a supra-curricular offer which are the envy of other providers.   

Staff wellbeing and belonging is at the heart of the Trust ethos.  Each school has a wellbeing representative, and they work collaboratively to help us to be the employer of choice.   

At The Hemel Hempstead School you: 

Hemel Hempstead is the second largest and fastest growing town in Hertfordshire.  That means new house building and house prices which are not typical for the Home Counties.  Add to that great transport links, with the M25, M1, A41 and trains into London Euston; Hemel Hempstead is a great place to live.  The town boasts an indoor real snow ski slope, the XC climbing centre, and Jarman Park has cinemas, restaurants, and a skating rink.  A ten-minute drive and you are in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. 

The Hemel Hempstead School is in the London fringe, so you get paid more than colleagues in the rest of England, but without having the considerable extra expense of living and commuting in London.  Unlike many schools, who are in the heart-breaking position of being unable to balance their budgets we are financially secure, with a well-managed reserve.  This means we have not narrowed our curriculum and continue to offer our children abroad choice of options at all three key stages. It also means that we can, and do regularly offer, TLR 3s or allowances teaching and non-teaching colleagues to colleagues to undertake whole-school projects. 

We are proud to be part of the Scholars’ family and we know that being part of this trust enables our colleagues to successfully educate young people for a changing world.