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Careers at The Perse span far more than the classroom. From teaching roles in our academically selective Pre-Prep, Prep, Upper School and Sixth Form, to positions in our brand new Sports Centre and Perse Academy of Performing Arts, and a wide range of support staff roles across the School, we offer opportunities for talented people at every stage of their career.

Whatever your background, you’ll be supported, challenged and part of a community that takes pride in what it does.

The Perse is a friendly and inspiring place to work. You would be part of a caring and inclusive community, in which our students feel safe and thrive.

We know our passionate and talented staff are our biggest assets and we help our staff to realise their ambitions here by providing extensive professional development opportunities.

It is a thing of some beauty to see and to hear students who have come to their own scholarly understanding about something, and the confidence with which they then handle questions

Alex Courtney, Assistant Head (Teaching & Learning)

Our Staff

The quality of a Perse education begins with our people. We are proud of our extraordinarily talented, highly qualified and ambitious workforce, united by a commitment to helping every pupil flourish.

Our staff bring an exceptional breadth of knowledge and experience to school life. Some have devoted their careers to education, while others have joined the profession after working in industry, academia or other specialist fields. Together, they combine deep subject knowledge with energy, curiosity and a genuine vocation for supporting young people.

Specialist teaching begins at the Pelican and continues throughout the School. Alongside our teachers, an extensive team of pastoral, operational and professional staff provides the expertise, care and support that enable our pupils and schools to thrive.

Teaching Opportunities

As an academically-selective school, you’ll work with some of the brightest and most intellectually curious young minds and have the chance to inspire them through stimulating and creative lessons.

We also encourage teaching staff to get involved in our thriving extra-curricular programme by running one of our many lunchtime and after-school clubs and societies. You can find our teaching staff terms and conditions below.

You take ambitious pupils and you put them with ambitious staff, and together that’s a winning formula – that’s what creates the Perse culture.

Jonathan Black, Teacher of Geography and Drama

Support Staff Opportunities

Every successful school needs an excellent team working behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly and we are no exception.

From professional service staff to caretakers, ground staff and department technicians, there could be a role for you among our exceptional support staff.

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Living in Cambridge

Cambridge offers a high quality of life to people looking for a cosmopolitan city with a small-town feel.

A vibrant city, Cambridge has a fine array of high street stores and independent boutiques on cobbled lanes, Michelin-starred restaurants, pop-up eateries, traditional pubs, back street cafes, museums, cinemas, concert halls and theatres. Yet it also has acres of green space with riverside parkland and city centre commons, where cows still graze, as well as a beautiful botanic garden.

Being in Cambridge opens up a world of social and intellectual opportunities, with internationally-renowned film, literature and science festivals, as well as the popular Cambridge Festival of Ideas exploring the arts, humanities and social sciences.

The Perse also benefits from the world-class academic and research institutions on its doorstep such as the University of Cambridge, the Biomedical Campus at Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Wellcome Genome Campus.

Staff Benefits

• Competitive pension and life assurance schemes
• Free parking and secure spaces for bikes. We also offer a Cycle to Work scheme, enabling the purchase of a bike for home-to-work travel
• Free lunch on schooldays with hot and cold meals available, prepared with fresh ingredients by our catering team
• Access to the Upper Fitness Suite, with a full-time instructor available to develop personalised fitness programmes
• Hundreds of discounts to stores and services, plus online training and wellbeing courses, available through our Perkbox scheme  

You take ambitious pupils and you put them with ambitious staff, and together that’s a winning formula – that’s what creates the Perse culture.

Jonathan Black, Teacher of Geography and Drama

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Safeguarding

The Perse School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including references from previous employers, a Disclosure and Barring Service check at the enhanced level, as well as eligibility to work in the UK (in compliance with UK immigration regulations). All work carried out at the School on a regular basis amounts to regulated activity. These roles are also exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children is everyone’s responsibility. The School is committed to acting in the best interests of the child so as to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people. The School requires everyone who comes into contact with children and their families to share this commitment. Interviews will be conducted in person, and they will explore candidates’ suitability to work with children.

Our Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policy and Procedure – Staff, Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and Staff Code of Conduct can be found on our policies page.