Teaching at Hampton
Our Common Room
Hampton is a wonderful place to work and attracts candidates of the highest calibre. We recruit talented colleagues from all backgrounds, and from a wide variety of sectors.
Hampton is a happy, friendly, and caring community, where outstanding and innovative teaching is complemented by exceptional pastoral care and founded on shared values of kindness and respect.
Our Common Room
Hampton offers an attractive and generous range of staff benefits, including excellent mentoring and professional development programmes.
Our School has an excellent track record of supporting colleagues towards fulfilling their professional ambitions, and there are plenty of opportunities for development and career progression.
Colleagues flourish here whether they have recently graduated from university, they are already well–established in education, or they are seeking a career change.
Teaching at Hampton
Academic and All-Round Excellence
The School was judged to be excellent (the highest possible recognition) across all categories by the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in May 2023.
Inspectors found that Hamptonians’ achievements are exceptional across academic and co-curricular areas of School life and concluded that ‘outstanding analytical and thinking skills’ lead to academic achievements ‘far and above national and worldwide averages.’
Academic and All-Round Excellence
The ISI team highlighted Hamptonians’ excellent personal development and concluded that ‘Pupils are open-minded and tolerant and have a clear sense of justice, successfully fulfilling the school’s aims for them to make sense of the world, to want to make a difference for good, and to aspire to personal best while supporting those around them with kindness and respect.’
The School’s examination results and university entrance record consistently rank among the best achieved anywhere.
Nearly all Hampton leavers go on to undergraduate courses at Russell Group or equivalent universities. Around 20% of Hamptonians move on to global top-10 universities; we also support pupils who wish to study internationally, some of whom achieve academic and/or sporting scholarships.
Teaching at Hampton
Professional Development
Hampton’s teachers are among the brightest minds in education. The School’s 2023 ISI report noted that:
‘In almost all lessons and activities observed, the pupils’ insatiable thirst for knowledge was stimulated by dedicated subject teachers who challenge pupils beyond the demands of examination specifications’ and that ‘Pupils develop deep knowledge and sophisticated understanding across all areas of learning and employ skills well beyond expectations for their age.’
The School runs an extensive programme of Continued Professional Development (CPD) to ensure the pedagogical and professional development of our teaching body.
Professional Development
Hampton’s Continued Professional Development (CPD) provision includes bespoke INSET days, weekly learning, twilight sessions, online courses and provision for external CPD courses such as those offered by HMC.
We support members of the Common Room who choose to pursue further qualifications, including Master’s degrees and leadership qualifications, through financial and timetabling support.
There is a wealth of internal expertise on offer and some of the most beneficial CPD, comes informally within (and between) departments; there is a healthy culture of sharing ideas and resources, and observing colleagues is highly encouraged.
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Early Careers
Hampton employs some of the brightest talent straight from university.
All new teaching staff participate in an extensive induction programme to enable them to make a smooth transition to the busy and rewarding Hampton teaching experience.
Early Careers
Early Career Teachers are extremely well supported though their two-year induction programme.
The programme is expertly coordinated by a highly experienced Induction Tutor, and ECTs are proficiently supported by mentors within their departments.
The report from our most recent IStip quality assurance visit (January 2020) stated ‘statutory induction at Hampton School is an example of best practice.’
Support Staff Opportunities
What our colleagues say
We want colleagues to feel valued and anyone joining Hampton will receive a full induction programme which caters to their needs and aspirations. It’s very important to us that we enable both our support and our teaching staff to progress in the manner that they wish to.
Ms Pippa Message: Deputy Head
For new teachers starting here you’re in absolutely safe hands. You’re offered a really good mentor, proper career progression and training. The boys are intellectually curious and so well behaved - they’re kind to each other and lessons are stimulating and fun.
Mr Vonn Jiminez: Teacher of Chemistry
We are open to applications from every background whether you are just out of university or have been teaching for several years and looking for new challenge and opportunity. Whatever your experience, you will be provided with all the support you need to thrive here at Hampton.
Dr Sarah Hendry: Deputy Head, Academic
My career progression has been really quick after starting three years ago as a newly qualified Physics teacher. I’m Assistant Head of First Year and on the co-curricular side of things, I’m running a football team and I’m involved with the Duke of Edinburgh scheme and the Adventure Society and going on loads of different trips.
Mr Daan Fuldner: Teacher of Physics
I worked in management consulting and investment banking for about 14 years and it was a great career but I wanted something more. Working with young people is just terrific. This is an amazing school and becoming a teacher at Hampton has fulfilled all my expectations.
Mr David Schofield: Head of Chemistry
There was a ‘Wow!’ factor when I walked into the school. People always think only teachers work in school but there are many staff here from a range of professions and there are opportunities at all levels. It has been a wonderful place to work with very supportive people and I am delighted that I joined Hampton.
Mrs Freli Opiniano: SIMS Manager
The staff body is one thing that makes Hampton stand out. I have been here for less than a year and I’ve made some exceptional friends and there are some incredible colleagues to work alongside. It’s just genuine fun: you laugh so much; you love what you’re doing. It’s challenging but it’s really rewarding. I never feel like I come home from a day and I haven’t achieved something.
Miss Caroline Bellignan: Teacher of English & History
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SORRY, THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO Teaching VACANCIES AT HAMPTON SCHOOL
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CONTRACT TYPE: Full Time Permanent
CLOSING DATE: 06/01/2025
START DATE: February 2025
Staff Benefits
Pension Scheme
Pension provision for staff is generous and competitive.
Fitness & Wellbeing
An onsite fitness suite is available for use by all members of the Common Room. Colleagues are also invited to use the swimming pool at the neighbouring Lady Eleanor Holles School.
Weekly yoga, running, football and tennis activities are open to all colleagues and there is also a Common Room Book Club and mindfulness sessions.
School Fees Remission
Hampton offers generous fee remission to many colleagues (subject to eligibility) who work at the School. Fee remission at neighbouring Lady Eleanor Holles School (LEH) is also available for children of Hampton School Trust employees, subject to LEH admissions criteria.
Health Care
Private health insurance provides the reassurance of knowing you can get fast access to diagnosis and eligible treatment when you need it. Hampton School’s private health insurance is in association with AXA Health Insurance Company. (Enrolment is subject to eligibility)
Death-in-Service Benefit is available to all members of the Common Room and Personal accident insurance also covers all employees while on-site or on School business.
Hampton has three on-site School counsellors who provide support for pupils and colleagues when needed.
Social Events
Hampton has a friendly and thriving Common Room with social events held throughout the year.
Hampton colleagues are invited to join the renowned Hampton and Lady Eleanor Holles Choral Society and there is a wide range of music, drama and dance performances staged at the School, all of which colleagues are welcome to attend. The Hammond Theatre also regularly streams performances from the National Theatre Live and Royal Opera House, for which discounted tickets are available to staff.
There are also weekly five-a-side staff football matches, social tennis, running, book club and weekly yoga classes.
The Common Room is a warm and friendly place for catching up with colleagues, enjoying a hot drink and snack or relaxing with a newspaper and sharing the morning crossword challenge.
Dining
Freshly prepared lunches are served to all colleagues in the Hampton Dining Room free of charge. There is a selection of hot and cold dishes, vegetarian and vegan options and an extensive salad bar. For busy times, there’s also the option of pre-order grab and go options.
Subsidised breakfast options are also available before School.
Travel to Work
There is free on-site parking for Hampton members of staff for those arriving by two or four wheels. Hampton encourages as many pupils and staff members to travel to School sustainably as possible.
- Bike Racks: Sheffield Stands across both School sites ensure that there is safe, undercover parking for over 200 bikes.
- Cycle to Work Scheme: This is available to all Hampton School Trust employees on a minimum 12-month fixed-term contract or permanent contract. (subject to eligibility)
Partnerships with local bike shops ensure discounts and on-site service collections are available to all staff.
Electric charging points are available on-site and the School is committed to increasing these in the coming years.
Employee Loan Scheme
The School offers an interest-free loan scheme to permanent members of the Common Room (subject to eligibility).
Sabbaticals
Many members of the Hampton Common Room benefit from taking a sabbatical while working with the School. Sabbaticals are available to all Hampton School teaching and support staff, subject to the terms of the Sabbatical Policy in place at the time of application.
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