Higher Education & Careers Coordinator

Tonbridge Grammar School, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2JR

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2026

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £29,448.00 - £30,999.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata £20,881 - £21,980

Higher Education & Careers Coordinator job summary

According to Ofsted 2024: Students are exceptionally well prepared for their next steps. The School has carefully mapped out pathways to an increasing variety of different career opportunities. The School deploys past alumni well in supporting students to think about their lives and careers beyond the school. Current students also aspire to maintain these connections with the school when they move on to their adult lives.

Join our friendly and committed staff

You will work closely with the Director of Sixth Form, Careers Leader, Heads of Years, Form Tutors and external organisations, to ensure that students are prepared for their next steps.

The position is term-time plus one week to be worked in the Summer holidays, including UCAS admissions days in August.

We offer an extensive CPD programme, leadership development opportunities and strong support for staff wellbeing. Tonbridge Grammar School is an outstanding, high‑performing state grammar school with a mixed Sixth Form and a vibrant, ambitious student body. We value diversity and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. Apply now to join a forward‑thinking team and a community where every member is valued and supported to succeed.

We are committed to staff wellbeing and offer:

5 Additional INSET days a year

Free use of our Fitness suite

Staff wellbeing package including winter flu jabs

Parking/electric car charging

Cycle to work scheme

Active staff community and socials

Closing Date: Wednesday 30 September 2026

Interview: Wednesday 7 October 2026

Tonbridge Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to interview before the closing date.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Tonbridge Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Tonbridge Grammar School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1150 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Tonbridge Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/tonbridge-grammar-school

Tonbridge Grammar School; a high performing state grammar school in Kent
Educating girls aged 11 to 16 years and with a co-ed sixth form, TGS regularly features in listings of the top ranked schools in the South East and the UK. In our most recent Ofsted inspection in 2024, inspectors judged that Tonbridge Grammar School maintained the standards identified in their 2019 inspection; ‘outstanding for overall effectiveness’. We have a vibrant enrichment programme and wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do. There is a real sense of community with staff, students and parents/carers working together.

TGS is situated in Kent ‘the garden of England’, close to Royal Tunbridge Wells. This location is ideal for trips to London and you will also find beautiful countryside on your doorstep. Excellent transport links to both London and the coast.

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