Director of Global Links

Wycombe Abbey is a world class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11-18.

It has been at the forefront of girls' boarding education for the last 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School's hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.

The Global Links programme is an exciting new venture at Wycombe Abbey which aims to develop a programme of exceptional opportunities, affording our pupils the chance to live and study abroad and our staff the opportunity to learn from other world-class institutions globally.

We are seeking an ambitious and forward-thinking leader to join us as Director of Global Links, who will be part of our Wider School Leadership Team, to develop and lead the programme, including exchanges, for both pupils and staff, providing exceptional opportunities to broaden horizons and enable Wycombe Abbey to build relationships with, and learn from, leading schools around the world.

The successful candidate will teach a significantly reduced timetable to reflect the seniority of the role.

Wycombe Abbey has its own pay scale which compares favourably with other independent schools and is well above that of the maintained sector.

To apply: Further details can be found under 'Current Vacancies' on our website. Please see the job profile document for full information about this role.

To apply, please complete an application form and submit this, together with a covering letter, to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan by selecting "Apply for this job". Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on or

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 23 October 2024.

Interviews: Thursday 7 November 2024.

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare:

- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions.

- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

Further information regarding filtered convictions, please refer to Filtering Guidance by the Ministry of Justice and Nacro Guidance .

We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.