Job vacancies

Gardener

Sherborne Schools Group is seeking a Gardener to play a key role in maintaining and developing the school’s gardens and outdoor spaces, ensuring they are presented to a consistently high standard throughout the year. Based primarily at Sherborne Girls School, this is a varied, hands-on position where no two days are quite the same. The successful candidate will be involved in all aspects of garden maintenance, seasonal planting, and the upkeep of lawns, borders and wider landscape areas, helping to create an environment that reflects the quality and character of the school.

In addition to supporting the day-to-day appearance of Sherborne Girls, the role also offers the opportunity to contribute to the wider Sherborne Schools Group, with occasional work across other sites as required. Working as part of a supportive and experienced grounds team, you will play an important part in ensuring the school grounds are welcoming for pupils, staff and visitors, as well as supporting the preparation of outdoor areas for school events and activities.

This is a great opportunity for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys being outdoors, and is keen to be part of a busy and collaborative environment, with scope to make a visible impact across a well-regarded and historic educational setting.

Income Team Leader

Sherborne Schools Group is seeking an Income Team Leader to support the effective day-to-day management of the Group’s income function. This role has responsibility for overseeing the full income-to-cash cycle, including billing, invoicing, credit control, remissions and income collection. The postholder will ensure that all processes are accurate, well controlled and compliant, maintaining strong oversight of income-related activity and supporting the consistent application of policies and procedures across the Group. Working closely with the Assistant Finance Director, the role also contributes to the preparation of management information, monthly reporting and the wider budgeting and forecasting processes, including supporting cash flow planning and financial analysis.

The position requires regular communication with parents, customers and other stakeholders, responding to queries in a professional, timely and sensitive manner. As a central point of contact for income-related matters, the Income Team Leader will help ensure a clear and consistent approach to all aspects of billing and income collection. The role also includes oversight of debt management activity, monitoring aged debt and liaising with third-party recovery agencies where necessary, ensuring that recovery processes are appropriate and proportionate.

Based primarily at Sherborne Girls School, the role forms part of the wider Sherborne Schools Group and will support activity across multiple schools and sites as required. The Income Team Leader will coordinate the day-to-day work of the income team, ensuring that tasks are completed in line with deadlines and supporting colleagues where needed, particularly during busy periods. In addition to core responsibilities, the role contributes to related areas such as trips accounting and transport charges, helping to ensure these are accurately recorded and applied across the Group.

The role works closely with colleagues across a range of departments, including Admissions, HR, Estates and IT, supporting a joined-up approach to financial and operational planning. It also contributes to the wider life of the Group, taking part in cross-school initiatives and supporting ongoing development of processes and systems. This is an opportunity to play a key role in supporting both the day-to-day financial operations and the continued development of Sherborne Schools Group.

Director of Digital Innovation

The Director of Digital Innovation will provide Group-wide executive leadership for digital strategy, transformation, governance, and organisational innovation across all schools and commercial entities within the Sherborne Schools Group. The role is responsible for setting the strategic direction, standards, investment priorities, and governance frameworks for digital innovation, ensuring alignment with the Group’s long-term educational, operational, financial, and reputational objectives. Operating at Group level, the postholder will establish strategy and performance frameworks and may include a small teaching commitment, although the primary function is executive leadership rather than classroom delivery. Based at Sherborne Schools Group, the role may require working across different schools or sites and reporting to the Head of Sherborne Girls and the Headmaster of Sherborne Boys. The Director of Digital Innovation will also work in close partnership with the Director of Entrepreneurship to ensure alignment between enterprise strategy, digital capability, AI integration, data strategy, and organisational innovation frameworks.

The role will lead the development and implementation of a Group-wide Digital Innovation Strategy and a three-to-five-year Digital Transformation Roadmap spanning academic delivery, digital literacy, operational systems, data infrastructure, AI integration, and enterprise architecture across UK and international franchise schools, commercial subsidiaries, and future ventures. Responsibilities include establishing governance and standards, advising senior leadership and Governors on digital risk and opportunity, overseeing investment planning and ROI, and ensuring alignment between academic priorities, infrastructure, and financial sustainability. The postholder will also lead digital governance, safeguarding, compliance, and risk management; develop a Group-wide data strategy and intelligence capability; and embed measurable KPIs and data-informed decision-making. The position will drive a culture of innovation, collaboration, and capability development across the Group, including curriculum support and staff training, while maintaining strategic alignment with IT and infrastructure. In addition, the Director will lead external partnerships, benchmarking, and representation of the Group in digital innovation initiatives, including international projects, and may be required to travel between UK and international Sherborne schools as appropriate.

Management Account

Sherborne Schools Group is seeking an experienced and motivated finance professional to join our Finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to take responsibility for the day to day financial management of the Group’s subsidiaries, playing a key role in financial reporting, budgeting, statutory accounts and compliance. Working closely with the Assistant Finance Director and colleagues across the Group, you will provide accurate financial information and insightful analysis to support informed decision making and the continued success of our schools.

The successful candidate will have strong accounting and financial reporting experience, excellent attention to detail and the ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. As well as overseeing monthly and year end processes, you will contribute to audit preparation, budget monitoring, financial controls and continuous improvement initiatives. This varied and rewarding role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to a respected and ambitious educational organisation, while developing your career within a collaborative and supportive finance function.

Custodian (Security Officer)

Sherborne Schools Group is seeking a trustworthy and committed Custodian. The primary responsibility of the Custodian team is to support the security and welfare of the pupils, staff, residents and visitors to the Sherborne Boys site. The Custodian team provides a trustworthy, knowledgeable, and benevolent service to all members of the School community contributing to a safe and respectful environment.

While their primary place of work will be the Boys School, the postholder will also be expected to contribute to and support initiatives across the wider Sherborne Schools Group. From time to time, they may be required to work at other schools or sites within the Group to meet the needs of the business.

The Custodians are often the first point of contact for any visitors and create the tone and first impressions of the School. The Custodian role covers security (including CCTV operation), key and electronic access control, visitor reception, event support, incident response, parking, and post management.

Hours of work: 40 hours per week as per the staff rota.  Shift patterns are likely to be 6.30am until 2.30pm or 2.30pm until 10.30pm (less a 30-minute unpaid break to be taken in accordance with the business demands).  Times and hours of work may vary to meet School requirements.  The rota operates 5 days out of 7 (to include evening and weekend work) with capacity for weekends off taking into account School requirements.

The post-holder will be required to work an on-call system during the hours of 10.30pm until 6.30am, on a rota basis, being the first point of call during the night cover to attend the School estate in response to alarm activations, incidents, and emergencies, relevant to an individual’s employment contract.

Choral Scholar (Tenor)

Sherborne Boys School is seeking a talented and enthusiastic Tenor Choral Scholar to join our vibrant and supportive music community. This is an exciting opportunity for an aspiring singer to develop their skills within a tradition of choral excellence.

You will sing regularly with both the Abbey Choir and school ensembles, performing a varied repertoire. Strong sight-reading skills are essential due to the fast-paced rehearsal schedule. Alongside performance commitments, you will support the Music School through light administrative duties and assisting with rehearsals and lessons.

The role includes services on Sundays and Thursdays, and rehearsals on Monday and Friday evenings. The working week is 40 hours during term time, with some additional commitments during holiday periods. This post would suit a gap year student or graduate.

Sherborne has a strong track record of supporting Choral Scholars into leading university scholarships, making this an ideal stepping stone for future study.