Job overview
School Counsellor
8-13 hours per week over 2-3 days/ Term time only
(To include after school availability until 4.45 pm one day/week).
The preferred days of work would be a Monday and Tuesday or a Wednesday morning
Pay Range 7 from £40,835 - £45,072 (FTE) £12,002.18 - £13,247.51 (actual) for 13 hours per week 38 weeks per year
We have a vacancy for a School Counsellor who will provide a counselling service for students in Years 7-13, as part of our experienced counselling team. You will not only counsel and support our wonderful students but will also be a key member of our friendly, collaborative and highly capable pastoral team, sharing your expertise to promote mental and emotional health and well-being at our school. This is a varied, fascinating and very impactful role. The successful candidate will be a team-player, a strong communicator and will be passionate about making a really positive difference in our school. They will need to perform duties within the codes of practice and ethics recommended by the BACP, UKCP or equivalent organisation.
Within the Challoner’s High community, you will experience:
A positive place to work with excellent facilities and IT resources and lots of purposeful and community-minded people around you (unlike working from home!)
Use of staff gym; free staff yoga and fitness classes on site; staff discounts at local shops and restaurants in Little Chalfont, free flu jabs, some free food, local theatres discounts when available, two-week October half term
Membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
Qualified daughters of staff are given priority in the school’s over subscription criteria after 2 or more years’ service
Excellent train links to London (on the Metropolitan line)
Dr Challoner's High School is a leading selective state grammar school for girls, with a strong academic tradition and an ambitious outlook for the future. The school has a broad vision for education and is characterised by a highly purposeful pursuit of personal bests with a keen sense of fun bubbling under the surface. Challoner’s girls are articulate, courteous, sparky, hard-working and achieve highly in all areas. The school is graded Outstanding by Ofsted and was rated as ‘Leading’ in all areas by Challenge Partners.
The best advert however for working at Dr Challoner’s High School will always be our hugely rewarding students
Responsible to: Deputy Head (Pastoral)
Salary / Allowances applicable: Pay Range 7 from £40,835 - £45,072 (FTE) £12,002.18 - £13,247.51 (actual) for 13 hours per week 38 weeks per year
Start Date: February/March 2026
Application Deadline: Noon, Monday 19th January
Interview Date: Thursday 22nd January 2026
Applications should be emailed to jo.barnes@challonershigh.com
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and those interested in job-sharing. Dr Challoner’s High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and expects all staff to share this commitment.
Please refer to our website where you can view our Child Protection and Safeguarding, and Safer Recruitment Policies. This is a regulated activity.
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The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and Section 128 check, where applicable. We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.
Disclosure of Criminal Records
As a school, we are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. This means that certain criminal convictions and cautions, including some that are spent, must be declared when applying to work with children.
If you are shortlisted for interview, you will be required to disclose:
• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. not filtered) under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975, as amended in 2020
Failure to disclose relevant information may result in withdrawal of an offer or dismissal if appointed.
Salary range
- £7 - £45,072 per year