Company Hampton School Location HAMPTON, United Kingdom Functional Area Teaching Workplace type On site
Company Description Hampton is one of the country's leading, most successful and best–resourced independent schools and has been helping boys to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations for over 460 years.
Established over 460 years ago, Hampton is one of the country's foremost, highest–achieving and best–resourced independent schools. Our community is vibrant, dynamic and happy, making it a wonderful place to teach and learn. Members of the Common Room are talented and hugely supportive of one another and their pupils; they share their love of learning with young people who are bright, intellectually inquisitive and aspirational.
Hampton is a lively, friendly and inclusive School community where we aspire to enable our boys to not only to make sense of the world, but also to want to go out and improve it. Above all, Hamptonians are encouraged and indeed expected to aspire to personal best while supporting those around them with kindness and respect.
Situated on a green–field site in a leafy suburb of South West London, we are fortunate to have 28 acres of playing fields within our spacious grounds. Pupils and staff alike benefit from first–class facilities across all areas of School life. These include a state–of–the–art 3G sportsground, a large and well–appointed Sports Hall, and the remarkable Hammond Theatre for the Performing Arts, along with an excellent library and specialist facilities for Art, Music, Science, Technology, Computer Science and Languages (Modern and Classical). Our older pupils enjoy impressive Sixth Form private study and Careers provision in The Barry Martin Centre.
The Millennium Boat House, shared with our neighbouring girls' school, Lady Eleanor Holles, has a prime location on the nearby River Thames, and provides the focal point for our popular and successful Boat Club.
Hamptonians' examination results and university entrance record consistently rank in the top echelon nationally and indeed internationally. Nearly all Hampton leavers go on to undergraduate courses at Russell Group or equivalent universities; around 25 pupils are offered places at Oxford and Cambridge annually, and a significant number move on to global top–10 universities. We annually support pupils who wish to study at universities in North America, some of whom secure academic and/or sporting scholarships.
Hampton's notably diverse, socially inclusive nature is an especially cherished part of our DNA and we as far from being a stereotypical public school as any setting in the independent sector. Currently, 7% of our boys (around 100 in total) attend on means–tested, free places, many of which are funded by a separate but closely linked educational charity, The Fitzwygram Foundation.
Our alumni network is extremely strong and former pupils (Old Hamptonians – OHs) remain deeply committed to their School, in no small part due to the exceptionally warm and mutually respectful relationships between pupils and colleagues here.
- generous holiday provision and salaries enhanced above maintained sector scales.
- Private health insurance cover is provided, along with free lunches in a dedicated staff dining room, and excellent CPD provision.
- Subsidised single accommodation within School–owned properties in the local area may also be available for new colleagues.
- Those with children who meet the Hampton Pre–Prep & Prep School and/or senior school entrance requirements are eligible for substantial fee remission.
- A reciprocal fee remission arrangement is offered to staff whose daughters meet the entry criteria for our neighbouring girls' school, Lady Eleanor Holles.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Alongside those joining us from university PGCE courses or as experienced teachers, we recruit talented people from a variety of sectors, including post–doctoral research, universities, industry, and commerce. Successful candidates who are new entrants to the teaching profession are supported towards qualified teacher status (QTS) via an in–post PGCE course offered in conjunction with the University of Buckingham.
Hampton is a highly regarded name on any teaching CV and our School often acts as a professional springboard. Many colleagues have successfully moved on to middle or senior leadership roles; several former members of the Common Room have been appointed as HMC/GSA Heads over recent years.
We are especially proud to have been one of only a handful of schools nationally awarded the ISI's rare 'Significant Strength' endorsement, in recognition of our co–curricular programme and its impact on pupils' wellbeing, behaviour and achievement. Inspectors were struck by the curiosity, enthusiasm and kindness of our boys, and equally impressed by the expertise of Hampton's teaching and support staff.
In September 2026, Hampton and our neighbouring girls' school, Lady Eleanor Holles (LEH), formalised their longstanding partnership, building on decades of close collaboration to create even more opportunities for pupils. This is not a merger – each School retained its own identity, leadership and governing board – but it aims to bring pupils an enhanced programme of joint clubs, competitions, leadership initiatives and shared facilities. By the end of their Sixth Form years, pupils at both Schools will have forged life–long friendships and develop the confidence to thrive at university and beyond.
A copy of the full ISI report can found on the School website and a summary booklet of the inspection team's key findings is linked here .
The subject is a maternity cover position to start in January 2027.
Physics is a core subject up to IGCSE and around 160 Sixth Form pupils study OCR Physics A level. All staff in the Department are subject specialists and there is great scope to make your mark on the development of the department. The successful applicant will be committed to delivering genuinely imaginative, varied and challenging courses at all levels in the school including stretching the most able up to Oxbridge level.
Hampton is one of the country's foremost independent schools where equity, diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our ethos and the School has a thriving partnerships programme.
The successful candidate will be expected to teach up to 30 (40 minute) lessons per week, which would usually include a games afternoon and a form tutor period. The role involves planning appropriate lessons and dealing with marking and reporting.
A contribution to the wide life of the School is also expected from staff at Hampton and the successful candidate will be welcome to take part in the wide range of co–curricular School activities – Sport, Music, Drama, the Adventure Society and many more.
THE DEPARTMENT
The Physics department currently has 11 Teachers and 2 Technicians and the post would suit an experienced Teacher seeking an opportunity to teach within an outstanding and highly academic School.
The subject is taught in eight well equipped laboratories situated together along a ground floor corridor in the main school building. All laboratories are equipped with a data projector to link to the Teacher's laptop. The Physics Staff Room and lobby area for book collections are situated centrally within the Department. Technical and logistical assistance is offered by the Technicians.
Physics at Hampton is taught by subject specialists as a separate and distinct science from the start. In the First and Second Year, Physics is taught in Form groups of one double period per week to which is added a single period in the Third Year. All pupils are entered for Edexcel IGCSE Physics and there is no Double Award. 24% of timetable time is given to Science (Physics, Chemistry and Biology). Results have been outstanding with 91% achieving 9 or 8 grades in Physics IGCSE in 2026.
Physics is increasingly popular in the Sixth Form and currently 73 pupils study Physics in the Upper Sixth with a further 91 taking the subject in the Lower Sixth. The subject attracts a generous share of the stronger candidates in the School and in % of candidates achieved an A or A grade. Sets average about 11 in size and do not usually exceed 13. These sets are taught by two teachers who work in parallel.
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Teacher of Physics (Maternity Cover), London in City of London employer: Hampton School
Hampton School is an exceptional employer that fosters a vibrant and inclusive work culture, encouraging creativity and innovation in teaching. Located in London, we offer our staff extensive professional development opportunities, including PGCE routes with the University of Buckingham, ensuring that you can grow and thrive in your career while making a meaningful impact on students' lives.
