Finance Assistant

A thriving Catholic co-educational day and boarding school for pupils aged 3 -18

A Career at St Edmund’s College
**FINANCE ASSISTANT**

**Closing Date for Applications**:
Midday, Monday 18th September 2023.
**Interviews to take place**:
Shortly after the closing date

St Edmund’s College, Old Hall Green, Ware, Hertfordshire, SG11 1DS

Education for the whole person:
Intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual

Our Community

The College has an incredible sense of community among its staff which can be felt immediately.
The fascination of our setting is lasting and the Good Schools Guide describes the College as:
“A successful, flourishing, dependable school with real spiritual heart.”

Our 400 acre site with its large leafy grounds, impressive playing fields and attractive school buildings offers modern facilities in a country setting, providing a safe and stimulating environment for young minds. With excellent transport links and only 30 minutes by train to central London stations, the College is 20 minutes’ drive from junction 25 of the M25, immediately off the A10. Also within easy access is London Stansted airport, which is a 20-minute drive.

At St Edmund’s we strive to:

- Provide a rounded education for the whole person - intellectual, physical, emotional and spiritual.
- Encourage students to demonstrate care and concern at home and in the wider community.
- Reflect the scholarship of St Edmund with a balanced and challenging curriculum for each individual.
- Show concern for all within the College community, demonstrate our collective commitment to be truly

Christ-centred in all we do, and ensure that the students’ experience of relationships within the College reflects the Gospel maxim, “Love thy neighbour as thy self”.
- Build on our enriching Catholic heritage, making prayer, worship and liturgy a central part of our lives and our community.
- Create meaningful interaction between the College, home and the wider community and prepare our students to make their way in the world while making a difference to the world.

The ISI regulatory compliance inspection in November 2019 recorded that all eight parts of the standards were met.

Rooted in Christ and Catholic tradition and under the guidance of our patron, St Edmund, we aim to realise the God-given potential, in body, mind and spirit, of all members of our community through service and leadership.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
All applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Our History

Founded in 1568, St Edmund’s College is the oldest Catholic school in England, offering an all round co-education for students from 3 to 18. Our community values both academic excellence and the achievement of one’s personal best, right through from our Prep school, to Sixth Form and beyond.
We are proud of our academic achievements at GCSE and A Level.

Originally located in Douai, France as a seminary to train priests, the College also became a Catholic school for boys. During the French Revolution, it transferred to England and found its present home on the beautiful site of Old Hall Green in 1793.

In 1874 the junior boys were separated from the rest of the College into St Hugh’s Preparatory School, which became St Edmund’s Prep in 2010, and in 1974 girls from the adjacent Poles Convent were admitted to
Rhetoric as the first stage towards co-education, which was accomplished by the closure of Poles in 1986.

**ST EDMUND’S COLLEGE 1568 - 2018**
450 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING CATHOLIC EDUCATION

Five Year Strategic Plan

Reflecting the scholarship of St Edmund with a balanced and challenging curriculum

Educating the A Christ-centred Demonstrating care whole person: education and concern at home mind, body and in the wider and spirit community

Building on our

Catholic heritage

The Governors’ and Headmaster’s aim is to raise our standards even further, with continued investment in staff, buildings and resources, and they have developed a Five Year Strategic Plan, which is inspired by the
College’s Five Mission Aims:

- Christ Centred Education
- Scholarship of St Edmund
- Education of the Whole Person
- Home and the Wider Community
- Catholic Heritage

What Advantages do our Staff Enjoy?

Relationships between students and staff, both teaching and non-teaching, are extremely strong.

We hold professional development to be of the utmost importance, and have a generous training budget for that purpose, as well as an established appraisal system.

The College offers the following benefits:

- Excellent catering facilities including school lunches during term time when the kitchens are open, cakes and biscuits during break times in the staff common room and hot drinks machines.
- Use of the Colle