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Assistant Tutor - Resident

Posted on 16/02/2026

Advertising End Date:
18 Mar 2026
All Locations:

Westminster, London
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Section:
Westminster Abbey Choir School
Vacancy Type:
Fixed Term Full-Time
Salary Details:
In accordance with eligibility under the National Minimum Wage.
Contracted Hours:
40
Proposed Interview Date
Not Specified

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About The Role
Westminster Abbey Choir School is seeking a highly motivated school leaver or recent graduate to join our dedicated staff team.

As a resident member of the school community, you will play a key role in supporting all aspects of school life. Working closely with teaching staff and pupils, your responsibilities will include assisting with boarding duties, classroom support, sport, and general supervision across the school.

This is a unique opportunity to be fully immersed in the life of one of the country’s foremost choir schools. It is particularly well-suited to someone considering a future career in teaching, church music, or child psychology, and looking to gain hands-on experience in a nurturing, vibrant educational setting.

If you are enthusiastic, responsible, and eager to make a meaningful contribution to the development of young people, we would love to hear from you.

Further information about the role, including terms and conditions, is available in the Candidate Application Pack.

Safeguarding
Westminster Abbey is committed to the safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk. To prevent them from harm, we undertake appropriate checks (including the relevant level of criminal record check) on staff and volunteers and require them to complete relevant safeguarding training. This post requires an enhanced level criminal record check.
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Westminster Abbey Choir School is a remarkable school. It exists to educate and care for around 30 boy choristers of Westminster Abbey. Unique amongst choir schools, Westminster Abbey Choir School admits only singing boys, who are boarders in the relative peace and calm of Dean’s Yard in the centre of London. It is thus a small, tightly knit community, with a strong sense of shared purpose both among pupils and between pupils and teachers. The school has a warm, cooperative atmosphere in which flexibility and teamwork are key to the smooth running of the boys’ busy timetable.

Boys are selected by audition and academic test at the age of seven to start at the school in Year 4. At age 13 they normally move on to one of a wide range of leading schools, to which the great majority win music scholarships.

In addition to providing outstanding musical training, Westminster Abbey Choir School also maintains a full academic curriculum leading to the Common Entrance Examination at 13+, and in some cases to academic scholarships to senior schools. High standards are expected of both pupils and teachers. This inevitably makes for a busy weekly schedule in which academic and musical commitments have to be balanced.

The school is generously staffed with eight full time and three part time academic staff, six full time and three part time support staff and over 15 peripatetic music staff. As a department of Westminster Abbey, the school forms part of the Abbey’s overall administrative structure drawing on its maintenance, finance, IT and human resources departments.

In a school of this size, staff get to know each boy very well indeed and around ten of the staff live on the premises. Central to the school’s ethos is an informal, supportive atmosphere in which all of its members – pupils and staff – treat one another with consideration and respect. Indeed, this culture is common to the whole community of Westminster Abbey.

The close relationship with Westminster Abbey brings a special dimension to the school. The boys sing in the Abbey almost every day of the week and develop a special affinity and love for this church, which is both an ancient place of Christian worship and a high-profile national symbol. They are regularly called upon to sing at special occasions such as the state funeral of HM Queen Elizabeth II and the Coronation of HM King Charles III. They also give public concerts both here and abroad, and make recordings. Their touring schedule is also recommencing during the 2025-2026 academic year with our first tour taking place to America in April 2026.

The school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Details of the safeguarding policy can be found on the Choir School website: Policies | Westminster Abbey Choir School

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