St Edmund's School Canterbury

New Position: Summer Cleaner
Required from Saturday 4 July – Sunday 23 August

We are seeking reliable and enthusiastic Summer Cleaners to join our team during the busy summer lettings period.

The role will involve working daytime shifts, including weekends, with a minimum commitment of 18 hours per week.

Please email [email protected] for an application form. Students welcome to apply.

We are looking for a reliable and professional Minibus Driver to join our Operations Team.

This is a rewarding opportunity for an experienced driver who enjoys working in a school environment and takes pride in providing a safe, efficient and friendly transport service for our pupils. The role includes supporting daily school transport routes, as well as occasional sporting fixtures, boarding activities and other school events.

If you are dependable, customer-focused and enjoy making a positive difference, we would love to hear from you.

📍 St Edmund's School, Canterbury
📅 Start Date: September 2026
🔗 Apply now via our website or contact: [email protected]
https://www.stedmunds.org.uk/vacancies/casual-mini-bus-driver/

St Edmund's pupils were well-represented at the annual Kent Festival Prize-winners concert at the St Gregory Centre for Music in Canterbury on Saturday. Performers from the Music, Speech and Drama categories delivered a 90-minute programme of items to a good sized and receptive audience.

The evening began with a two pieces from the St Edmund's Junior String Ensemble; Alla Rustica by Vivaldi and Don Quixote Rides Again by Robert Ramskill. Edward Winters, clarinet, played the final movement from the Sonatina by Joseph Horowitz with great panache and energy. Aiden Gibson gave a well-paced prose reading from Five Children and it by E. Nesbit.

Congratulations to all prize-winners and performers.

St Edmund’s School is delighted to announce the appointment of its new Senior Prefect Team for the academic year 2026–27.

Our joint Captains of School will be Lottie and Evan, supported by Vice-Captains Olivia, Matthew, Monty and Rafa. Pictured here alongside them are our House Captains and Boarding Captain, who will all play an important role in supporting the School community over the coming year.

Between them, they have 48 years of experience of life at St Edmund’s and bring a remarkable range of skills, knowledge and enthusiasm to their roles. Together, they will lead a team of 19 prefects.

Senior Deputy Head Catherine Shearer said: "We are delighted to appoint Lottie, Evan, Olivia, Matthew, Monty and Rafa to these leadership positions. They bring a wealth of experience, enthusiasm and commitment to their roles, and I look forward to seeing the contribution they make to the School community over the coming year."

Congratulations to all those appointed.

𝐀𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐧𝐢 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 - We are very excited to let our St. Edmund's School community know that Lucy Reynolds, a former A level Film Studies pupil at St. Edmund's School, works as a documentary filmmaker and producer with her recent film 'Ghost in the Machine' receiving notable international success as an 'official selection' at the Sundance film festival.

The documentary explores the origins of A.I. and is now showing at cinemas in the UK.

Today eight of our short stay boarders visited the White Cliffs of Dover with Mr O'Connor and Sergeant Major French.

They visited the Roman Lighthouse and Anglo-Saxon Church before touring the Great Tower. As you can see, Sergeant Major French was eager to occupy the royal throne in the King's apartment. The team absorbed two thousand years of British history in 90 minutes! We then visited the World War 2 tunnels and learned about Operation Dynamo - the evacuation of 300,000 allied soldiers from Dunkirk in 1940.

The group finished the trip with a hearty pub lunch at The Coastguard in St Margaret's Bay.

We're looking to appoint a School Accountant to join our team at St Edmund's School, Canterbury.

Working closely with the Bursar, the successful candidate will play a key role in overseeing the School's finance function, ensuring robust financial management, accurate reporting and effective planning to support our strategic priorities.

This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who combines strong technical expertise with commercial awareness and enjoys working collaboratively across an organisation.

As a co-educational day and boarding school with a strong sense of community, we're looking for someone who will contribute not only to the effective running of our finance function, but also to the wider life of the School.

To find out more, please view the candidate pack or contact us for further information. https://www.stedmunds.org.uk/vacancies/school-accountant/

While the rest of the school is busy with exams, a selection of Middle Fifth GCSE and Lower Sixth A-level Music students gave us a fantastic lunchtime concert on Thursday afternoon.

Cesar and Jeremy performed for their end-of-year exam and An-Claire, Noam, Rafa and Lauritz for their upcoming UCAS test.

We were also delighted to welcome Felix, who took a quick break from his GCSEs to play the energetic 1st movement of Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in D minor for two violins alongside An-Claire and Mr Payne.

With everything from Dowland to Red Hot Chili Peppers, this concert catered for all tastes!