Creative Student Placement – Uppingham Careers

Creative Student Placement

Job details

Contract hours: Full time
Basis: Fixed Term
Salary: Unpaid - shared accommodation will be provided
Location: Uppingham
Closing date: 12 April 2026, 12:00 am

Description

This is an exciting opportunity for creative graduates to develop their skills and experience within an award-winning arts centre.

Uppingham School is seeking graduates with experience in one or more of the following – Design (Product / Industrial Design), Fine Art, Photography or Fashion/Textiles to play key roles supporting students within our award-winning Leonardo Centre.

Creative Placement Students will support pupils experimenting with art, design, textiles and photography. The role encompasses teaching, coaching, mentoring, and providing technical support for various creative subjects. There could also be the possibility of being involved with our extensive sports programme at Uppingham School.

The successful candidates will be enthusiastic team players with a love of creative work. They will also be integral members of our busy seven-day-a-week boarding school community and have some pastoral responsibilities within the boarding houses.

During your placement, we offer you:

  • Shared accommodation for the academic year with bills included
  • Meals during term-time
  • Team teaching (up to 16 hours per week)
  • The opportunity to be mentored by and work alongside experienced creative teachers and technicians
  • The opportunity to run individual workshops focusing on your specialism during the extended opening times
  • The opportunity to take on a pastoral role in one of the Uppingham School boarding houses, assisting with house trips and events
  • A small CPD budget to enable your professional development during the placement

Additional employment during summer and Easter school holidays may be available through Uppingham Enterprises (subject to successful application).

This is a fixed-term, 12‑month position, due to commence at the end of August 2026.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button. 

Closing date:  12th April 2026.

Interviews: 20th April 2026

Please note that we reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we have received an adequate number of applications therefore we encourage early submission.

 

Creative Student Placement – Candidate Information Pack

Please fill out the application form (below) and submit it to Recruitment@uppingham.co.uk

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All positions at the School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore ALL convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ under the Act) MUST be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. All information given will be treated as confidential and each case will be taken on its merits. Failure to disclose this information may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or immediate termination of employment.

Uppingham School is an equal opportunities employer.

Working at Uppingham

Uppingham is a vibrant, stimulating, energetic and forward-looking school. Our community is made up of talented people offering a diverse range of experiences. We welcome applications from candidates who are both experienced and new to working within the independent education sector.