Company Profile
Kingswood Oxford School
Company Overview
Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, Kingswood Oxford is a coeducational, independent day school for motivated students in grades 6-12. KO actively seeks to attract and welcome a diverse population of students, faculty, and staff, including differences in race, color, religion, nationality or ethnic origin, gender expression, gender identity, and sexual orientation. At KO we believe that a diversity of ideas and perspectives enriches our community and improves our understanding. We continually work to increase equity and access within our learning community and seek candidates who are similarly committed to this work. If you would like to join us in this work, we welcome your application.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Kingswood Oxford School provides equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, sex, age, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, political belief or activity, status as a veteran, or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to all areas of employment, including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, termination, layoff, compensation, benefits, social and recreational programs, and all other conditions and privileges of employment in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Company History
Kingswood Oxford’s story begins in 1909, when the all-girls Oxford School — one of the nation’s first independent day schools — opened in the Hartford home of its founder, Mary Martin. At the time, the school provided a much-desired alternative education for ambitious and talented students, especially those who did not want to leave home and family for boarding school. In 1926, Martin moved her school to 695 Prospect Avenue in West Hartford, which later served as the site of Kingswood Oxford’s Middle School until the 2003 opening of the Estes Family Building.
Meanwhile, a group of prominent Hartford families, looking to secure tutoring for their sons, recruited George Nicholson, a graduate of the Kingswood School in England. Together, they opened the Kingswood School in 1916, which inherited from Nicholson aspects of the British School tradition including the School’s crest, colors, and symbol of the Wyvern – now Kingswood Oxford’s mascot. At one point in Kingswood's history, the school was located in the Mark Twain House.
As enrollment grew, the School’s trustees purchased land near Outlook Avenue, the site of our current campus. Throughout the 20th century, both Oxford and Kingswood Schools thrived with strong leadership, increasing enrollment, and overall growth.
In the late 1960’s Kingswood’s Headmaster Robert Lazear proposed a merger with the Oxford School in order to create a quality experience for all in a co-educational setting. In 1969, the Schools merged to form the present-day Kingswood Oxford School. At that point, Kingswood Oxford adopted the Oxford motto “Vincit qui se vincit” (“One conquers by conquering oneself”).
Now in its second century, Kingswood Oxford continues its mission of “inspiring students to excel and to lead lives of integrity and involvement.”
Benefits
Full-time KO employees are eligible for the following benefits:
Medical Insurance includes the option of three different medical plans (HMO, POS or HDHP in conjunction with an HSA) with your choice of ConnectiCare or Oxford Health Insurance.
Dental Insurance: Choose from two different dental plans (a core plan or a buy-up plan option) with Delta Dental of New Jersey.
Life Insurance with Sun Life Financial, equal to two times the employee’s annual salary paid 100%. Also available is a voluntary group life insurance plan with the option to purchase additional life insurance (up to $500,000). Supplemental dependent insurance is also available.
Long-term Disability Insurance paid 100% by KO with Sun Life Financial.
Pension Benefits: Kingswood Oxford School contributes 4% of employee’s annual salary to a 403(b) plan with Voya Retirement Services; the school will also match up to an additional 4% of an individual’s contributions. Employees are 100% vested after three years of employment.
KO Tuition Remission: The children of full-time faculty are eligible for tuition remission at KO after the parent's one-year employment anniversary. The children of full-time staff are eligible for tuition remission at KO after the parent's three-year employment anniversary. The tuition remission benefit is 80% of the cost of tuition.
Educational Assistance allowing full-time employees to continue their education in a related field.