The housemistress is a key person in the lives of the girls in their house. She is the main point of contact (both formal and informal) for parents and is responsible for the happiness, wellbeing, welfare and discipline of the girls in her house.
The housemistress can be a teaching or non-teaching role. If a teacher, the housemistress will teach up to 0.5 of a full timetable; we will consider candidates with any subject specialism. If not in a teaching role, the housemistress may be asked to support the school with some administration tasks for an equivalent amount of time.
The housemistress will have an overview of the girls’ progress and wellbeing and will liaise with colleagues across the school concerning their academic and personal progress. In this respect the housemistress is crucial in ensuring a link between the academic and pastoral life of the school. Houseparents’ work within the pastoral team and liaise with its members as well as with academic, medical and administrative departments. You will be supported by a resident matron, who will deputise for you during time off, and will help you with all aspects of the running of the boarding house.
The housemistress has an allocated day off each week and alternate weekends off. A weekend off starts at 16.20 on Friday and ends at 18.00 on Sunday. During the week, the day off is from 7am until 7am the following morning.
The role is available with a two-bedroom flat attached to the boarding house; accommodation is provided rent free and may be occupied all year round. The housemistress may occupy the accommodation with family, subject to safeguarding checks.
Please view the full job description via our vacancies page here.
Our boarding section of the website is linked here to browse also.
For any queries about the role or the application process, please contact the HR department by telephone: 01962 835798 or email: recruitment@stswithuns.com.
