Assistant Housemistress (Boarding House) – Evenings and Weekends
Part Time
Required for September 2025
Fixed Term until early July 2026 (with the potential to becoming permanent)
We are seeking compassionate and responsible boarding staff to join our vibrant school community for the next academic year (September 2025 – early July 2026) with the possibility of this becoming a permanent role from September 2026.
If you are looking for a rewarding role working with young people, supporting them in their residential life, ensuring a safe, engaging, and positive boarding experience – please apply today. This key role focuses on providing excellent weekend support (Friday evening, Saturday, and Sunday) to our boarding students, exclusively during term time. You’ll play a vital part in creating a nurturing and enjoyable atmosphere for our students’ weekend activities and well-being.
We are flexible around shifts and will work with you to ensure we reach a working pattern suitable for everyone. Extra evening work during the week might also be available. You will assist the Housemistress in matters relating to the welfare of the House and the care of the boarders and, in their absence, you will assume responsibility
Working as boarding staff, you will be required to stay overnight in a boarding flat so you can be readily available to support students, handle emergencies, and generally maintain a safe and supportive environment after regular school hours. It is, however, rare for there to be emergencies during the night.
Single accommodation is available. Local applicants may prefer to be non-residential, residing only when on duty. Many of our staff live on site, we have fifty residential properties spread around the grounds, and RMS has a strong family ethos. For those who want the bright lights, thirty minutes on the tube will get you to Central London, and for those who don’t, a walk around our 300 acres of parkland on a summer evening is hard to beat.
This role may be appealing not only to experienced boarding staff, but also to those open to experiencing boarding for the first time and who are wishing to challenge themselves to achieve their full potential. Job share would be considered.
The Royal Masonic School for Girls (RMS) is an independent day and boarding school with a supportive and nurturing ethos. RMS provides an exceptionally favourable working environment, with keen students and stunning surroundings. You will join our boarding team to support the welfare of approximately 80 boarders across three boarding houses and will be sharing responsibility for the operation of the boarding house, and the pastoral care and support of the boarders, creating a happy, respectful, safe and caring atmosphere. RMS boarders enjoy a lively and varied programme of activities and benefit from outstanding pastoral care.
RMS is one of the top performing schools nationally for Value Added at GCSE and A level and we are proud to be an inclusive school where all girls are encouraged to fulfil their potential. Potential candidates are strongly encouraged to visit the school website www.rmsforgirls.com for more information about our thriving school, with its inclusive community spirit that encourages both girls and staff to share a commitment to continued personal, professional and academic development.
To make an application:
- Please read the Job Description before completing your application.
- To apply, please complete the My New Term Application Form, using the Supporting Statement section of the form to detail your suitability for the role, how your knowledge, experience and training meet the person specification. Please note CVs are not accepted. Link to apply: https://www.rmsforgirls.com/about-us/working-at-rms/
- The closing date for applications is Friday 27th June at 9.00am. Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time, please apply as soon as possible.
- Interviews will be held as soon as possible
- If you have any questions or would like to discuss this role further, please contact HR at hradmin@rmsforgirls.com or telephone the School on 01923 725762.
- We welcome female applicants only as this is position is in a girls’ boarding house. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with schedule 9, part 1 of the Equality Act.
The Royal Masonic School is an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to promoting equity, celebrating diversity and fostering inclusion in every aspect of school life for both pupils and staff in order to enable every individual to thrive. Our school community is built around our core values of inclusivity, courage, ambition, kindness, perseverance and integrity. Through the promotion of these values, we aim to ensure that every individual at RMS is celebrated and empowered to develop both personally and professionally. We encourage applications from everyone who shares these values and will embrace them at all times.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
The Royal Masonic School for Girls is a Private Limited Company, Registered No 1339867 England, Registered Charity No 276784
