6 days per week, term-time plus 3 additional weeks in the holidays.
Shift Hours – 07:30 – 11:30, 12:30 – 17:30, 6 days a week (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday).
We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a full-time day Matron, working in an established and effective House team. The successful candidate will assist the Housemistress with the pastoral care and wellbeing of all pupils in the House and promote the collective experience of living in a school community. 2/3rds of the pupils in the house are boarders meaning they live and sleep at school.
The successful candidate will have:
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Proven ability to form professional relationships with teenagers
• A sympathetic and understanding approach with a good sense of humour
• Previous supervisory skills
• Good all-round IT skills
The Matron’s main responsibility is to support the Housemistress by ensuring the safety, welfare and happiness of the pupils, and the smooth running of the domestic and laundry arrangements of the house. The Matron requires understanding and sympathy with the pupils, balancing friendly disposition with the need to maintain discipline.
In addition to a very interesting and rewarding role, we offer a salary up to £27,295 per annum, generous pension contributions, private medical insurance, life insurance, school lunch, free car parking, free use of school facilities when not in use by pupils (library, swimming pool, gym, tennis courts, squash courts) and access to a cycle to work scheme.
Closing Date: 12pm, Monday 16 June 2025.
Interviews will be held at the School on Friday 20 June 2025.
Application Forms should be sent to recruitment@shrewsbury.org.uk. If you wish to submit a postal application please call 01743 280834 for further information. Please note that we do not accept CVs.
Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should a suitable candidate be appointed before the closing date.
Shrewsbury School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, 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.
