Housemistress/master, starting September 2026, residential, permanent – Sixth Form
The Housemistress/master (HsM) holds an invaluable position within the framework of an outstanding and highly motivated pastoral team. They should be a skilled practitioner with experience in a residential setting who has the capacity to manage a boarding house of around 60 pupils and a team of 2 addtional residential staff plus domestic staff and evening. Alongside this, they must be driven to care for, guide and motivate pupils, while working and living in one of our sixth form boarding houses (ages 16-18). Boarding arrangements are structured horizontally with pupils living in their own year groups. The quality of the care and support pupils receive from the House Staff is of critical importance to the school’s success and to the happiness and future success of our students.
As part of the broader pastoral and residential team, you will work with your House team in creating and maintaining a vibrant and welcoming family environment in which students feel happy, fulfilled and well supported. You will have a strong collaborative approach, liaising daily with senior leaders, tutors, teachers, the Health Centre and the estates and domestic teams. Your support will enable the students in your boarding house to thrive and fulfil their potential in all areas of school life.
If in a teaching role, the Housemistress/master, will teach a reduced number of lessons (10) in their chosen subject as part of our academic curriculum.
Additional Pastoral Assistants help to cover the House during the daytime hours while all other teachers carry out one evening duty in house per week.
Salary is dependent on experience. Range from £28,985 – £48,254 (teaching). It is a full-time contract (paid for 52 weeks of the year), working 35 term time weeks per year, with all school holiday weeks recognised as annual leave.
A HsM’s work is not of a nature which lends itself to the rigid definition of hours.
We look forward to receiving applications from teaching or non-teaching candidates who are ready to embrace the full and varied life of a busy boarding school; caring for, guiding and supporting our students.
Work with us – Calne Independent Schools
Closing date for applications:Â Friday 9 January 2026 @ 9am
