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Boarding House Matron

Boarding House Matron

Shrewsbury School

Shropshire

  • Expired
Salary:
Up to £24,494.00 per annum plus school accommodation all year round
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
Required as soon as possible
Apply by:
9 February 2023

Job overview

Full time, term time plus 3 weeks

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a full-time Matron to a key residential role in an established Boarding House team, providing pastoral care to teenage girls.

As Matron, you will support the Housemistress by ensuring the welfare and well-being of the girls in the Boarding House, and the smooth running of the domestic and laundry arrangements of the house. The Matron requires an ability to show understanding and sympathy with pupils, balancing a friendly disposition with the need to maintain discipline.  

The successful candidate will be a responsible and caring person, who would enjoy working and living in our School community. They 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 would be an advantage as you will have light supervision of a team of domestic staff
  • Good all-round ICT skills
  • A full driving licence and own vehicle, as there will be times when you will be required to take pupils to the hospital/dental appointments

In addition to a very interesting and rewarding role, we offer a competitive salary of up to £24,494.00 per annum, school accommodation all year round, generous pension contributions, private medical insurance,  life insurance, school lunch in Kingsland Hall when the kitchens are operational, 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.

A full application pack and job description can be obtained by clicking the apply button.

Alternatively, please email recruitment@shrewsbury.org.uk or telephone 01743 280 834.

Closing date for applications: 12pm, Thursday 9th February 2023.

Interviews will be held at the School on Wednesday 15th February 2023.

Shrewsbury School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates will undergo thorough child protection screening including checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service.

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About Shrewsbury School

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A brief history of Shrewsbury:

Shrewsbury School, Independent School of the Year 2020, has a world-class reputation for all-round excellence. Fully co-educational, with a seven-day boarding heartbeat and an integral day community, the school delivers a dynamic education that develops the abilities and enthusiasms of each and every pupil.

Founded by Royal Charter in 1552, Shrewsbury School is one of the ‘great’ nine schools in England identified by the Clarendon Commission of 1861. The School moved to its current location in 1882. Over the centuries it has grown in size and reputation. Girls first joined the Sixth Form in 2008 and it is now ranked amongst the leading co-educational boarding schools in the world, educating around 830 pupils aged 13-18 years.

Shrewsbury delivers a programme of academic learning that is exciting, challenging, responsive and versatile. On the School’s breath-taking 105-acre site on the banks of the River Severn, pupils also have the opportunity to participate in a wide range of sporting, music, drama and co-curricular activities, as well as being encouraged to engage in adventure and charitable endeavour.

Our Ethos:

The celebration of individuals and individual talent is central to education at Shrewsbury – both in and beyond the classroom. In whatever sphere, a pupil will find a member of staff to support and encourage, enthuse and inspire him or her to exceed their expectations and meet the challenges that lie ahead with confidence and good judgement.

Life at Shrewsbury is founded on a close partnership between staff, parents and pupils to promote the strength of family life, foster responsibility, and balance the claims of developing individuality with the needs of a vibrant community. To make this ideal a living and working reality, the School cares for its pupils in 12 Houses for both boarders and day pupils.

Academics at Shrewsbury:

Our aim in the classroom is to inspire and enthuse pupils from across the top of the ability range. In recent years, on average, up to 10% of our leavers have gone on to Oxford and Cambridge and virtually all have won places at the university of their first choice; we expect about 80% of A Levels each year to be passed at A*, A or B grade. But there is as much joy for the less academic pupil who surpasses his or her expectations as there is for the pupil whose progress to top grades always seemed more certain.

Co-Curricular at Shrewsbury:

We want all our pupils, whatever their ability, to enjoy their life beyond the classroom, and Shrewsbury has a well-earned reputation for academic, musical and sporting excellence. We compete internationally in cricket and rowing, and we are one of the strongest schools in the country for football, cross-country running, cricket and fives; facilities and coaching for these and a host of other sports including badminton, basketball, tennis, fencing, hockey, netball and swimming are excellent.

Our school plays and musicals have drawn praise at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in London. As one would expect from one of the strongest music departments in the country, the breadth and quality of music-making are remarkable, and several students win places at some of the top music colleges each year.

We also offer our pupils an extraordinary array of clubs, societies and other co-curricular activities, many of which take place on a dedicated weekly activity afternoon. Members of the school staff lead the majority. Shrewsbury is surrounded by glorious unspoilt countryside and the School makes the most of its easy access to the Shropshire Hills, the Welsh Marches and Snowdonia.

Location:

Shrewsbury School lies on the outskirts of the town of Shrewsbury, approximately 50 miles west of Birmingham, and 75 miles south of Manchester.  Shrewsbury is served by Virgin trains from London Euston (by changing at Birmingham New Street or Wolverhampton).  There are also regular services from Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Oxford, Cardiff and Bristol.  The international airports of Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool and East Midlands are all between 1 hour and 1 hour 30 minutes away (by car or rail).

We are well positioned to enjoy the benefits of the local countryside and the mountains and coastline of North Wales.

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