Boarding Assistant opportunity

The Royal School is a co-educational day and boarding independent school from nursery to sixth form. Senior School is located on a beautiful 25 acre site in Haslemere, Surrey in an area renowned for its natural beauty. The school is academically ambitious for all its pupils. As a proudly mixed ability school, the focus is on the whole child, seeking to develop their talents and sparking their intellectual curiosity. Each pupil is nurtured and challenged to be the very best they can be. Our commitment is to ensure pupils are future-ready to thrive in this rapidly changing world.

Our purpose-built boarding house was opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II offering pupils outstanding pastoral care and a fun, vibrant, warm community. The school site comprises of 26 acres of beautiful grounds with spectacular views across National Trust heathland and woodland. Our QEII boarding house has a friendly atmosphere and a strong, supportive community of boarders. Collaboration and support for each other are strongly engrained in what we do and how we do it.  We are a supportive and flexible team, running a growing boarding house of 25 pupils. This will suit someone who might be interested in eventually training to take on a Houseparent role.  

About The Role

The Boarding Assistant will be energetic and organised, someone who has a ‘can do’ attitude who will enjoy working with children to motivate and inspire them. The individual in this role will provide an excellent boarding experience whilst supporting the holistic nature of a boarding education and ensuring that the environment is one which is caring, safe and responsive to boarders’ needs and welfare.  Please refer to the job description for a full list of duties and responsibilities.  

Term time only position (34 weeks per year), please follow the link provided and apply on the United Learning careers website. 

United Learning 

The school joined United Learning in November 2019 and there are plenty of opportunities to grow, share ideas, best practice and knowledge across our supportive network of 7,000 colleagues across the country. The Royal is a friendly place to work and staff benefit from shared curriculum resources, in-house training opportunities and bespoke personal development and career pathways.

The Royal School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all who work at the School to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post including an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and checks with previous employers. 

We may hold interviews as and when applications are received, and this job may be withdrawn without notice. Applications will only be considered if submitted online and before the closing deadline. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.