Day Matron
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Westminster School
Westminster
- £33,382.35 pro rata
- Expired
- Salary:
- £25,000 pro rata, equating to a full-time equivalent of £33,382.35 per annum
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- As soon as possible
- Apply by:
- 4 February 2025
Job overview
The role
Westminster Under School is looking for an exceptional Day Matron to help provide essential support and care to our pupils.
The Day Matron is an essential and indispensable figure at the school. They act as the first point of contact for pupils who are unwell or injured, take a proactive interest in the general health and wellbeing of all pupils, and are alert to those experiencing difficulties, offering a listening ear to those who need it. They play a key pastoral role within the School, providing a pivotal point of liaison for the welfare of individual pupils.
This is an exciting time to join the Under School, as we aim to become a co-educational school for children aged 4 to 13 from September 2026. The Day Matron will be instrumental to the success of this expansion, as they will provide care to a wider range of children and will work to support the changing needs of the School in this period.
The Day Matron will work from 8.00am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday (term-time only), including INSET days and two preparation days at the start of the academic year.
About you
We are looking for a friendly, warm and positive individual, with excellent communication skills and the ability to remain calm under pressure. The successful candidate will possess a Paediatric First Aid Qualification, as well as previous experience of providing first aid, nursing and/or pastoral support. They will ideally have gained experience in a similar role and will be capable of working effectively with children and young people.
About the school
Westminster Under School is a busy, passionate and purposeful place, where pupils greatly enjoy learning and are given the support and guidance they need to develop as intelligent, compassionate and inquisitive individuals.
The School also offers a range of benefits, including:
- Free school lunches
- Private medical insurance (opt-in)
- Free access to the School’s leisure facilities, including a fitness gym (restricted hours)
- Access the School’s cycle to work scheme and season ticket loans following completion of our standard probation period.
For further details and to apply please click the apply button.
For this role, there is no fixed closing date. Applications will be considered on receipt and interviews may occur at any stage.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.
The School is a Registered Charity (no 312728).
About Westminster School
Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school for boys aged 13-18 and girls aged 16-18, with a long history, a distinctive ethos, and a unique sense of place in the very heart of London. Pupils achieve exceptional examination results and entrance to some of the top universities in the world. It is a busy, passionate and purposeful place where independent and deep thinking is enjoyed, encouraged and respected by all, and where holistic excellence is nurtured and valued.
While the School is one of the foremost centres of academic excellence in the country, its commitment to academic life does not make it a hothouse for passing examinations. Pupils’ success at examinations and entry to leading universities is instead a result of their enjoyment of academic enquiry, debate and search for explanation, well beyond published syllabuses. Pupils are intellectually, socially, ethically and politically engaged and our aim is to ensure that their enthusiasm for learning is developed further, allowing them to take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them in the future. At Westminster, pupils have the freedom to lead on projects outside of the classroom and embrace a whole range of extra-curricular activities and interests. A host of pupil-led societies take place every week at the School, often with expert guest speakers, and pupils can choose to study an additional language, play an instrument or two, volunteer in local primary schools, row along the Thames, take part in plays and musicals, and much more.
The School’s ethos resides in the enduring values of the liberal tradition reflected in the 1560 Charter of Westminster’s Elizabethan foundation, where it is stated that: ‘the youth which is growing to manhood, as tender shoots in the wood of our state, shall be liberally instructed in good books to the greater honour of the state’. Whilst academic and cultural attainments are highly prized at Westminster, the School is fully committed also to each pupil’s spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing – with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies – and to prepare young people for fulfilled private and public lives.
From September 2028, the School will welcome both girls and boys at 13+ entry, offering a Westminster education to all. By 2026, Westminster Under School will have opened its brand new pre-prep for girls and boys at 4+ and girls will have joined boys in Years 3 and 7, at the 7+ and 11+ entry points. By 2030, all year groups at Westminster School and Westminster Under School, from ages four to 18, will be fully co-educational, reflecting the School’s dedication to inclusivity and excellence.
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