Resident Assistant Houseparent, Boarding
The Royal School Wolverhampton
Wolverhampton
- £34,011 - £36,243 per year
- New
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- 01 April 2026
- Apply by:
- 20 March 2026
Job overview
The Royal School is looking for a dynamic, innovative and empathetic assistant houseparent to join our boarding team and add to our award-winning boarding experience. The role of an assistant houseparent, while challenging, is often the most fulfilling and rewarding role in any school and here at the Royal this is no different. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to contribute to and build on our boarding experience that has helped students achieve academic and extra-curricular success (including a gold medal and an MBE).
Boarding at The Royal School, Wolverhampton
Boarders at the Royal are a key part of the school’s character, ethos and history. The school has two boarding houses, Dartmouth and Lichfield, serving boys and girls from year 7 to year 13. We have capacity for 82 boarders at present, but following expansion as part of our £46 million rebuild and refurbishment programme, this will increase to 100 students across the two houses.
Our boarders join us from across the globe and from all walks of life. We house Elite Swimmers, International Students (with British citizenship or leave to remain), and UK residents alongside a small number of Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASCs) in keeping with our origins and foundation as an orphanage.
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About The Royal School Wolverhampton
- The Royal School Wolverhampton
- Penn Road, Wolverhampton
- West Midlands
- WV3 0EG
- United Kingdom
The Royal School Wolverhampton is a co-educational, all-through free school based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, for students aged 4-19. The school is non-selective and non-denominational.
The Royal School was founded in 1850 as an orphanage by a local philanthropist and businessman, John Lees.
Boarders can join the school from age 10 upwards and stay in one of its single-sex boarding houses. Boarding accommodation is in spacious and well-equipped 25-acre grounds surrounded by woodlands, offering a secure and peaceful environment with the convenience of an urban setting.
Principal
Mr Tom Macdonald
Values and vision
The Royal School Wolverhampton aims for pupils to grow into confident and mature young adults with an awareness of their own potential, alongside an understanding and appreciation of their wider community. It has an extended school day, with its academic timetable running alongside a busy programme of extracurricular activity.
The Royal School is home to students of many different nationalities, which it believes adds to the diverse learning experience of pupils and their effective preparation for the world outside of school. Teachers provide a unique cultural, academic and sporting mix that plays a vital role in every child’s success. The school has a long-standing tradition of a friendly, competitive house system and gives seniors the opportunity to take on leadership roles through the Duke of Edinburgh scheme and Combined Cadet Force.
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