Job Description

St Edward's School

Oxfordshire
32,944.53 per year

Salary:

32,944.53 per annum

Job type:

Full Time, Temporary

Apply by:

29 September 2025

Job overview

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The role

St Edward's School, Oxford is looking for a caring and empathetic individual to play a key role in our boarding houses as a Non-Residential Boarding House Matron on a temporary basis.


As a Matron, your main responsibility will be the pastoral care of the pupils. This includes the pupils' mental, physical and emotional well-being, as well as their participation in school and house life.


A high level of skill and knowledge is required to assist in the management of child protection and safeguarding issues, in handling confidential personal and medical information, and in managing difficult situations.


Appropriate training is provided to ensure Matrons remain up to date with best practice and have opportunities for continued professional development.


Matrons are expected to be a visible presence who spend significant amounts of time around the boarding house, working with pupils and the boarding house team to ensure high standards are achieved and maintained. In addition to this, Matrons have a significant housekeeping and administrative role, ensuring the house runs smoothly and is well presented.


Previous experience is not essential. However, you will need the ability to offer a high level of pastoral care and empathy for, and an understanding of, young people.


Strong listening skills, the ability to work as part of a team, and a commitment to safeguarding children and young people are equally important.

For further details and to apply please click the apply button.

The closing date for applications is Monday 29th September 2025 at Midday, with interviews taking place shortly after.

We reserve the right to conduct interviews and appoint for the role before the advertised closing date should a suitable candidate be found, therefore early applications are encouraged.

St Edward's is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we aim to create and maintain a safe environment for our pupils, where they feel respected and supported. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to become familiar with our policies and procedures for child protection and security. All staff are required to apply for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service. St Edward's School is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on age, race, sex, religion, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Please see our Equal Opportunities & Dignity at Work policy on our website for further details.

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About

St Edward's School

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St Edward's School

Woodstock Road, Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 7NN
United Kingdom

+44 1865 319 204

About St Edward's

Affectionately known as Teddies, St Edward's School is a co-educational, independent, day and boarding school in Oxford. We have over 800 pupils, almost half of whom are girls, most are boarders (86%), around 20% are London based and 16% fly in from abroad. We have a strong emphasis on academic rigour and also offer an extensive range of sports, arts, clubs and activities.



Renowned for its friendliness, Teddies is an exhilarating community to be part of where we see excellence in academic results and extracurricular achievements and where we work hard to promote staff wellbeing. Staff at St Edward's also benefit from our rich cultural programme, free gym membership, many invitations to social events, the extensive 100 acres of tranquil grounds, professional arts facilities and the advantage of being only 10 minutes by bus or bicycle to Oxford city centre.

Warden

Alastair Chirnside

Values and vision

St Edward's aims to lead the sector in co-educational boarding, in educational innovation, in breadth of opportunity and in the wellbeing of pupils and staff. Our community values are integrity, courage and kindness.

ISI report

"The quality of the pupils' personal development is excellent, reflecting the school's highly effective emphasis on the welfare and well-being of each individual pupil. The excellent standard of pastoral care is a strength of the school, and the sympathetic and supportive example set by the staff is mirrored in the way pupils behave towards one another."



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