Hours: 6 days a week (07:30-11:30 or 12:30-17:30) We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a full-time Day Matron to join our well-established and effective House team. The successful candidate will assist the Housemistress with the pastoral care and wellbeing of all pupils in the House and promote the collective experience of living in a school community. They also contribute to the smooth running of the House, including domestic and laundry arrangements. Two-thirds of the pupils in the house are boarders meaning they live and sleep at school. The Matron requires understanding and sympathy with the pupils, balancing a friendly disposition with the need to maintain discipline. The successful candidate 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
• Good all-round IT skills
In addition to a very interesting and rewarding role, we offer a salary up to £27,295 per annum, generous pension contributions, private medical insurance, life insurance, school lunch, 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 recruitment pack which includes a job description and application form can be obtained from https://www.shrewsbury.org.uk/page/job-vacancies Alternatively please email recruitment@shrewsbury.org.uk Closing date: 12pm, Monday 16 June 2025. Interviews will be held at the School on Friday 20 June 2025. Early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should a suitable candidate be appointed before the closing date. Shrewsbury School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

We have an exciting opportunity to appoint a full-time Day Matron to join our well-established and effective House team. The successful candidate will assist the Housemistress with the pastoral care and wellbeing of all pupils in the House and promote the collective experience of living in a school community. They also contribute to the smooth running of the House, including domestic and laundry arrangements. Two-thirds of the pupils in the house are boarders meaning they live and sleep at school. The Matron requires understanding and sympathy with the pupils, balancing a friendly disposition with the need to maintain discipline. The successful candidate 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
• Good all-round IT skills
  
  In addition to a very interesting and rewarding role, we offer a salary up to £27,295 per annum, generous pension contributions, private medical insurance, life insurance, school lunch, 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.