Boarding Housemistress

Girls' Schools Association; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

St Swithun's School in Winchester invites applications for a housemistress role that may be teaching up to 0.5 of a full timetable, or, if not teaching, supporting the school with administrative tasks for a comparable amount of time. The housemistress will oversee the girls' wellbeing and liaise with colleagues across the school concerning academic and personal progress, acting as a crucial link between pastoral and academic life.

Closing date: Friday 30 October 2026.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the girls' wellbeing and liaise with colleagues across the school concerning their academic and personal progress.
• Work within the pastoral team and liaise with academic, medical and administrative departments.

Job description

The housemistress can be a teaching or non-teaching role. If a teacher, the housemistress will teach up to 0.5 of a full timetable; we will consider candidates with any subject specialism. If not in a teaching role, the housemistress may be asked to support the school with some administration tasks for an equivalent amount of time.

The housemistress will have an overview of the girls' wellbeing and will liaise with colleagues across the school concerning their academic and personal progress. In this respect the housemistress is crucial in ensuring a link between the academic and pastoral life of the school. Houseparents' work within the pastoral team and liaise with academic, medical and administrative departments.

The closing date for applications is on Friday 30 October 2026.

For any queries about the role or the application process, please contact

HR Department:

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