Resident Boarding and Co-Curricular Assistant
Holyport College, Holyport, Berkshire, SL6 3LE2 days remaining to apply
Earliest start date
13 April 2026
Latest start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
16 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Pastoral, health and welfare
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: The Resident Boarding & Co-curricular Assistant will work in the girls’ boarding houses to assist the housemasters in organising activities for the boarders and providing supervision. Duties include a variety of daytime, evening and weekend work.
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1-4 terms
Pay scale
- £15, 614 (18,914 FTE) per annum, plus an attractive one-bed self-contained flat adjoined to the boarding house (including all bills and utilities).
What skills and experience we're looking for
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Assist in the supervision and coordination of evening and weekend activities;
- Maintain good order, appearance and behaviour in the boarding house;
- Assist the Housemasters and their deputies with administrative duties;
- Contribute to the Colleges teaching or co-curricular program in a way that suits. Possible examples include running a sports team, directing a production or organising a co-curricular activity.
- Encourage pupils to engage in clubs/activities and societies;
- Have a specific focus on a designated year group, ensuring high expectations are set;
- Alert the Housemasters to any issues promptly;
- Provide cover for absent colleagues in the boarding environment;
- Provide medical cover, taking pupils to appointments, collecting medication etc as necessary.
COLLEGE CULTURE
- Support the College’s values and ethos by contributing to the development and implementation of policies, practices and procedures;
- Help create a strong College community, characterised by consistent, orderly behaviour and caring, respectful relationships;
- Help develop a culture and ethos that is committed to achievement.
OTHER
- Undertake other various responsibilities under the reasonable direction of the Headteacher and/or Deputy Head;
- Occupy your accommodation whilst the boarding house is in operation during term time;
- You will be entitled to eat all meals in the School Refectory during term time.
What the school offers its staff
Holyport College is committed to staff wellbeing and to ensuring that all colleagues can maintain anappropriate work/life balance. Our staff are listened to and valued. We are a school where teachers really can teach: students behave very well at Holyport College and they want to learn.
The College has two additional weeks holiday per year compared to the average state school: our October half term is two weeks long and our Christmas holiday is three weeks and there are opportunities forinternational travel: no member of staff will be asked to do this if they don’t want to however we have regular trips to Iceland, the Alps, Spain, France, Italy and to the USA.
There are many opportunities for CPD including through our partnership with Eton College and the Boarding Schools’ Association.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Holyport College
- School type
- Free School, ages 11 to 19
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 640 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Holyport College website
- Email address
- careers@holyportcollege.org.uk
- Phone number
- 01628 640150
A co-educational state day and boarding school for ages 11-19. Eton College is our sole Education Sponsor creating unique opportunities for all of our students. Focusing on high academic outcomes for all of our students with above national and local average results at both GCSE and A Level.
Arranging a visit to Holyport College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@holyportcollege.org.uk.
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