Bedales School
Hampshire
Salary:
£17,367 per annum (actual salary)
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Apply by:
15 September 2025
Job overview
Are you a flexible and enthusiastic team player who enjoys working with young people? Would you like to use your skills and experience to support the pastoral, behavioural and welfare needs of a group of exceptional teenagers? We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our close-knit team to support the day-to-day smooth running of the boys' boarding house at Bedales School. Your work will be challenging and rewarding in equal measure, and you will be working in an environment where we maintain a strong safeguarding culture, where students are listened to, respected and involved in as many decisions as possible.
Bedales is set in 120 acres of South Downs National Park in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire. The estate includes playing fields, orchards, woodland, pasture and a nature reserve; the countryside comes right to the heart of the school. Bedales is progressively liberal in approach, not for the sake of being different, but because we believe it is important for a properly rounded and relevant education. There is no uniform, and staff and students address each other by first names – just two features of a culture that values the individual, with mutual respect its cornerstone.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual to provide support and assistance for the students and Houseparent team at our Boys' Boarding House. Residential Boarding House Assistants undertake a vital, hands-on role during the evenings and weekends within the School's Boarding Houses.
House Assistants are the constant presence in the Houses managing the day-to-day running of the House, triaging and dealing with issues as they arise. Residential House Assistants are required to be resident in the Boarding House, with self-contained accommodation available throughout the year and all meals provided on duty days. House Assistants are able to have family members living/ staying in the accommodation with them (subject to safeguarding checks). Applicants will need excellent communication and caring skills, along with enthusiasm and good flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances. Calmness, a great sense of responsibility and commitment are also key to the role. You will work with the team to ensure the safe, effective and efficient management and smooth day-to-day running of the boarding house and care of students in line with the Boarding National Minimum Standards and the School's needs and requirements.
Experience & Background
The successful candidate will be a confident user of Microsoft Office and ensure that the administrative side of New Boys' Flat runs smoothly. You will also fulfil the primary duty of handling the students' domestic and health arrangements, reporting directly to the Houseparent team on all matters concerning the boarding house and the students.
Duties
You will be responsible for:
* Supporting the students' health and wellbeing needs during working hours
* Providing supervision to the students in the boarding house during working hours
* Ensuring that spreadsheets for fire lists, dormitory allocations, travel arrangements, health appointments and sign-in lists are kept up to date
* Fielding calls/emails from teachers and parents relating to students in the boarding house
* Managing the stock and billing of the "basics" shop where students can buy toiletries
* Dispensing medication including controlled medication to students
* Working closely with the domestic team and facilities department to ensure the boarding house is well-managed
* Providing effective handovers to the fellow House Assistant who covers days
This post is Regulated Activity.
Hours of Work
The post is for 39.5 hours per week to be worked during term time: Wednesday and Thursday (17:00 to 22:00), Friday (15:00 – 22:00), Saturday (08:00 to 22:00) and Sunday (09:00 to 22:00). You will also share in the rota of being on-call overnight as well as being required to attend INSET (staff training) days outside of term time.
This is a term time plus post annually working 33 weeks during term-time, plus working an additional 72 hours over the course of the year.
Salary
The salary for the role is £17,367 per annum (actual salary) based on the above hours and weeks of work, inclusive of holiday pay; which is pro-rata of the full-time equivalent annual salary of £26,686 per annum.
Benefits
* Self-contained accommodation (all year)
* Meals provided on duty days during Term Time
* Free on-site parking
* Funded Healthcare Cash Plan
* Pension with Royal London
* Salary Extras Benefits Platform
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Life Assurance
* Personal Accident Cover
Pre-Appointment Checks
All candidates will undergo a Safeguarding Suitability Interview and application for an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check and be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK, on an on-going basis, at the shortlist stage of the selection process.
How to Apply
If you are interested in applying for this post, please read the Job Description which includes full details. CVs cannot be accepted in lieu of a fully completed application form.
For further details on the role and how to apply, please visit the recruitment portal on the Bedales Schools website:
All enquiries relating to the recruitment process, should be forwarded to
Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 15 September 2025.
Application reviews (via MS Teams): Thursday 18 September 2025.
Interview date: Tuesday 23 September 2025.
Early application is advised as Bedales reserve the right to make an appointment at any stage of the application process.
Safeguarding Statement
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Prohibition from Teaching Checks, Prohibition from Management Checks.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
* Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
* Fostering a culture of openness, safety, equality and protection;
* Providing a safe and welcoming environment where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are being listened to;
* Playing a key role in prevention of harm and an equal responsibility to act on any suspicion or disclosure that may indicate a child is at risk of harm;
* When concerned about the welfare of a student, acting in the best interests of the student.
All staff have a key role to play in identifying concerns early and in providing help for children and are expected to act in accordance with the school Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job candidates to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
About Bedales School
Bedales School
Church Road, Steep, Petersfield
Hampshire
GU32 2DG
United Kingdom
Bedales School is an independent, co-educational, selective, day and boarding school for children aged 3-18. It is situated in Petersfield in Hampshire and there are 460 pupils on its roll. There are admission fees and scholarships and bursaries are available.
Bedales is a charitable trust and was founded in 1893 by J H Badley as a humane alternative to the authoritarian regimes of the late-Victorian public schools. Its founding ethos was, and still is, "Head, Hand and Heart."
Headteacher
Will Goldsmith
Values and vision
The school prides itself on having a strong sense of belonging and it has five core aims for its pupils; to develop inquisitive thinkers with a love learning, to help develop talents through doing and making, to foster each individual and encourage initiative, creativity and appreciation of beauty, to ensure students, alumni, parents and staff take pride in the communities distinctiveness and to feel valued and nourished, and to foster interest beyond the school, with the community and to develop national and international awareness
ISI
"The School is extremely successful in achieving its aims. It is a mutual learning society, determined to maintain its momentum for continuous development. At all stages, students are well educated, and the quality of their achievement and learning is excellent. Students with SEND or EAL achieve well and make rapid progress through the excellent support they receive as their needs are carefully met. More able students and those with particular gifts or talents achieve suitably high standards in a variety of activities."
View Bedales School's ISI report
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