Lead House Parent

Application closing date: 11 September 2026 OVERALL PURPOSE OF THE ROLE To lead and manage the House team at Aud Jebsen Hall (Years 12 and 13) in delivering excellent, compliant, pastoral care for the students SUMMARY OF THE ROLE The successful candidate will be a qualified teacher (academic or artistic), or have extensive experience in managing a senior boarding house and will be responsible for the 1 and 2 Year students at our Upper School in Covent Garden. They will ensure that our students have a secure and supportive ‘home from home’ during term time, as well as the day-to-day management of the House team and domestic services. Suitable training and ongoing support will be provided. This role will be in addition to a reduced teaching timetable. CONTRACT TERMS Start date: 1 January 2027 Location: Aud Jebsen Hall (118 Warwick Way, London, SW1V 4JB) with regular travel to Upper School (46 Floral Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 9DA) Salary: Circa. £43,000 per annum Hours: Full-time with two evenings per week and three weekends per term (plus exeats) off duty (although staff may be called upon in an emergency). Every effort will be made to provide a 24-hour period of non-contact time per week. Where this may not be possible for timetabling reasons, then suitable arrangements for equivalent periods of non-contact time will be made. When ‘on call’ , staff should be within 30 minutes of the House and be conscious that they could be called upon to be on duty. House staff must be resident overnight during term time but they may ask permission from the Assistant Principal, Pastoral & Welfare (APPW) for occasional absences for special occasions. No holiday may be taken during term time, the last week of the summer break or when there is planned INSET. This position also requires two weeks of work during our UK Summer Intensive Courses. Off Duty is free time and staff are not required to be present within the House. However, in the case of a real emergency it is expected tha