Matron (Residential) September 26

Package Description

Benefits

Matron’s place of work is Kimmerghame House. A comfortable flat within the House is provided all year round which is rent and rates free. A nominal charge for utilities is made as a taxable benefit in kind.   The start date for this role is Monday, 31^st August 2026.

Annual Salary:        Competitive salary, based on experience.

Staff Benefits:         In addition to being part of a great team you will be entitled to a range of benefits that include:

• This is a term time position, with the requirement to work a day or two after the end and before the start of term to close down the House.
• Membership of Westwoods gym and health club which offers a range of excellent fitness and leisure facilities including a 25m swimming pool.
• Free lunchtime meals during term time, and at other times when catering is provided, and you are on duty.
• Life insurance scheme.
• Excellent Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
• You will be opted into the Fettes College Pension Plan after 3 months service. This scheme is a money purchase one, operating as a salary exchange plan. The College will contribute to the scheme a minimum of 8% and you will contribute a minimum of 2% employee. Fettes operate a contribution matching scheme up to 12% of base salary.
• Access to discounted healthcare, additional life insurance, shopping discounts, etc through our benefits portal.

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for a Residential Matron to join Kimmerghame Boarding House at Fettes College from September 2026

Reporting directly to the Houseparent and working alongside the wider pastoral team, you will be required to fulfil several key responsibilities.  Kimmerghame is a boys’ boarding house for Third Form to Lower 6^th.

Main Responsibilities

Please see the full Job Description for duties and responsibilities for this role

The Ideal Candidate

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Communication skills must be exceptional
• Organised individual
• Domestic experience

Skills and Attributes

• Computer-literate
• Regard for young people
• Friendly but firm manner

You will ideally hold a recognisable Childcare or Social Care Qualification or be willing and able to obtain this within a given timeframe with our support. It is a requirement that Matron is registered/registers with the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), which will be done on joining.

About the school/organisation

ABOUT FETTES

The school stands on a magnificent site of approximately 100 acres, within walking distance of Edinburgh’s city centre and is a leading HMC co-educational independent boarding and day school, with a Prep school for students starting at age 7 and from September 2025 a Pre-Prep was introduced. Known for its academic excellence, Fettes is unique in Scotland in following the English curriculum of GCSE examinations and the dual pathway of A Level and International Baccalaureate (IB). Fettes has a strong focus on pastoral care and all-round education, providing their students with ‘A place to live. A place to learn. A place to grow’. Founded by Sir William Fettes in 1870, it was originally a boy’s school and started admitting girls in 1970. The main building was designed by one of Scotland's leading architects, David Bryce. We are a community of more than 1000 individuals, made up of just under 700 students and over 300 dedicated staff.

Aims

Fettes College aims to nurture the individual while fostering a happy, well-ordered and caring community with strong family values at its core. To this end, we will do our utmost to ensure our students:

• Receive the highest possible quality of education within a boarding environment
• Feel safe, valued, have a sense of personal worth and are thoughtful and considerate of the needs of others, possessing a willingness to take on responsibility
• Develop their self-confidence, integrity, emotional resilience, loyalty, good manners and humour, leadership skills and teamwork
• Value a sense of community and service, and develop a clear sense of right and wrong, equipping them for life beyond Fettes
• Are provided with equal opportunities regardless of gender, sexuality, ethnic origin race, or religion
• Are encouraged to stretch and challenge themselves in everything they undertake