Housemaster - St Hugh's

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
September 2025

10 March 2025

**Job overview**:
**Salary**:Depending on qualifications and experience

**Closing date**: Monday 10th March 2025, midday

**Interviews**: Monday 17th March & Tuesday 18th March

**Start Date**: September 2025

Founded in 1802 and set in a beautiful Yorkshire valley, Ampleforth College is the world’s foremost Catholic boarding school, welcoming girls and boys of all faiths aged 11-18. Each student’s unique talents are recognised and nurtured within a welcoming community rooted in Benedictine values. At its foundation, the basic mission of a Catholic School is to invite young people into a transforming encounter with Christ through the life of the Christian Community. This gift is realised in Catholic Education as a place where children grow in:

- self-knowledge
- self-acceptance
- self-gift

We seek to appoint a practising Roman Catholic to start in September 2025 as Housemaster in St Hugh’s Boarding House. The Housemaster represents academic and pastoral support for all students within the House and is responsible for all aspects of safety, welfare and formation of the students in their care. This is a demanding and immensely rewarding role where no two days are ever the same. This is a residential role.

On arrival at Ampleforth College, all pupils join a House, which will become a central focus and their home during their time here. St Hugh’s Boarding House is made up of dormitories of four for Year 9, followed by twin en-suite rooms in Years 10 and 11, and single en-suite bedrooms for the Sixth Form boarders.

We are seeking an experienced teacher who is interested in the formation of young people and in developing a culture of delight in learning within the house.

The position comes with family accommodation and a range of benefits shown below:

- Free meal during working hours
- A generous Bounty scheme for referral of new staff
- Subsidised on-site gym membership
- Free car parking on site
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Staff Lodging (where available)
- A friendly and supportive working environment
- 10% Staff Discount at Ampleforth Abbey Shop and Tearooms
- Fee remission (at the Head’s discretion)

Housemasters/Housemistresses are the key leaders for the personal flourishing and formation of the young people in their care. The range of responsibilities is set out in the school policies, of which the Safeguarding of Children is paramount.

**About**Ampleforth College**:
**Ampleforth College**
- Ampleforth, York
- North Yorkshire
- YO62 4ER
- United Kingdom

+44 1439 766000

Set in a beautiful Yorkshire valley, Ampleforth’s location is a huge asset. There are few better places for young people to grow up. Some describe it as a teenage heaven, with a vast amount of space, a huge range of activities and facilities, and lots of friends with which to share the experience and have fun. Our students love being here and Old Amplefordians frequently come back to visit the community and our stunning valley.

Ampleforth is full boarding with students from all over the UK, Europe and the rest of the world. We rejoice in being culturally diverse with many different languages spoken. There is a strong House structure with 7 boys / girls houses and 1 co-ed junior house for Years 7 and 8. Each has dedicated staff (Housemistress / master, Chaplain, Matron, Tutors, and support team) and are real homes where children in different year groups mix and form lasting friendships with each other and with staff - their second family. Full boarding engrains a deep sense of community and provides a rich experience, allowing students to immerse themselves in everything the school has to offer. Four-day long exeats provide breaks to go home with families often visiting at weekends too.

Lessons and sports fixtures run from Monday to Saturday with a broad and varied programme of activities, events and social life in the evenings and weekends, as well as one afternoon devoted entirely to activities. We offer a remarkable range, from every type of musical ensemble (including bagpipe band), CCF, drama, art, sports, community work and fundraising for the school charity, to countryside pursuits, Landrover restoration, gardening, cooking, and numerous academic societies. With fantastic facilities - a sports centre, acres of pitches and courts, indoor and outdoor shooting ranges, equestrian school, dance studio, theatre, our own shoot, and fishing lakes - all can discover and develop their interests and talents. Everyone attends Mass on Sundays with prayers twice daily as well as retreats, Chaplaincy and Lectio.

Our academic results are impressive and show that every student is inspired to reach their potential. Beyond academic excellence, to ensure they leave school ready for the challenges ahead, our approach is to coach students to become increasingly independent in their thinking, learning and coping and so develop the sk