Part time, permanent

27.5 hours per week

Term time (including INSET) plus 8 days

Actual salary £22,143.16 (FTE £36,711.28)

Required from September 2025

STAHS is a vibrant school supported by a diverse and enthusiastic community of staff, pupils, parents, alumni and friends. It is important that our staff reflect the diversity of our community, and we therefore welcome and encourage applications from people of all genders and sexual orientation, those from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds, and those with disabilities.

Our welcoming independent school has a vacancy for a qualified Nurse with experience of working with children and young people to join our existing School Nursing team. The role will be based at the Prep School in Wheathampstead, however, as STAHS is part of the St Albans Education Group (STAEG), there may be occasions where you will be required to work at the STAHS Senior School in St Albans or at a STAEG school.

The successful candidate will be part of an extensive pastoral team but will also need to have the ability to work independently and be pro-active in promoting the on-going health and welfare needs of pupils at the Prep School. The role benefits from the support of the Senior School’s Head Nurse.

This permanent position is offered on a part-time basis, 27.5 hours per week with a 30-minute unpaid break each day, Monday – Friday 9.30am – 3.30pm, term time (including INSET) plus 8 days.

The role would ideally suit an adult or paediatric registered nurse who has experience working with primary age children and dealing with minor injuries, including sports injuries and also managing medical conditions such as diabetes, asthma and food allergies. Previous experience working in a school will be beneficial but not essential. The successful candidate will need to hold current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and have at least six months post registration experience.

In return we offer:

Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities
An opportunity to join our warm, vibrant and ambitious independent day school
Use of sports facilities, including gym*
An extensive benefits package; free lunches, generous pension scheme, free life assurance, subsidised private medical insurance
Competitive salary

* Conditions apply

Details of the role and application process are available on the School’s website www.stahs.org.uk/vacancies

Closing date for applications is 9am Tuesday 20 May 2025

Interview date is Monday 2 June 2025

The High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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WELCOME TO STAHS!

We are very proud of our warm and vibrant community of ambitious young people, caring and talented staff and supportive alumni and parents.

St Albans High School (we call it STAHS) is one of the country’s leading independent schools, offering a rich and diverse education to 1.150 pupils between the ages of four and 18. We are selective at all points of intake, and we are consistently ranked among the best independent schools in the UK.

STAHS opened in 1889 in a converted hospital on Holywell Hill, St Albans, one of many similar schools which were being established towards the end of the 19th century. We transferred to our current site on Townsend Avenue in the heart of the city in 1908, with the Prep School subsequently moving to the village of Wheathampstead in 2003. STAHS has close links with the diocese of St Albans through the Bishop and the Dean, the latter being an ex-officio governor of the School. We are affiliated to the Church of England, and we warmly welcome pupils and staff of all faiths or none.

Renowned for both exceptional academic provision and extensive co-curricular opportunities, STAHS pupils leave school as happy, confident and well-rounded young people ready to make their mark on the world.

STAHS has two sites, a few miles apart: the Prep School in leafy Wheathampstead and the Senior School in the historic city of St Albans, just 25 minutes from King’s Cross/London St Pancras. STAHS is proud to be a truly ‘through school’, with the majority of Year 6 pupils joining the Senior School for Year 7 and beyond.

Our Senior School of around 830 pupils from Year 7 to Year 13 has a visible and audible buzz, bustling with difference; difference of opinions, difference of ambitions and difference of interests.

Our Staff are devoted to preparing the young people in our care to live lives of consequence, making a meaningful impact on the world. We work together in a warm and grounded spirit that is uniquely ‘STAHS’. Please do see the Head’s Welcome on our website to find out why STAHS is such a special place.

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