School Nurse

Full time, Term time only 35 hours per week, 36 weeks per year. Required from September 2025. Competitive salary.

The school St Paul’s Girls’ School is one of the country’s leading independent schools for girls aged 11-18, with approximately 840 students. It is an extraordinary school, offering a classical yet forward-thinking education, rooted in a love of academic discovery and enriched by a broad co-curricular programme, nurturing wellbeing provision and a strong commitment to partnerships and community initiatives.

The post SPGS is seeking to employ a full-time, term-time only nurse to join the medical and wellbeing team. The school nurse is responsible for providing a first-class medical service to the school community, meeting the needs of students and staff. The wellbeing team is made of a Lead Nurse, a School Nurse (current vacancy), a counselling team, the Chaplain, the safeguarding leads, and the learning support coordinator. The medical team reports to the Deputy Head, Director of Pastoral Care.

The medical centre is open every weekday during term time from 8.30am until 4.00pm and delivers a vital and diverse service to the school, ranging from basic first aid to liaison with local hospitals. The purpose-built Medical Centre is situated on the lower ground floor of the main building and provides an easily accessible, welcoming space offering medical support to students and staff. Such support is designed to meet a wide range of needs from the purely medical to physical, social, and psychological support, depending on the circumstances of the individual.

Further information about the role and how to apply can be found on our website. Please submit your application before midnight on the closing date. Please use your own words when writing your supporting statement. While we are a digitally forward-looking school, we are mindful of the importance of authenticity in education and would far prefer to hear your unique voice through any application you may choose to make. We recommend that candidates apply as soon as possible as applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may be arranged on a rolling basis.

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and overseas police checks: St Paul’s Girls’ School is a “registered body” under the Police Act 1997 because employment here involves access to children under the age of 18. This post will require an enhanced DBS check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly Criminal Records Bureau) before we can confirm an offer of employment. Unless you are a member of the DBS Update Service you will need to apply for a new disclosure, even if you already hold one. Former members of staff who are not on the Update Service who re-join us also require fresh disclosures, unless less than three months have passed between their leaving and their re-employment date. If you have lived or worked abroad for a period of 3 months or more during the past ten years you will also need to provide appropriate paperwork, such as a police certificate of good conduct, from the countries you have lived in.

Safeguarding guidelines: St Paul’s Girls’ School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). We expect all staff to share this commitment. St Paul’s Girls’ School welcomes applications from all sectors of the community as we aspire to attract staff that match the social and cultural diversity of our pupil intake. We seek to offer fair and inclusive employment policies, interview and arrangements that avoid bias and support all applicants and staff equally.

Closing date: Wednesday 9 July 2025. Interview date: Week commencing 21 July 2025.

Contact details: Human Resources Department, St Paul’s Girls’ School, Brook Green, London W6 7BS, Tel: 020 7603 2288, Email: recruiting@spgs.org