The School Matron is central to the daily life of Wycombe High School, reporting to the Senior Pastoral Lead and Deputy Headteacher (Pastoral).

Working in partnership with school leaders, the Matron promotes student health and wellbeing, providing front-line medical support, first aid, and guidance on medical matters. The responsibilities of this role include:

• Managing medical supplies
• Maintaining statutory records
• Overseeing attendance and absence administration
• Supporting dietary needs
• Leading on first aid training
• Coordinating with external health professionals, and ensuring compliance with safeguarding and health regulations.

This post does not replace specialist medical services and is focused solely on supporting students.

The Matron also contributes to health and safety, manages welfare records, communicates with parents, and supports major school events, always upholding the school’s commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing.

The Person:

The qualifications and attributes we are looking for are:

• A recognised medical qualification equivalent to an RCN band 5 (essential)
• First Aid qualification and willingness to teach First Aid to pupils (essential)
• A good general level of education
• Able to maintain a high level of confidentiality
• Competent computer skills in Microsoft Office, Word and Excel, and using a database
• Able to work unsupervised and on own initiative
• Flexible attitude
• Able to offer a high level of pastoral care to pupils
• Be a good communicator and have an excellent level of oral and written skills
• Committed to the ethos of Wycombe High School
• Strong organisational, personal time-management and planning skills
• Able to work calmly and effectively under pressure
• Able to respond quickly to an emergency
•  Positive, enthusiastic outlook and attitude
•  Emotional resilience
•  Experience in an educational environment is desirable, but not essential

Further details about the role can be found in the attached Job Booklet