Oundle School is seeking a qualified School Counsellor that will provide therapeutic support to pupils throughout the school.
Working within the Emotional Wellbeing team, the School counsellor provides confidential and therapeutic support to pupils throughout the School, Oundle School and Laxton Junior school. The role will require you to support pupils with a range of needs, from lower level (eg homesickness) to higher level (e.g self harming behaviours) and making targeting interventions into year groups, should the needs arise.
The role holder will report to the Mental Health Lead.
Hours: 20hrs per week
Weeks: 33 working weeks per annum, your holiday entitlement is added to your contractual working weeks, meaning you are paid for 37.63 weeks per year.
Salary £16,113 pro rata, FTE £44,539.
Oundle and Laxton Junior Schools have long been associated with the very best of modern independent education, especially boarding. The Schools take seriously their responsibility to pupils so that they can emerge as decent, open-minded adults; ambitious about what they can go on to achieve and contribute. Over 1400 pupils are on roll at the School, of whom 840 are full boarders. Academic results are steadfastly excellent.
A team of around 800 staff, both academic and support, ensure an education of the highest standard is in place across the Schools with the efforts of the whole team focused on this fundamental aim.
We are fortunate in our location at the heart of a beautiful market town. School and town are part of the same community and our pupils take their place within this community, not isolated from it. The town has a spirited cultural life, with an annual international festival, literature festival, and frequent performances of nationally touring shows at the School’s Stahl Theatre.
Please note CV submissions cannot be accepted.
Application closing date: Wednesday 22 July 2026, 9am
Interviews will take place on Monday 27 July 2026
If you have any questions about the role, please contact:
HR Department, Oundle School, The Bursary, Church Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EE
Email c/o: [email protected] or Tel: 01832 277193
Oundle School and Laxton Junior School are proud to be equal opportunity employers and we welcome applications from all. We aim to ensure that all applicants are provided with the same opportunities during the recruitment process, and we endeavour to comply with the duties placed upon us to make reasonable adjustments as prescribed by the Equality Act 2010. Should you need to request a particular adjustment to enable you to participate fully in the recruitment process, please ensure that this is made known, to the HR Department
Both Schools are 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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