Job Description
- Location: Tunbridge Wells, Kent
- Accommodation: Private house provided, shared with another Governess
- Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00am school preparation and drop off | 1:00pm to 8:30pm (with flexibility depending on daytime administrative requirements)
- Salary: From £70,000 gross per annum
- Start: Anytime before September 2026
- Holiday: 28 days including bank holidays
- Commitment: Long Term
The Role
A highly organised and experienced Governess is sought to support two delightful girls aged 9 and 11 years old within a warm, values driven family based in Tunbridge Wells.
The role will primarily focus on supporting the family’s 11 year old daughter with her academic progress, educational planning, homework support, and overall development outside of school hours. The younger daughter is homeschooled and has her own dedicated Governess during the day, however this role will assist with both girls before and after school, ensuring consistency, structure, and excellent organisation across their daily routines.
The position will begin each morning with overseeing the girls’ routines, preparing them for the day, ensuring school bags, uniforms, sports kits, and belongings are organised, and accompanying them through the school drop off process.
Following the morning drop off, there will generally be downtime during the middle of the day. Whilst the core working schedule resumes from 1:00pm, some flexibility may occasionally be required depending on the family’s needs, including administrative tasks, appointment coordination, wardrobe management, or errands relating to the children.
The successful candidate will take responsibility for overseeing the girls’ schedules and logistics, including arranging medical and dental appointments, managing wardrobes and seasonal clothing requirements, organising activities, coordinating diaries, purchasing items for the children, and ensuring all aspects of their day to day lives run smoothly and efficiently.
From the afternoon onwards, the successful candidate will be responsible for both girls, overseeing their routines, activities, wellbeing, and day to day needs. However, the primary educational focus of the role will be supporting the family’s 11 year old daughter with her academic progress, including homework supervision, study skills development, educational planning, and encouraging intellectual curiosity and independent learning.
Whilst the successful candidate will care for and support both children during the afternoons and evenings, the younger daughter has her own dedicated Governess during the day and therefore will not require the same level of academic oversight. The successful candidate will work closely with the family to ensure both girls continue to thrive whilst maintaining a balanced, enriching, and well structured lifestyle.
The family holds strong Christian values and would welcome a Governess who shares those values and can positively reinforce the family’s approach to manners, respect, integrity, and personal responsibility. The children are well behaved, kind, and respectful, and live a lifestyle intentionally free from social media and influences that do not align with the family’s beliefs.
The successful candidate will work collaboratively with the younger child’s Governess, creating consistency across both girls’ routines and development whilst maintaining an individualised approach tailored to each child’s needs and personality.
Key Responsibilities
• Oversee the morning routines of both girls, ensuring they are organised and prepared for the day ahead.
• Coordinate school drop offs and maintain smooth daily routines.
• Provide pastoral care, guidance, and supervision for both girls during afternoons and evenings.
• Take primary responsibility for the academic progress, homework support, study skills, and educational development of the 11 year old.
• Liaise closely with the younger child’s Governess to ensure consistency across both children’s routines and development.
• Arrange and manage medical, dental, and other appointments for the children.
• Oversee wardrobe management, seasonal clothing requirements, and purchasing for the girls as required.
• Run errands relating to the children’s needs and ensure all logistics are efficiently managed.
• Coordinate extracurricular activities, schedules, and social engagements.
• Maintain children’s diaries, calendars, and administrative records.
• Support the family’s Christian values through positive role modelling, manners, respect, integrity, and personal responsibility.
• Travel with the family when required.
Requirements
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Governess.
• PGCE qualification essential.
• Secondary PGCE preferred, although outstanding primary trained teachers able to demonstrate secondary level teaching capability will be considered.
• Strong academic background with confidence supporting the UK curriculum.
• Excellent organisational and administrative skills.
• Experience coordinating children’s schedules, appointments, and activities.
• Confident supporting homework, study skills, and academic progression.
• Russell Group education highly desirable.
• Travel ready and happy to accompany the family on trips.
• Driver preferred but not essential.
• Comfortable working within a fully staffed household environment.
• Able to support and uphold the family’s Christian values.
Package
• Salary from £70,000 gross per annum.
• Private accommodation provided in a house shared with another Governess.
• Use of on site gym facilities.
• 28 days’ annual leave including bank holidays.
• Long term position with a highly committed family.
To apply, please send your CV to enquiries@quintessentialgoverness.com quoting Governess – Tunbridge Wells in the subject line.
Please note that due to the high volume of applications received, only suitable candidates will be contacted.
