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Priest Chaplain
- Organisation: New Hall School
- Location: Essex
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Salary info £35,027.00 per annum
£35,027.00 Annually (Actual) Salary: £35,027pa pro rata for part-time - Tenure: Part-time
- Closing Date: Thursday 15 January 2026
New Hall, the UK’s largest Catholic Boarding & Day school, is seeking a Catholic priest Chaplain to join our vibrant and expanding Chaplaincy Team of 23 staff. The School was assessed as ‘Outstanding’ by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate in 2025, 2018 and 2013.
Following the relocation of the current post-holder to a new parish after seven years, the School requires a residential full-time or part-time
Salary:
Rent-free 2-bedroomed lodge on campus
Breakfast, lunch, and supper without charge in term time
New Hall, the UK’s largest Catholic Boarding & Day school, is seeking a Catholic priest Chaplain to join our vibrant and expanding Chaplaincy Team of 23 staff. The School was assessed as ‘Outstanding’ by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate in 2025, 2018 and 2013. This exciting role involves providing spiritual and pastoral support across the School, while upholding its distinctive Catholic ethos, rooted in the Rule of St Augustine. This may be a full-time role (term time plus agreed extra days) or can be part-time (minimum two days a week), and can be combined with parish work, another role or further study.
Reporting to the Principal, the priest Chaplain celebrates Sunday evening Mass in term time, shares weekday Masses with the other priest Chaplains, and contributes to liturgies, Chaplaincy activities, and faith formation. The priest Chaplain will have the opportunity to share Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer with the four Canonesses from Rwanda, the Daughters of the Resurrection, who live in the Mission House at New Hall.
New Hall School offers an exceptional working environment. The main campus occupies the stunning Grade I listed former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School’s conference and events venue is at the Grade I listed Boreham House, one mile away. New Hall is a warm, welcoming, and supportive community, with a staff of around 300.
Beaulieu Park railway station is at the entrance to New Hall’s Avenue: 30 minutes to Stratford and 38 minutes to London Liverpool Street. The Elizabeth Line at Shenfield (13 minutes by train) terminates at Heathrow airport. There are nearby airports: London Stansted, London Southend and London City.
Application closing date: midday,
Interviews: week commencing 19 January 2026
JOB ID: NH0649
New Hall is committed to safeguarding students. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.
New Hall, the UK’s largest Catholic Boarding & Day school, is seeking a Catholic priest Chaplain to join our vibrant and expanding Chaplaincy Team of 23 staff. The School was assessed as ‘Outstanding’ by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate in 2025, 2018 and 2013.
Description
Following the relocation of the current post-holder to a new parish after seven years, the School requires a residential full-time or part-time
Salary:
Rent-free 2-bedroomed lodge on campus
Breakfast, lunch, and supper without charge in term time
New Hall, the UK’s largest Catholic Boarding & Day school, is seeking a Catholic priest Chaplain to join our vibrant and expanding Chaplaincy Team of 23 staff. The School was assessed as ‘Outstanding’ by the Catholic Schools Inspectorate in 2025, 2018 and 2013. This exciting role involves providing spiritual and pastoral support across the School, while upholding its distinctive Catholic ethos, rooted in the Rule of St Augustine. This may be a full-time role (term time plus agreed extra days) or can be part-time (minimum two days a week), and can be combined with parish work, another role or further study.
Reporting to the Principal, the priest Chaplain celebrates Sunday evening Mass in term time, shares weekday Masses with the other priest Chaplains, and contributes to liturgies, Chaplaincy activities, and faith formation. The priest Chaplain will have the opportunity to share Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer with the four Canonesses from Rwanda, the Daughters of the Resurrection, who live in the Mission House at New Hall.
New Hall School offers an exceptional working environment. The main campus occupies the stunning Grade I listed former Tudor palace of Beaulieu. The School’s conference and events venue is at the Grade I listed Boreham House, one mile away. New Hall is a warm, welcoming, and supportive community, with a staff of around 300.
Beaulieu Park railway station is at the entrance to New Hall’s Avenue: 30 minutes to Stratford and 38 minutes to London Liverpool Street. The Elizabeth Line at Shenfield (13 minutes by train) terminates at Heathrow airport. There are nearby airports: London Stansted, London Southend and London City.
Application closing date: midday,
Interviews: week commencing 19 January 2026
JOB ID: NH0649
New Hall is committed to safeguarding students. There will be an enhanced DBS check prior to appointment.
