Academy Facilities Assistant / Driver

Bedelsford School, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, KT1 2QZ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  12 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 11:00am – 6:45pm M-Th, 11.00am – 6.30pm F, 30 minute lunch break, Monday – Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4\5, Outer London Business Support Scale, including London Weighting: £30,279 - £33,983 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a dedicated and reliable Academy Facilities Assistant / Driver to join the team at our school to ensure our school premises are well-maintained, safe, and fully operational. As the facilities assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining and managing the school's facilities to ensure they are safe, welcoming, and fit for purpose. This is an essential role where you'll be assisting with the day-to-day operations of the site, managing preventive preplanned and reactive maintenance tasks, ensuring health and safety compliance, and supporting the smooth running of school activities and events. Your work will directly contribute to creating a positive learning environment for both students and staff.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in the maintenance and upkeep of the school’s buildings and grounds ensuring the site is fully compliant.

• Ensure health, safety, and environmental standards are met through regular inspections and risk assessments.

• Coordinate with contractors for repairs and maintenance.

• Assist in maintaining site security and manage access to the buildings.

• Assist with the setup and support of school events and activities.

• Respond to emergency repairs as needed.

Key Requirements:

• Experience in site management or facilities management, ideally in a school or educational setting

• Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively

• Excellent communication skills

• Knowledge of health, safety, building maintenance, and environmental regulations

• Ability to work independently and manage your time efficiently

What the school offers its staff

Rewards & Benefits: Career benefits - Orchard Hill College Academy Trust,

• Enhanced parental leave schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loans
• Employee referral scheme
• Membership to Discounts for Teachers
• Discounted gym membership subscription including digital fitness
• Comprehensive training and development
• Access to counselling advice and support via Health Assured
• Commitment to wellbeing supported by our occupational health service and mental-health first aiders
• Scope for career progression across eight college centres, 14 academy schools and shared services team
• Pension scheme - the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teachers Pension Scheme (TPS) both of which have life cover and financial protection for your family.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Bedelsford School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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About Bedelsford School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 132 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bedelsford School website
• Email address: MHartzenberg@bedelsfordschool.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bedelsford-school

Bedelsford School is an outstanding special school which aims to provide innovative education and a challenging environment for pupils aged 2 to 19. The school specialises in educating pupils with a wide range of Physical Disabilities including those with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, Moderate Learning Difficulties and Complex Health needs. However, we are a changing population and many of our pupils now have CLDD (complex learning difficulties and disabilities).

The school converted to Academy status in April 2016 and was last inspected by Ofsted in December 2018 . Inspectors observed: Bedelsford School has high expectations of all and aims to provide consistent and sustained improvement, working collegiately with key partners.

We keenly take account of the development of neuroscientific knowledge and research to better enable us to develop the skills of our staff team, understand the unique ways our pupils learn and implement the teaching strategies which will ensure pupils make the maximum progress they can.

Bedelsford School works in close partnership with Parents/Carers to ensure that collaborative goal setting takes place and that all students reach their full potential.

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