Academy Grounds Person/Driver

St Dominic's School, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4DX

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  to be confirmed

• Closing date

  20 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 36 hours per week : 08:30-16:45, Monday-Thursday, and 08:30-16:30 on Fridays including 1 hour lunch break (unpaid), all year round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: OHCAT London Fringe Business Support Scale, Grade 4/5 (Spine Points 18-25) £26,497 - £30,974 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity has arisen for us to recruit a Grounds Person/Driver to join OHC&AT’s existing Estates & Facilities Team. We require an enthusiastic and flexible person to undertake a wide range of gardening and grounds maintenance duties around the school to help maintain and develop our 56-acre site, including the marking of our school’s sports fields.

The post includes a contingency for driving the school minibus for morning and afternoon pick-ups that may be outside of the normal working hours, for which you would be paid overtime.

What the school offers its staff

Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on the role and the skills, experience and knowledge we are looking for.

Benefits include: Free car parking, lunch provided on site, and Employee Assistance Programme.

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

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About St Dominic's School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 19
• School size: 162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Dominic's School website
• Email address: zpetkova@stdominicsschool.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-dominic-s-school-godalming

St Dominic’s School is a special academy in Surrey and provides outstanding education for pupils and students aged 7-19 typically with a primary diagnosis of Speech Language & Communication Needs and/or Autistic Spectrum Condition. The school is located in Hambledon, close to Witley, Milford, Guildford and Godalming.
We are part of Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust (OHC&AT), a specialist Trust with 12 Academies and seven College Centres across London, Surrey and Sussex.
At St Dominic’s we believe passionately in a multi-disciplinary, ‘needs led’ approach to meeting each child’s and young person’s needs, resulting in carefully managed groupings, including specialist intervention work from our in house therapeutic team.
The school works closely in partnership with families, referring authorities and external agencies to coordinate the best possible education, care, guidance and support for its pupils and students.

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