Apprentice Site Officer

North Chadderton School, Oldham, Lancashire, OL9 0BN

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 26

• Closing date

  9 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
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• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: 15,250

Apprentice Site Officer job summary

Role: Apprentice Site Officer

Location: North Chadderton School, Chadderton Hall Road, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 0BN

Hours: 36 hours 40 minutes

Salary: Apprentice hourly rate (£8 per hour, £15,250 per year)

Employment type: Apprentice

Start Date: September 2026

We are looking to appoint an Apprentice Site Officer to join our dedicated and professional site team. This is an exciting opportunity to gain practical experience while working towards a recognised apprenticeship qualification. You will support the day-to-day maintenance, security, and operation of the school site, helping to ensure a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for pupils, staff, and visitors. To succeed in this role, you will be reliable, eager to learn, and willing to develop practical skills. You will have a positive attitude, be able to work as part of a team, use your initiative, and demonstrate a commitment to providing an excellent service across the school.

North Chadderton School was recently graded Good in all areas by Ofsted. We know this is a great school and one which is fully committed to continuing to provide the very best experiences for all our pupils, with high academic standards and attainment and a strong personal development offer. We are committed to career-long staff development and if you join our team, you will be based in a diverse, friendly and supportive school with a state-of-the-art building, providing access to the latest resources to facilitate learning.

As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to recruitment@theoaktrust.org.uk or please phone The Oak Trust Recruitment Team on 0161 785 5960. Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.

North Chadderton School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks.

The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221).

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About North Chadderton School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1569 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: North Chadderton School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/north-chadderton-school-oldham

We are a large, very successful progressive, vibrant and oversubscribed 11-18 Academy. We are located in Chadderton, Greater Manchester in a sought after green belt area and our school is a 5 minute drive to the M62 providing easy access to major cities such as Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool.

We hope the balance of our traditional values and the very highest of expectations will provide the perfect platform to enable every student to be given the best possible chance of success. The school has an unrelenting focus on the success of every student supported with expert guidance, care and support.

Please visit our website to learn more about our School.

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