Bus Driver/Assistant Caretaker
Pebble Brook School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP21 8LZThis job expired on 25 April 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
25 April 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.93 - £14.39 Hourly Spilt role - See Job advert for information
Bus Driver/Assistant Caretaker job summary
About this Role
Mini Bus Driver: 7:00am - 9:am & 3:pm - 4:00pm - 15 Hours per week
Assistant Caretaker: 9:am - 3:pm – 30 Hours per week
(Option to split the roles as a job share, or combine both for full-time hours under a split contract with hours to be agreed)
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Pebble Brook School for a Mini Bus Driver and Assistant Caretaker. We are looking for a reliable and committed individual to join our team. You will have the option to split these roles with another candidate or combine them into one full-time position.
As a Mini Bus Driver, you will be responsible for safely transporting students to and from school during the specified hours. As an Assistant Caretaker, you will support the Caretaker with the general upkeep and maintenance of the school site.
Pebble Brook School is a secondary special school for approximately 170 pupils aged 11-19 with a range of moderate learning difficulties. We are based on an attractive site in the centre of Aylesbury and maintained by Buckinghamshire Local Authority. Our pupils come from all over the county, some have attended primary special schools whilst others have previously been in mainstream schools across the county.
Safeguarding
Pebble Brook follows Buckinghamshire Council guidelines for safer recruitment. This position will be subject to safer recruitment checks, Social Media checks and the successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications regardless of ability, gender, ethnicity or religion.
Please complete the Self-Declaration form included included with the attached documents and submit with your application.
This school is fully committed to safeguarding and the welfare of children and young people in all aspects of its work, including recruitment, and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Safe in Education 2023 online searches will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. The search is not part of the shortlisting process itself, and candidates will have a chance to address any issues of concern that come up during the search at interview
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent cautions and convictions cautions
- All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2020). For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro Guidance the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance or Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance (see in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').
Its and offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure form and return prior to interview. Pebble Brook School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced Data & Barring Service check will be required from the successful candidate.
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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.
About Pebble Brook School
- School type
- Special school, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 169 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Pebble Brook School website
School location
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