Caretaker (Facilities and Maintenance Supervisor)

Widey Court Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  25 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year (Split shift working pattern). Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824 to £29,540
• Pay scale: Grade D 6-8

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking a reliable and proactive Facilities and Maintenance Supervisor to join our Trust’s facilities team. The role is primarily based at Widey Court Primary School, however, will also be required to work flexibly across other school sites as required, undertaking grounds maintenance, general repairs, improvement tasks, and providing cover for absence or operational need. The postholder will support the day-to-day operation, maintenance, and security of the site, including opening and closing the site each day. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring all Trust school environments are safe, compliant, well-maintained, and fit for purpose, supporting high-quality learning spaces for pupils and staff.

The successful postholder will:

• Have excellent communication skills

• Enjoy working as part of a team

• Be highly organised and work well under pressure

• Have proficient maintenance skills

• Be hardworking, efficient and energetic.

What the school offers its staff

Connect Academy Trust

Connect is a family of 9 large, successful, and happy primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in Plymouth, Torbay and Newton Abbot. Connect formed in 2016 as a values-based Multi Academy Trust of 5 schools in Plymouth. Since then, we have worked closely to support a number of schools and Trusts in the South West and our family has grown to 9 like-minded schools. We rebranded in 2022 and developed our 4 Anchors: Empowering, Principled, Nurturing and Trail-blazing. Connect is an inclusive Trust and 3 of our schools have specialist support centres, for deaf children, those with an ASC diagnosis and for those with a developmental language disorder.

We can offer you: 

• A highly supportive school and Trust invested in your growth and professional development.

• A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.

• A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.

• An opportunity to be part of a forward focussed and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the year Trust award 2023

• Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional development.

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.

Visits to the school and to meet the Head Teacher and Facilities Manager are warmly welcomed. Please contact Georgia Dingley, School Operations Lead, on 01752 773909 / gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk to arrange a suitable time.

If you are interested, please complete an application form.

Closing Date: Wednesday 25th March 2026 @ 9am

Interviews: Week commencing 30th March 2026

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.

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 will be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
Medical checks
Online and social media checks
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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Facilities Maintenance Supervisor Job Description.pdf - 373 KB (opens in new tab)

Facilities & Maintenance Supervisor Advert 2026.pdf - 342 KB (opens in new tab)

About Widey Court Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 605 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Widey Court Primary School website
• Email address: gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01752 773909
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/widey-court-primary-school-plymouth

Arranging a visit to Widey Court Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk.

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