Casual Minibus Driver

Watling View School, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 2NU

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 Hourly Adhoc casual hours

Casual Minibus Driver job summary

We require enthusiastic Minibus Drivers, to join our team of drivers, to work with children who have severe learning difficulties. This role includes working with our children and young people during term time, driving the minibus to various community based locations.

You must have a D1 qualification on your driving licence and be willing to undertake an HCC Minibus test if required.

Work hours are variable through the week, term-time only and paid on an hourly basis.

Previous experience with special needs children would be an advantage but not essential.

We are looking to appoint a Mini Bus Driver to join our team of drivers.

We are proud of our:

Extraordinary pupils

Innovative, dedicated staff

Excellent support and encouragement from Governors and the Senior Leadership Team

Varied and superb quality professional development

School community that continually strives to improve

Ethos of focusing on positive learning behaviour and high expectations for all pupils and staff

We will offer you:

A new starter induction programme

Extensive sick pay from the 1st day of absence (after 6 months service)

Generous pension provision

Various staff social events during the academic year

Optional Childcare Vouchers scheme

Free on-site car park

Watling View is a Good School (Ofsted, 2025), catering for the needs of children and young people with severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties (2 to19 years in age). A significant number of our pupils have autism and one in five has Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties. We aim to develop and enhance the potential of our pupils through an ethos and philosophy which emphasises that we are all of equal value as members of an interdependent supportive community.

Appointment to this post is subject to satisfactory clearance of enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks, including the barred list, as well as all other pre-appointment checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (2025).

Please do not send CV’s as only completed application forms will be considered. The school website can be seen at www.watlingview.herts.sch.uk.

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

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 Watling View School

• School type: Special school, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 111 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Watling View School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/watling-view-school

Watling View School is a maintained special school in St Albans, Hertfordshire. The school caters for up to 92 pupils, from 2-19 years, with a wide range of complex and profound learning difficulties. These include severe autism, complex medical conditions, physical and mobility difficulties, as well as severe developmental delay.

We are passionate about our vision, which guides us in all that we do for our pupils. "Watling View - Be kind, Be responsible, Be the Best You Can"

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