Cluster Site Assistant (Beckfoot Thornton & Beckfoot Allerton)

Beckfoot Thornton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD13 3BH

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  29 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  16 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (Actual) Band 5 SCP 4-6

Cluster Site Assistant (Beckfoot Thornton & Beckfoot Allerton) job summary

Beckfoot Thornton & Beckfoot Allerton are seeking a proactive and dedicated Cluster Site Assistant to join our valued team. You will play a vital part in in ensuring our school is safe, clean and well maintained for students, colleagues and visitors. Your role will be integral to ensuring our school is a welcoming and functional environment for all, and a great place for all to learn and work. We are looking for someone who:

• Will champion our school values of Enjoy-Learn-Succeed
• Is hardworking and takes pride in their work
• Can work independently and as part of a team to meet the daily needs of the school
• Has a strong sense of responsibility for health and safety
• Communicates clearly and respectfully
• Shares our vision for creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind.

Permanent, Full Time , All Year Round, Various working patterns between 6.15am and 7.00pm. Current driving license is essential for this role.

Why choose Beckfoot Thornton

Beckfoot Thornton is a large 11-16 community secondary school. We are truly proud of the significant progress we’ve made as we continue our rapid journey to remarkable.

With expert support from Beckfoot Trust central team, we are building something special, rooted in simplicity, purpose and impact.

Visitors consistently comment on the calm, focused atmosphere in our school, this is a place where teachers can teach, and learners can learn.

We believe in:

Keeping things simple to reduced cognitive load and allow everyone to focus on what matters most.

Creating people first culture, where staff feel valued, recognised and supported.

Actively exploring flexible approaches to benefit both colleagues and students.

At Beckfoot Thornton we:

Have an active People First Staff Voice Group to help shape our culture and priorities.

We run a reverse mentoring programme for senior leaders, ensuring authentic listening and continuous improvement.

Our school sentence truly captures our mission: ‘We do whatever it takes every day to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, build the cultural capital, and develop the character to live their best lives.”

About Beckfoot Trust

Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted family of ten diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another.

We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together with Team [insert school name], we’re making a real difference in our community.

Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our Careers Page.

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide

Beckfoot Trust collects and processes personal data in accordance with UK Data Protection Laws. For more information on the personal data we collect and why, please see our Recruitment Privacy Notice: Beckfoot Trust - Privacy Notices

Click on the useful links below for further information:

• Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents
• Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy at Beckfoot Trust.

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of our Recruitment Team on the contact details below.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All successful staff will be requested to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check.

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 Beckfoot Thornton

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1272 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beckfoot Thornton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beckfoot-thornton

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