Cluster Site Assistant

Beckfoot Upper Heaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 6AL

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 September 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 job summary

Beckfoot Upper Heaton is 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 Excellence - Integrity - Kindness
• 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.

This is a permanent, full-time, all year round position for 37 hours per week. The working pattern for this role is: 10.00am to 6.00pm Monday to Thursday and 10.30am to 6.00pm on Friday.

This role is primarily based at our Beckfoot Upper Heaton site, however as this is a Cluster role, there may be the need to support at our Beckfoot Heaton Primary site for the purposes of cover.

Why choose Beckfoot Upper Heaton

Beckfoot Upper Heaton is a culturally diverse and inclusive 11-16 secondary school, rated Good by Ofsted in May 2023. We are ambitious for our young people and committed to making a positive, lasting impact in the community we proudly serve.

As part of Beckfoot Trust, we benefit from:

• Expert support and challenge from a skilled Central Team that works collaboratively with our school.
• Access to Trust-wide professional development, resources and shared learning.

We are proud to be a People-First organisation, where:

• Staff voice is valued, and listening is central to our culture.
• We welcome feedback as a gift and use to grow stronger together.
• We actively invest in colleague wellbeing and professional growth, ensuring our team feels supported and equipped to thrive.

This is an exciting time to join Beckfoot Upper Heaton, a school guided by our values of integrity, kindness and excellence. Our vision is summed up in one clear sentence: “The school taught students to act with integrity and kindness so that they went on to demonstrate excellence in their chosen field. It was a place where all belonged.”

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 Beckfoot Upper Heaton, 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)

Please note, we reserve the right to close advertisements early, either on the advertised closing date, or sooner if required.

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

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 Beckfoot Upper Heaton

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 679 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Beckfoot Upper Heaton website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beckfoot-upper-heaton

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