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This job expired on 10 October 2025

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    10 October 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    26 September 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: Working hours are 08:00-16:00pm, Monday to Friday.

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£25,444

What skills and experience we're looking for

  • Relevant experience in a similar role
  • Working knowledge of current H&S legislation, ensuring safe working practices
  • Able to use basic IT systems in order to complete training, to record tasks
  • Initiative in problem solving and the ability to work without supervision
  • Effective team member
  • Ability to prioritise tasks and manage own time effectively

What the school offers its staff

  • 30 days annual leave
  • Free onsite parking and opportunity to purchase a subsidised meal onsite
  • Work in a modern state-of-the art building, a short walk to the beach and town
  • Group Personal Pension including 8% employer contribution
  • Life Assurance scheme x 3 of the employee’s salary
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Support with travel expenses, via a season ticket loan scheme for public transport use
  • Refer a friend scheme – earn up to £500
  • Full sponsorship and support in completing British Sign Language qualifications, up to Level 3
  • Opportunity to undertake professional training
  • Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

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.

We are committed to enabling all our students to excel educationally. Come and join our great facilities team, responsible for maintaining our award-winning buildings and grounds.

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic person to join our Academy team in maintaining our site grounds and premises. This role will be part of a team that covers all 3 of our academy sites in Exmouth in assisting with their general maintenance, porterage, and security.

The Deaf Academy provides specialist education and care tailored to the individual needs of Deaf young people. The sense of belonging to an inspiring bilingual community can transform students as they develop language skills and journey towards independence and fulfilling their potential. Our campus opened in 2020 and has 3 buildings and wonderful grounds, and is a short walk from Exmouth beach. This is a full time role working all year round, the academy offers great benefits of 30 days annual leave a year alongside a Group Personal Pension including 8% employer contribution, and great training and development opportunities.

What to expect from the role:

  • The general maintenance of all Academy owned external areas across three local sites (grass, hedge, weeding, MUGA pitch and cleaning of filters)
  • Maintaining the premises so it stays safe and accessible (gritting, clearing paths, guttering, small maintenance tasks such as putting up shelving, repairing items)
  • Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults responsible for (or come into contact with) in accordance with the Academy’s Safeguarding Policy & Procedures.

Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding is at the centre of all that we do at the Deaf Academy. Our Safeguarding Lead is James Heaver, who is supported by three Deputies and the wider welfare team, but everyone has an important role to play in safeguarding the welfare of our students and every single member of staff completes compulsory safeguarding training.

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About Royal Deaf Education Trust

Organisation type
Special school, ages 5 to 19
Size
49 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 19
Ofsted report
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Website
Royal Deaf Education Trust website
Email address
hr@thedeafacademy.ac.uk
Phone number
01395 203130
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Here at the Deaf Academy we have a unique culture. Student and employee development is at the core of what we do. We inspire the next generation to do incredible things. Our teams create a positive, stimulating environment to enable our children and young people to thrive. We’re looking for extraordinary people to join us and help shape our future.

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