Estates Assistant
Chipping Campden School, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, GL55 6HU14 days remaining to apply
Job start date
5 January 2026
Closing date
3 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time, 40 hours per week, all year round. Opportunities to work overtime which will include school lettings. Lettings of the site are co-ordinated amongst the team and claimed for. 8 hour shifts on a regular rotational pattern, 5 days per week, Monday to Friday. Rotations agreed amongst the team with approximate times of rota pattern:7am – 4pm/9.30am – 6.30pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,806
Pay scale
- Grade 2
What skills and experience we're looking for
Education and qualifications
Relevant educational qualifications at school/college
First Aid qualification (or willing to complete the course)
Pool Plant
Health and Safety
Professional knowledge and experience
Sound, practical DIY skills including repairs and decorating
Familiarity with relevant Health and Safety and safe working practices
Ability to build good relationships with young people, colleagues and staff
Awareness of security safety procedures including key holder/lock up procedures
Experience of security safety procedures including key holder/lock up procedures
Experience in manual services and labour across a range of duties
School or college environment experience
Porterage of items around a large site
Parcel collection and delivery
Swimming pool and plant operation
Experience of water management
Caretaking/cleaning/site of similar services experience
Traits and competencies
Committed to and good understanding of Safeguarding and Child Protection practice and procedure
Able to carry out routine tasks without close supervision
Able to identify, prioritise and deal with issues as they occur
A ‘self-starter’ with the ability to motivate self, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines
Someone who is:
- Willing to work outside of normal hours if required
- Flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances
- Enthusiastic, approachable and team spirited
What the school offers its staff
Staff benefits
Every school is unique and ours is no exception. One of our unique selling points is the relatively high average length of service of our staff, and relatively low rate of staff turnover. Neither of these are by chance and are the product of staff feeling trusted, empowered and recognised for leading the roles they do. We feel that a mark of the outstanding school we are is symbolised by the number of staff who choose to send their children to be educated with us.
Below is a list of just some of the ‘pull factors’ that contribute to making our school a great place to work:
- An allocation of three, paid staff wellbeing days, where employees are not required to be in school.
- An average of 17.4 students per teacher (full-time equivalent)
- Commitment to staff wellbeing through a variety of internal practices, designed to recruit and retain the very best staff.
- Complimentary use of the school sports facilities, fitness suite and swimming pool (timetable in place).
- Comprehensive range of staff social events throughout the year.
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Freshly prepared and cooked food available on site
- Health and wellbeing support including access to an Employee Assistance Programme (including partners and dependents), confidential counselling services and support from our Staff Wellbeing Group, who meet regularly to ensure that our staff wellbeing is prioritised.
- Outstanding, tailored CPD
- Pension Scheme membership (Teachers Pensions or Local Government Pensions Scheme)
- Support in completing relevant external leadership development programmes.
- The school is located within the beautiful Cotswold town of Chipping Campden, with friendly businesses, including a wide range of restaurants and pubs.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Chipping Campden School is committed to equality of opportunity and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Chipping Campden School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1479 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Chipping Campden School website
- Email address
- recruitment@campden.school
Chipping Campden School is an outstanding school (OfSTED 2017) with a long and distinguished history dating back to 1440, and a reputation to match. However, it is also a forward-looking school, striving always to provide the best opportunities for students to achieve their potential in a time of rapid change.
We provide a relevant and challenging curriculum to meet student developing interests and ambitions and our school environment is one which promotes high quality learning. However, education for life is about much more than the academic content of courses, and Chipping Campden School offers a wide range of enriching opportunities to prepare its students for their futures.
It is difficult to put into words the very special ethos of Chipping Campden School but is an inclusive and affirming place to be, both as a student and member of staff.
Located in such an outstandingly attractive town in the Cotswolds, you can enjoy living/working in such an area that is only a short journey from Stratford-Upon-Avon, Cheltenham and Evesham. Moreton has a main line station with direct link to Oxford and London.
There are approximately 1418 students in School, including 323 in the Sixth Form. Every student is treated as an individual while being developed into an active and positive member of the school community and a global citizen. The school offers a very wide range of extra-curricular activities including sport, music and drama and standards here are also very high.
We have a stable staff of well-qualified and talented professionals, united in our desire to ensure that all students reach their potential. We work collaboratively with parents, partner schools and colleges and external agencies to support individual students in this. There is a well established provision of staff development and regular meetings allowing opportunities to communicate, share good practice and challenge and ensure all are secure in the part they play in the success of the school.
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