Estates Manager

Ashton-on-Mersey School, Sale, Cheshire, M33 5BP

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  December 2026

• Closing date

  2 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 October 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: 38,510.00 - 41,177.00

Estates Manager job summary

The Dean Trust is seeking an experienced Estate Manager to take operational responsibility for ensuring our school environments are safe, compliant, well maintained, and fit for purpose across Ashton on Mersey School.

This is a critical role within The Dean Trust, providing strategic and operational leadership across the school site. You will oversee the day-to-day delivery of estates services, including planned and reactive maintenance, health and safety compliance, statutory testing, site security, and the effective management of the school estate team, premises and facilities.

Ashton on Mersey School serves the community of Sale and beyond. As part of our team you can contribute, collaborate and lead on many established areas that shape our school culture. Our school vision has been shaped by every member of our school community

Key responsibilities:

Lead daily premises and facilities operations ensuring school maintains high standards of safety, cleanliness, function, and presentation

Implement the Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) schedule carrying out and coordinating statutory inspections within mandatory timeframes to achieve 100% completion metrics

Ensure all completed statutory compliance records, certifications, defect logs, and service reports are accurately uploaded to centralised digital Trust compliance platforms in a timely manner.

Prepare assigned school premises for internal and external Health & Safety audits, actively completing assigned remedial actions and risk control measures within agreed deadlines.

Supervise external contractors on site, verifying DBS checks, issuing permits to work, ensuring adherence to Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS), and managing site inductions.

Oversee keyholding, building opening/closing protocols, alarm systems, perimeter security, and access control across assigned sites to protect Trust assets.

 

For more information about the role please contact us on 0161 973 1179 Ext 2348 or omairchunara@thedeantrust.co.uk

Thank you again for your interest in working for The Dean Trust. We look forward to hearing from you.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer committed to ensuring inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity. We welcome applications from a diverse range of candidates including those from underrepresented groups, and/or with protected characteristics.

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

The Dean Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring 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 Ashton-on-Mersey School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1609 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ashton-on-Mersey School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashton-on-mersey-school-sale

Founded in 1981, following the amalgamation of separate Boys’ and Girls’ schools, Ashton on Mersey School is the founding school of The Dean Trust which is a multi-academy trust comprising seven secondary schools and four primary schools across four local authorities.

Ashton on Mersey School is one of the most popular and oversubscribed schools in the region with a reputation for aspiration, endeavour and excellence. As Headteacher, I am proud to lead a team of teachers and support staff who truly believe that every pupil should achieve or exceed their potential.

The school has an established ethos of setting high academic standards by carefully crafting a pupil-centered approach where individual needs are matched with a broad, ambitious and exciting curriculum. In addition, the school is passionate about providing rich and diverse opportunities in an environment designed to nurture lifelong learners and citizens who can thrive regionally, nationally and globally.

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