Facilities & Maintenance Coordinator
Drayton Park School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK2 3HJ12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
29 September 2025 at 10am
Date listed
17 September 2025
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
- £25,183.00 Annually (Actual)
Facilities & Maintenance Coordinator job summary
FACILITIES & MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR
Commencing - ASAP
Salary - £25,183 p.a.
37.5 hours per week
52 weeks per year
The Role
Drayton Park School is looking for a Facilities and Maintenance Coordinator to join our warm and welcoming school community. You’ll be the friendly, helpful face who ensures our premises are clean, safe, secure and fit for learning every day. If you take pride in hands-on work, problem-solving, and creating an inviting environment, this is the role for you.
Key responsibilities include:
- Maintaining clean, safe and secure school premises, including all buildings and grounds
- Carrying out maintenance, handyperson activities, routine upkeep, refurbishment, porterage, repairs and cleaning
- Project management and supervision of external contractors, obtaining quotes and overseeing works to guarantee high standards
- Perform day-to-day security and upkeep of buildings, fixtures, fittings, grounds, plant and machinery.
- Act as main key holder: lock/unlock premises, set alarms, monitor CCTV and respond to callouts.
- Conduct statutory checks (fire alarms, PAT testing, legionella, play equipment) and maintain inspection logs
- Champion health and safety best practices; ensure contractors and visitors comply with protocols
- Identify opportunities for sustainable site improvements aligned with our Climate Action Plan
- Build positive, supportive relationships with colleagues, external professionals and neighbouring schools
- Embrace new challenges and adapt to evolving school needs with a helpful, can-do attitude
If you’re ready to bring your positive energy, practical skills and helpful nature to our school, we’d love to hear from you.
Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to visit us for a school tour. To arrange a visit to the school, please email office@draytonpark.org.uk
About Drayton Park School
Drayton Park School is a nurturing and vibrant primary school that lives by our motto: ‘Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day.’ Guided by our values of Excellence, Aspiration, and Citizenship, we are proud to make a real difference in the lives of the children in our community.
With small class sizes, specialist teachers and a strong focus on social, emotional and mental health, we ensure every child has the support they need to thrive. Our spacious facilities, including a fitness studio, soft play room, outdoor classroom with an allotment and chickens and a well-equipped playground, provide an engaging environment for our students to succeed.
About The Alliance Schools Trust
The Alliance Schools Trust is driven by our mission of Care, Education and Opportunity. We prioritise care by ensuring that no student or staff member ever feels anonymous. Everyone is recognised, valued and supported, creating a strong sense of belonging within our community. Our commitment to education is reflected in our proven track record of academic success, consistently outperforming both Milton Keynes and national averages. We offer opportunity through supportive and dynamic learning environments, where every student can thrive and be well-prepared for future success in higher education or employment. For staff, we offer extensive opportunities for professional development and progression within our growing network of schools, empowering you to advance your career within a united, forward-thinking Trust.
As a Maths Hub and SCITT, we are recognised as leaders in raising educational standards both within our Trust and in the schools we support. We are proud to appoint motivated, highly qualified staff who thrive in a culture where collaboration and the spirit of partnership are central to everything we do.
How to Apply
Due to our commitment to safer recruitment practices, we can only accept applications through My New Term. Please do not submit CVs.
The Alliance Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check is required for all successful applicants.
E-mail: hr@tastrust.org.uk
Head of School: Laura Greenwood
Executive Headteacher: Miss J Swain
Closing date for applications: Monday 29th September 2025, 9am
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Drayton Park School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 355 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Drayton Park School website
School location
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