Grounds Person/Site Assistant
Beckfoot Oakbank, Keighley, West Yorkshire, BD22 7DU13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
26 January 2026 at 7am
Date listed
13 January 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)
Grounds Person/Site Assistant job summary
Beckfoot Oakbank is seeking a proactive and dedicated Grounds Person/Site Assistant to join our valued team. This is a full-time, Permanent role, (All year round) 37 hours per week.
Working pattern : Monday to Thursday 6.00am to 2.00pm and Friday 6.00am to 1.30pm (timings may vary for this role).
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 Enjoy-Learn-Succeed
- 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.
Why choose Beckfoot Oakbank
Beckfoot Oakbank is a local 11-18 secondary school with a strong and growing sixth form. We are fully committed to our improvement journey and to delivering an exceptional education for 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 actively work to reduce unnecessary workload.
We prioritise colleague wellbeing and professional growth, so our team can focus on making a meaningful difference for our students and their families.
This is a genuinely exciting time to join Beckfoot Oakbank, a school that is completely guided by our values of enjoy, learn, succeed. Our vision is summed up in one clear sentence: ‘Beckfoot Oakbank ensured every child succeeded in education, head a great career, and enjoyed life.’
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 Oakbank, 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)
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
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 Beckfoot Oakbank
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1503 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Beckfoot Oakbank website
School location
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