Grounds & Site Maintenance Operative
Fakenham Academy, Fakenham, Norfolk, NR21 9QT29 days remaining to apply
Closing date
12 August 2026 at 1am
Date listed
14 July 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £10,371 - £10,536 actual pa
Grounds & Site Maintenance Operative job summary
Part of the Sapientia Education Trust
- Salary, SCP5-6, £10,371 - £10,536 actual pa (inc an allowance for hol pay) £25,583 – £25,989 FTE
- Temporary until 31 August 2027 initially
- Part Time
- 15 hours a week
- All Year Round
Fakenham Academy wishes to appoint an effective and reliable individual who is proactive and hardworking to join our site team and play a key role in maintaining a safe, clean and well-presented school environment for students, staff and visitors.
This is a varied, hands-on role covering grounds and general site maintenance, with some key holding responsibilities.
We are looking for an enthusiastic person with high standards to join our site team with the ability to communicate and interact effectively with others as part of our school support staff team.
We are a strong community school in which kindness, ambition and determination are at the heart of our values. We take the well-being of our staff seriously and have a collaborative and supportive approach, working together to ensure the best for our staff
Why Fakenham Academy?
Our school is built on high expectations, respectful relationships, and strong partnerships with families.
We offer a supportive and friendly working environment with opportunities for training and development with the chance to contribute to a positive school environment.
How to apply
A Job description is available from ‘Attachments’.
For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to apply via our online application form.
Closing date: 12 August 2026, 12 noon
Interview date: 20 August 2026
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, therefore all applicants must be prepared to undergo a number of checks to confirm their suitability to work with children and young people. The Trust welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. In accordance with the Department of Education’s “Keeping Children Safe in Education”, references will be sought on all short-listed candidates before interview.
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 Fakenham Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 723 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Fakenham Academy website
Fakenham Academy is a local school with high ambitions and a key drive for continuous improvement. We believe that education is the key to transforming life chances, and that by creating an outstanding learning environment where all students are happy and taught well we will enhance their prospects to become productive, successful citizens of the future. Our core standards include high expectations of everyone in our learning community; good discipline consistently applied; reliably good quality teaching; a commitment from parents to work in partnership with the academy and respectful, positive relationships between everyone in our learning community. For us it is about educating the whole child through a diverse and broad curriculum and making sure they are prepared to enter today’s modern world, as well rounded capable young men and women. Our latest Ofsted inspection recognised the high level standard we work hard to deliver resulting in being rated a “good” school in all aspects of the inspection.
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