Handyman/ Maintenance Assistance

Cheney School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7QH

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st December, 2025

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  21 October 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: £31,537.00 - £34,434.00 Annually (Actual) A Shift Allowance of £2441.30 will be paid in addition to annual salary.

Handyman/ Maintenance Assistance job summary

We are recruiting for a new Handyman/Maintenance Assistant to join our strong and established Site team. We pride ourselves on our warm and friendly team, delivering a high quality service in and around the school. If you are passionate about premises and facilities, and you have a positive "can do" attitude, then this may be the perfect opportunity for you. This is a permanent position , working full time (37 hours per week), with an annual leave entitlement of 28 days + bank holidays.

The Maintenance Assistant is responsible for proactively carrying out maintenance duties within the school, contributing to the planning of long-term maintenance projects and to the high standards of maintenance and presentation expected within the School. A commitment to the role, combined with a willingness to be flexible in sharing and scheduling the workload, are essential components of this job. We would love to hear from you if you feel that you have the qualities that we require in this role.

We offer a positive and supportive workplace where staff go above and beyond to help students and each other. We provide excellent opportunities for career progression and advancement. Cheney School is committed to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and training the range of Continuing Professional Development is second to none.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Dylan Davies, our Facilities and Maintenance Manager about the role, prior to application, then please email dda@cheneyschool.org or telephone 01865 765726.

Early applications encouraged!

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Cheney School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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

Cheney School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism; all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and obtain any other statutorily required clearance. Employment will also be conditional on the receipt of at least two acceptable references (1 from current/latest employer) and evidence of the formal qualifications required for the role.

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 Cheney School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1704 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cheney School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheney-school-oxford

Cheney School is a popular, high-performing school located in the heart of Oxford serving a diverse community of students. We are what a comprehensive school was designed to be; we are very proud of our inclusive ethos and the fact that we provide a liberal, outward-looking education to students from all backgrounds, and a caring and supportive community for staff.

We are committed to continuous professional development and have wide-ranging training and development opportunities.

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