Head of Estates

Acorn Education Trust, Warminster, BA12 9DR

38 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  28 November 2025

• Closing date

  6 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 November 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: £76,769 - £ 91,155 DoE

Head of Estates job summary

Acorn Education Trust is seeking to appoint a highly skilled and motivated Head of Estates to provide strategic and operational leadership of our diverse school estate. This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced estates professional to join a forward-thinking Trust, shaping the physical environment that underpins high quality teaching and learning across our schools.

Contract: Permanent, full time (37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year).

Required: April 2026 (or sooner).

Location: Trust-wide, with travel across all our Acorn Education Trust sites in Wiltshire.

Other: Vehicle provided.

Acorn Education Trust was established in 2014 and now serves 23 settings: 17 primary schools, 4 secondary schools and 2 nurseries. We strive for excellent leadership, excellent teaching and excellent learning. Our vision is to transform lives through education.

The Head of Estates will be responsible for leading and developing a large estates and facilities team, managing multiple significant capital projects and ensuring the Trust’s estate is safe, compliant, sustainable and conducive to learning. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong track record in team leadership, project management and compliance within a multi-site environment.

This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent organisational skills, the ability to drive continuous improvement and a commitment to best practice in estate management, as set out in the Department for Education’s Estate Management Competency Framework and School Estate Management Standards.

We would welcome applications from someone who:

• Is passionate about delivering high standards in school environments;
• Has extensive experience in estates leadership;
• Wants to make a positive impact for children, families and staff.

We can offer the successful candidate:

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing to 30 days after five years’ service;
• Local Government Pension Scheme;
• Annual pay review;
• Care First employee assistance programme;
• Cycle to work scheme.

For more information, including a full job description and person specification, please read the attached Applicant Information Pack.

We strongly encourage prospective candidates to contact the Acorn Education Trust HR team, for an informal discussion prior to applying on: 01985-801055.

Closing date: Tuesday 6th January 2026 at midnight

Interviews: TBC

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.

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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.

About Acorn Education Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Acorn Education Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/acorn-education-trust

The Acorn Education Trust was formed in August 2014 to create a local solution to a national strategy. Through close collaboration and a shared vision we believe each school will achieve great things while retaining their individual identity.

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