Mini-Bus driver

Lift Broadlands, Bristol, BS31 2DY

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  19 August 2026 at 2:22pm

• Date listed

  22 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Up to £12.85 per hour

Mini-Bus driver job summary

Job title: Mini-bus driver
Salary: £12.85 per hour + wellbeing cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
School: Lift Broadlands, St Francis Road, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 2DY
Contract type: Permanent, term-time only, hours will roughly be 7.30am until 9am and then 2.30pm until 3.45pm
Start: September

A rare term-time only mini bus driver job opportunity for a lovely secondary school.

Your new school
Lift Broadlands is a small secondary school in Keynsham, fostering a nurturing environment for students aged 11-16 and led by an incredible Principal, Laura Stone, who is passionate about ensuring that every student has access to an excellent education, in every classroom, every day. We're conveniently located near Bath and North East Somerset, with excellent transport links to Bristol and other surrounding areas. We are a small, mixed, fully inclusive comprehensive school and remain one of the best choices for learning in the area. For every student who attends our academy, we aim to raise their aspirations, broaden their horizons and promote a life-long love of learning. We are an OFSTED 'Good' school, and benefit from a number of links with the local community and have an excellent reputation.

Your new role
- To safely collect and transport students to and from school.
- Exercising a strict duty of care, ensuring seatbelts are worn at all times, supervising students as they get on and off the minibus safely, and enforcing a one-person-per-seat rule to prevent overloading.
- Carrying out daily vehicle checks prior to starting any journey, which includes checking for a first aid kit and fire extinguisher, and ensuring all gangways are clear of obstruction.
- Carrying out routine weekly maintenance on the vehicles, including washing down, checking fluid levels, and maintaining general cleanliness and roadworthiness.
- Refueling the vehicle as required.
- Removing all occupants to safety as per Health & Safety procedures in the event of a vehicle breakdown.
- Promoting the safeguarding and welfare of children and young persons.
- Maintaining regular, consistent, and professional attendance, punctuality, and personal appearance.
- Developing and maintaining excellent working relationships with residents, staff, pupils, contractors, and other guests.

What you'll need to succeed
You will have a driving license with experience of driving a larger vehicle, in a customer-facing role, ideally working with community groups, schools or sports clubs. You will have strong communication and interpersonal skills. You will ideally be First Aid qualified, or willing to complete training.

We offer you:
Comprehensive training: Access to some of the best developmental training to boost your career.
Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and much more.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

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

Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.

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 Lift Broadlands

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 314 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Lift Broadlands website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/broadlands-academy

At Lift Broadlands, our vision is to inspire our young people to set themselves aspirational goals based on their unique skills, talents and dreams.

As a small 11-16 secondary school that has been serving its local community since 1935, we cultivate a ‘family feel’ and sense of belonging among our students, and believe that nurture is essential for academic, personal and social success. We are an inclusive community which welcomes and celebrates students of all backgrounds and starting points, and which promotes diversity and fairness.

As well as cherishing and supporting our students, we believe in challenging them to achieve excellence in everything that they do. We have the highest of expectations of behaviour, and pledge that every classroom in our school will be a disruption-free learning environment. Similarly, we have aspirational academic goals for every student, and do not believe in placing a ceiling on what any young person can achieve. For this reason, our classes in Years 7, 8 and 9 are taught in mixed performance groupings, and we aim to challenge every student in every lesson. Where students need additional or different tools to reach our aspirational aims, these are provided by our expert teachers, who benefit from the guidance of our excellent SEN and pastoral teams. We are thrilled to be graded 'Good' across the board from our latest Ofsted inspection in 2023.

At Broadlands, we recognise the importance of building young people’s character as well as their academic success. We run a wide range of extra-curricular activities and clubs, and aim to enhance and deepen our students’ learning experiences with educational and cultural visits where possible. Our excellent Careers advice and strong links with employers and post-16 providers mean that we are able to prepare our students fully for their chosen pathways.

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