Minibus Driver (Casual)
Melior Community Academy, Scunthorpe, DN17 1HA9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Casual hours, as and when required, during the school week.
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £12.85 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
Melior Community Academy are looking to appoint a Minibus Driver to join our academy as soon as possible, on a casual as and when required basis.
Do you want to work for a Trust that is transforming educational outcomes for students in some of the most deprived areas in the North of England? If so, this could be the role for you.
Your new role
As a Minibus Driver, you will operate the minibus routes, transporting children between specified collection points and ensuring their safe delivery to and from the academy.
Salary: Grade B Point 3 (£12.85 per hour)
Hours: Casual as and when required.
Please see the job description on our website for the essential criteria and more information.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience required for this position, then we would very much like to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
Melior Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The Academy opened in January 2013 for students aged 11 to 16. We are a fully inclusive Academy with a distinctively warm ethos and continue to have the highest aspirations for, and expectations of, our students. The school has recently been rebuilt and facilities are excellent, located within easy commuting distance of the main urban areas this is a great place to work.
We are looking to recruit well qualified and talented staff who will complement and add to a dynamic team and who have all the right attributes to make a valid contribution to the wider life of the school and ensure that students are making the right progress.
Why join us?
Staff across the trust are talented and enthusiastic, and all contribute to the trust’s success story.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join an outstanding team within a high performing multi academy trust with exciting career prospects for successful applicants.
As a Trust, we have developed an extensive range of employee benefits that focus on your Financial, Physical and Mental Wellbeing. Here are just a few examples in each area…
Financial Wellbeing:
- Membership to either the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Technology scheme and Vehicle Leasing Scheme*
- Access to an extensive discounts platform
Physical Wellbeing:
- 24/7 access to an online GP or Advanced Nurse Practitioner for you & your household
- Gym & fitness discounts
- Cycle to Work scheme*
- Free annual flu jab
Mental Wellbeing:
- Access to an industry leading Employee Assistance Programme
- Menopause Support Service
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders in all our settings
*Subject to ensuring NMW is maintained
For more information and to apply for this position please visit our website at https://www.deltatrust.org.uk/careers-with-delta/
Further information about the job
In accordance with DfE Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the recruitment process.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding the welfare of its students and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service certificate and checks of the relevant barred list / prohibition lists.
Delta Academies Trust undertake to treat all applicants for posts fairly and not to discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff who voluntarily reveal that they have a criminal conviction. Equally, we will not discriminate unfairly against volunteers or paid staff where a Disclosure and Barring Service check reveals a criminal conviction or other information about offences.
Therefore, we will consider job applicants who have a criminal record based on their skills, abilities, experience, knowledge and, where needed, qualifications and training. However, our approach depends on the job, and whether it is covered by, or exempt from, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and guarantee an interview to anyone disclosing a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. However, it is important to note that if we receive a high volume of applications, we may limit the numbers of interviews offered to people with and without a disability.
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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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Melior Community Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 817 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Melior Community Academy website
- Email address
- recuitment@deltatrust.org.uk
Melior Community Academy is a coeducational secondary school located in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. The Academy opened in January 2013 for students aged 11-16. The majority of pupils live in areas containing significant pockets of deprivation characterised by high unemployment, an inadequate employment base, low average income levels and a degraded urban environment. We are a fully inclusive Academy with a distinctively warm ethos and continue to have the highest aspirations for, and expectations of, our students. Melior Community Academy has an exceptionally well-qualified, talented, experienced and enthusiastic team of staff. Our staff have the highest expectations of themselves as professionals as well as of the students they will be teaching. Learning is at the heart of everything that we do. High achievement is expected and success celebrated. At Melior you can expect a culture of ‘child centeredness’, challenge and high expectations in order to help students reach their full potential.
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