Minibus Driver
St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 7SX21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1 September 2025
Closing date
3 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £8,547.00 - £8,681.00 Annually (FTE)
Minibus Driver job summary
We are looking for Mini-Bus driver for school run to and from school. The role involves transporting students to and from school in a minibus, carrying out daily vehicle checks and basic maintenance to ensure the vehicle is clean and roadworthy and refuelling the vehicles as required. Working within health and safety guidelines and maintaining accurate records of children using the service is essential to the role. Attendance is required at any relevant training courses and there will be the opportunity to contribute more widely across the Academy.
About us
St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy is a Secondary school located in Lincoln. We are an Ofsted-rated good in Leadership and Management, good in Behaviour and attitudes, good in Sixth Form, good in Personal Development and requires improvement in Quality of Education. Our recent Ofsted inspection (May 2024) stated that pupils ‘enjoy positive relationships with caring staff. Pupils are guided by the school’s values to be tolerant and respect difference’.
We are part of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Multi-Academy Trust, bringing together the 36 Catholic Primary and Secondary schools in Lincolnshire, Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
This permanent role is 15.5 hours per week, term-time only, with some flexibility required.
Requirements:
- Must hold a D1 License and complete a MIDAS assessment.
- Safely transport students, conduct vehicle safety checks, and keep the minibus clean.
- Flexible with route and schedule changes, potentially on short notice.
- Morning and afternoon runs required.
Benefits:
- Salary: £8,547 - £8,681 per annum (OLOL Band 1, Scale points 2-3).
- Term-time only (39 weeks per year).
- Wonderful students who have a passion for learning and deserve the very best.
- A team of talented and highly committed staff in a supportive working environment
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme for support staff, one of the most competitive on the market, with employer contributions of above 20% in most cases.
- Access to first-class CPD opportunities with a specialist support staff CPD programme.
- Professional assistance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
- Employee benefit scheme that includes a Cycle-to-work scheme
For an informal discussion about the role and our school please contact the school office on 01522 871400
How to Apply:
Please complete the online application form located on our vacancies page:
Closing Date: Thursday 3rd July 2025 at 9.00am
You do not need to be a Catholic to work for out Trust and we warmly welcome those of different cultures, ethnicities, and beliefs. This includes those of all faiths, the Catholic faith and those without a faith who are supportive of the Trust’s Catholic character and Christian ethos. This diversity is fundamental to our values and enriches the lives of the students within our schools. Our Trust strives to be a supportive, inclusive, caring, and positive community where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and welcome applications from people with a disability or long-term health condition.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks including online searches are required for successful applicants in line with Safer Recruitment Practices.
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 are not accepted.
About St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy
- School type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 602 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter and St Paul, Catholic Voluntary Academy website
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