Minibus Driver(s)
King Edward VI Grammar School, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 9LL10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
27 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): Permanent Part-time, Term-time + 1 Week 07:15 to 09:15 & 15:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday (Split-Shifts or Job Share); Salary: £10,803.70 pa; FTE: 0.4567; Start 1st September 2025 Reporting to: Assistant Headteacher – Sixth Form
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £10,803.70
What skills and experience we're looking for
Responsibilities will include:
- Drive the Sixth Form minibus along a designated route, collecting and dropping off students safely and on time.
- Carry out daily vehicle checks and report any maintenance issues or defects immediately.
- Ensure the minibus is clean, tidy, and presentable at all times.
- Adhere to all road traffic laws and school transport policies.
- Assist students in boarding and leaving the minibus, particularly those with mobility issues or special needs.
- Maintain good communication with school staff, parents, and students.
- Keep accurate records of mileage, fuel usage, and journey logs if required.
- Manage student behaviour on the bus to ensure a safe environment.
- Respond calmly and appropriately to emergencies or incidents while on duty.
Person Specification:Essential:
- A full, clean UK driving licence (Category D1 is required).
- Proven experience driving minibuses or similar-sized vehicles.
- Good knowledge of local roads and routes.
- Strong awareness of safety procedures and child safeguarding principles.
- Reliable, punctual, and responsible.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Desirable:
- First Aid Certificate.
- MIDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) training or willingness to undertake it.
- Experience working with children or in a school environment.
What the school offers its staff
Education Welfare Support to Include Counselling, GP Service
Use of the School Gym
Further information about the job
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.
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About King Edward VI Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 889 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- King Edward VI Grammar School website
- Email address
- recruitment@kevigs.lincs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01507353471
Welcome to KEVIGS
King Edward VI Grammar School (KEVIGS) is an 11-18 school in Louth, Lincolnshire with approximately 960 students on roll. Our ethos is to provide our students with a holistic, academic education that builds a strong foundation for life beyond school.
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