Premises Manager

Carshalton High School for Girls, Carshalton, Surrey, SM5 2QX

50 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  March 2025

• Closing date

  20 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  1 December 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: £42,059.00 - £44,685.00 Annually (FTE) GLT SO2 point 28-31

Premises Manager job summary

Key responsibilities for the role include:

• Facilities Management for the school premises
• Budgetary control
  
• Leadership of the team and ensuring safe working practices
  
• High quality service to stakeholders
  
• Development of systems and processes

The successful candidate will:

The successful candidate will report to the Head of Estates and Facilities for the Trust, you will work closely together to implement a new culture of quality at this high performing school. With a focus on compliance management, you will know what 'excellent' looks like, utilising your knowledge to build audit processes and effective record management processes.

Responsible for the effective management and motivation of a small team, you will have the opportunity to drive operational excellence across the school estate. Using your outstanding communication and people skills, you will have the ability to effectively manage the team to deliver high quality service. You will be given tools and support to succeed in this role, from strong leadership focussed on the same goals and outcomes.

We’re open about the sector you’ve gained your facilities management experience in, we want you to have sound working knowledge of facilities management, compliance standards and safe working practices that you can apply with empathy to the education environment.

This role comes with support for training and development, intended to provide you with the potential to develop your career further.

With a customer service approach at the heart of everything you do, you will have outstanding communication and people skills. With the ability to effectively manage a small team through effective motivation. You will be given the tools and support to succeed in this role, with support and guidance from a strong leadership team focused on the same goals and outcomes.

What we offer:

• An excellent working environment that prioritises the wellbeing of it's staff and students.
• Benefits that include:
  • generous annual leave allowance
    
  • BHSF Health and Wellbeing Plan
  • free tea/coffee and milk available in the staff room
  • On site parking, where available

  Key Application Dates:

  • Closing Date - 20th January 2026 at 9am
  • Interview Date - First Stage interviews 26th January 2026 (Online) and Second Stage Interviews 3rd February 2026 (On Site)
  • Start Date - March 2026

  Our commitment:

  The Girls’ Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. In order to meet this responsibility, we follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

  As well as verification of identity, we ask all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance, we may also conduct an online search about any shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence to identify any matters that might relate directly to our legal duty to meet safeguarding duties in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)

  We welcome applications from all suitably qualified people and aim to employ a culturally diverse workforce, which reflects the nature of our communities.

  Sponsorship:

  We are not able to offer sponsorship to non-settled individuals for a Skilled Worker Visa.

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

Carshalton High School for Girls and The Girls’ Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. We follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. As well as verification of identity, we ask all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure. For any shortlisted applicants, we are also required to conduct an online search about you in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, in order to identify any incidents or concerns which are publicly available online.

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 Carshalton High School for Girls

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1441 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Carshalton High School for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carshalton-high-school-for-girls

Carshalton High School for Girls is a highly successful comprehensive school for girls aged between 11 and 18. The school has expanded in recent years, is popular in the local community, and has a growing Sixth Form. Our school is a welcoming environment, which, paired with high standards, delivers an excellent education for our students. Our buildings that range from a traditional main block to much more recent buildings contain specialist science labs, sports hall, dance and drama studios, music rooms and STEM workshops. The student body in our school is truly diverse, both in heritage and educational starting point.

The school is a short walk from Carshalton station. London Victoria is approximately a 30-minute journey by Southern trains, London St Pancras is approximately 45 minutes by Thameslink. The school is also within easy commuting range of South London and Surrey.

Our Mission
Our mission is to broaden the horizons of our students and staff through the provision of a world-class education filled with opportunity. We are a place of learning that is fearless in its commitment to excellence. We are also a safe, inclusive learning community where staff and students thrive. The CHSG motto is ‘Excellence; everywhere, every day.’ This is lived in all aspects of the school. We are unashamedly aspirational for our students and aim to equip them with the knowledge, skills and dispositions they need to be successful, both academically and in their wider lives There is a culture of celebration established and reinforced by regular rewards and recognition of students’ achievements. Our school values make explicit the traits and behaviours we prize:

Be ambitious
Be aware
Be involved
Be our best
Be together

#TeamCHSG
Working at Carshalton High School for Girls means becoming a member of #teamCHSG. This team creates a culture which has:

High aspiration and expectations of all
Excellent behaviour
Advantaging the disadvantaged at its core
A simple and focused approach to school development
Strong leadership across the school
A culture of celebration
Stakeholder Voice

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