Premises Manager
St Peter's Catholic Primary School, London, SE18 7BN19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 September 2026
Closing date
15 July 2026 at 3pm
Date listed
26 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time (Can be done as a job share): Monday, Wednesday and Friday 07:00 – 3:00 Tuesday and Thursday 07:30 – 3:30
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,354 - £31,806 (Dependent on experience)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Implement and follow the school safeguarding policy and understand child welfare and safety. To maintain appropriate relationships and boundaries with children and staff.
To be responsible to the Head Teacher for ensuring that the premises and grounds of the school are maintained at what, in the Headteacher’s opinion, is the highest possible level of cleanliness and appearance. The Premises Manager will be expected to take such initiatives as may be required to achieve this, including regular inspections of the school buildings and grounds.
The Premises Manager actively promotes the values and ethos of the school and is expected to be a fully participating member of the St Peter’s School Community; supporting the children and staff in events and activities within the school, as appropriate. He/she will ensure the effective use of resources in support of the school’s improvement priorities. To carry out duties related to meeting the needs of the school.
Key Responsibilities Services
• Maintenance and Repairs
- To be responsible for planning and managing a maintenance schedule; either annually, monthly, termly, weekly or daily in consultation with the Headteacher
- To ensure maintenance, repairs and inspections on site are conducted in accordance with health and safety regulations
- To undertake duties covering maintenance or emergency repairs; contacting and engaging contractors for tasks which require specialist skills
- To ensure that playgrounds and pathways are safe, particularly in times of extreme weather
- To ensure general upkeep of the school premises including weeding of flower beds and basic gardening
- To ensure that the premises are adequately and efficiently heated and lit Health and Safety
- To carry out regular health and safety checks • To test the fire alarm call points weekly and to ensure that all escape routes are free from obstruction
- To ensure that all fire-fighting equipment is located, tested and results recorded as regulations require
- To ensure all dangerous substances, including cleaning materials and flammable substances, are safely stored in accordance with COSHH regulations and to inform the Headteacher of any changes to the COSHH register
- To ensure Legionella checks are carried out and recorded; tap temperatures are checked and recorded; showers are flushed weekly
- Organise rubbish removal
- To ensure play areas and equipment are well maintained and safe to use
- To keep the asbestos register up-to-date, Cleaning and Hygiene
- To monitor the standard of cleaning across the school site; overseeing a deep clean and floor polish annually, and report to the Headteacher
- To attend to spillages during the day, including child hygiene accidents
- To ensure supplies of cleaning and hygiene materials are always available by a regular stock take and ordering schedule, and to replenish supplies throughout the school as and when necessary
- To ensure that the school grounds are clean and swept each morning, ready for the arrival of children and their carers
- To ensure prevention and removal of vermin via local contractors Supervision of Contractors • To arrange for minor repairs and works to be carried out by contractors and acting as liaison and monitoring officer with them whilst they are on site
What the school offers its staff
Access to the employee assistance programme
RBG Pensions
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
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
About St Peter's Catholic Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 205 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter's Catholic Primary School website
- Email address
- recruitment@stpeters.greenwich.sch.uk
Outstanding - Single Form Entry - Catholic Primary School
Arranging a visit to St Peter's Catholic Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@stpeters.greenwich.sch.uk.
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