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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    25 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

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Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Level 5 £25,584 - £27,711 (actual salary), starting point negotiable dependent upon experience

What skills and experience we're looking for

Duties and responsibilities will include but not limited to:

• Health and safety on the school site and perform duties in line with health and safety regulations (COSHH).

Training will be provided where appropriate.

• Ensure that the building and site are secure including opening and locking up on a rota basis with the other

site staff.

• General maintenance of the school under the direction of the Facilities’ Manager but also working

independently from time to time.

• Receive deliveries to the school site.

• Be a team player and have a ‘can-do’ attitude

What the school offers its staff

St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy is a very popular, oversubscribed and thriving school serving the

Catholic community of the North of Stoke on Trent. The Academy has an impressive record of success,

acknowledged in our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted website).

We require a Premises Officer (whole year) to join our existing team in order to play an integral role in the

maintenance and security of the school premises and site, ensuring a safe working environment for pupils,

staff and visitors. Experience of working in a school environment would be preferred but absolutely not

essential. There are a lot of transferrable skills from maintenance roles in other sectors.

The successful applicant will be enthusiastic, dedicated and flexible, be able to work well as a part of a team,

but also have the ability to use their own initiative and work independently. It is also essential that you are

able to communicate effectively with a wide range of people including teaching staff, students

Commitment to safeguarding

The Academy is committed to the safeguarding and welfare
of children and young people and expects all of its employees
to share this commitment. This post is subject to the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Amendment
Order 1986 and, as such, it will be necessary for a Submission
for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring
Service to check for any previous convictions

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About St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

School type
Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1162 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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St Margaret Ward is a happy, popular, oversubscribed 11-18
academy with an impressive record of success, acknowledged in
our inspection in September 2021 (full report on school/Ofsted
website).

We are extremely proud of our enthusiastic and ambitious staff
who are committed to helping our students become the very best
they can be and, as such, the Academy Directors are seeking an ambitious and dedicated individual who can help us in our mission

Arranging a visit to St Margaret Ward Catholic Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chollins@smwca.org.uk.

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