Premises Operative
Swindon Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 1JR13 days remaining to apply
Closing date
16 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 September 2026
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
- £24,978.00 Annually (Actual) 10% shift allowance
Premises Operative job summary
Premises Operative (Site Team)
Location: The Swindon Academy
Reporting to: Cluster Estates Manager
Contract: Full-Time, 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £24,978 per annum plus 10% shift allowance
Join Our Team at The Swindon Academy
Are you a practical, proactive individual who takes pride in maintaining safe, secure, and welcoming environments? We are looking for a dedicated Premises Operative to join our Site Team and play a vital role in ensuring our Academy remains a safe, compliant, and well-maintained place for students, staff, and visitors.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong maintenance skills who enjoys a varied role and thrives as part of a supportive and hardworking team.
The Role
Working under the direction of the Cluster Estates Manager, you will be responsible for a wide range of site, maintenance, security, and grounds duties, including:
- Supporting the day-to-day operation, safety, and security of the Academy site
- Carrying out general maintenance, repairs, and handyman tasks
- Assisting with grounds maintenance, gardening, and litter management
- Monitoring heating, cooling, and building management systems
- Conducting fire and building safety checks
- Supporting school events, lettings, and educational trips
- Managing deliveries, furniture moves, and site logistics
- Working with contractors and ensuring compliance with health and safety procedures
- Maintaining Academy vehicles and supporting transport activities when required.
What We're Looking For
The successful candidate will:
- Have practical maintenance, facilities, or site management experience
- Be able to carry out minor plumbing, electrical, decorating, and repair tasks
- Demonstrate a positive, flexible, and proactive approach to work
- Have excellent organisational and problem-solving skills
- Be committed to maintaining high standards of health, safety, and security
- Be confident using Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel
- Work effectively both independently and as part of a team
- Be willing to undertake training and professional development opportunities.
Essential Requirement
- Full driving licence with Category B1 entitlement.
Why Join Us?
At The Swindon Academy, you'll be part of a committed team making a real difference to the educational experience of young people. We offer:
- A supportive and inclusive working environment
- Opportunities for training and career development
- A varied and rewarding role where no two days are the same
- The chance to contribute to the wider Academy community.
Additional Information
Swindon Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore there is an expectation that all staff and volunteers share this commitment. The successful candidate will require an enhanced DBS disclosure (formerly known as an enhanced CRB disclosure).
Please note we reserve the right to close the vacancy early in light of a large response.
Due to the high volume of applications received, the School is unable to provide individual feedback on why an application is unsuccessful. If you have not been contacted within 2 weeks of closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.
Why choose us
We pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students.
Staff across the academies set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.
We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years.
United Learning
Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
As a Group, we can reward our staff better: with good career opportunities, better pay, benefits, and ultimately, the satisfaction of helping children to succeed. We invest in our staff wellbeing. Our academies each have at least eight INSET days per year (with three of those solely dedicated to planning), and an ongoing group-wide wellbeing programme. It's an ethos we call ‘the best in everyone’
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 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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Swindon Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 2 to 19
- Education phase
- All through school
- Size
- 1820 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Swindon Academy website
At Swindon Academy, we pride ourselves on a team of staff who are supportive, friendly, and dedicated to providing the very best teaching and learning for our students. Staff across the academy set a culture of high expectations and continuous improvement for students which, in turn, is reflected in the emphasis we place on continuing professional development (CPD) for our staff.
We have made significant, sustained progress at GCSE and are proud to be the top performing school in Swindon for progress over the last six years. Swindon Academy was the first all-though academy to open in the UK and has over 1,900 pupils from the age of 2 to 19.
The school is situated in purpose-built £25 million premises, benefiting from excellent, state-of-the-art facilities, and situated within the beautiful county of Wiltshire, within commuting distance for Bristol, Bath and Oxford. United Learning is a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life changing education to children and young people across England.
Swindon Academy is part of United Learning, a large, and growing, group of schools aiming to offer a life-changing education to children and young people across England. United Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online check.
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