Premises Support Assistant

West Drayton Academy, West Drayton, Middlesex, UB7 9EA

40 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  31 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 30
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: £24,455 - £25,525

What skills and experience we're looking for

Premises Support Assistant

Salary (actual): £24,455 - £25,525

Grade: Scale 4

Hours: 30 hours per week - all year round

Contract: permanent

Holiday: equivalent of 38 days holiday per annum (inclusive of bank holidays)

Pension: 18.6% employer’s contribution

To start: As soon as possible

West Drayton Academy is home to over 700 children, including a 60-place nursery. It serves the children and families of the richly diverse and welcoming community of West Drayton in West London. The academy is part of The Park Federation Academy Trust, allowing us to benefit from a wealth of expertise across our ten academies, as well as enabling us to provide opportunities for sharing of good practice and high-quality training.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of our highly professional, friendly team. We are looking to appoint a full time member of staff who has a “can do” attitude and is flexible, practical, pro-active, energetic and diligent to support our existing teams in delivering excellent service.

Your duties will include: general site maintenance both inside and out, compliance with Health and Safety legislation, key holding duties, locking and unlocking of the premises, general handyman duties, assisting in moving deliveries and furniture as necessary, supervising and assisting the cleaning team providing cover and support where necessary and liaising with contractors as directed by the Head of Estates.

What the school offers its staff

The post is for 30 hours per week, there is flexibility on how the hours are spread across the day with the working day potentially starting at 06.45am and ending at 6.30pm. Some out-of-hours or additional working hours may be required and extra hours are negotiable for the right candidates. The position will be based at West Drayton Academy and at times, the individual may have to work across the Trust. On occasion, you may be required to deputise for the Head of Estates or work across the Trust.

Please visit the school website and complete an application form. We do not accept CV’s.

CLOSING DATE: As and when we receive successful applications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List.

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people expect all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check with a check of the DBS Barred List.

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.

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About West Drayton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 662 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: West Drayton Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@theparkfederation.org
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/west-drayton-academy

West Drayton Academy is a popular and oversubscribed school in West Drayton, which is in the borough of Hillingdon.
We are one of eight schools in the highly respected Park Federation Academy Trust. Please download our teacher application pack to find out more about our school.

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