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Wimbledon College, London, SW19 4NS

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: This is a full-time, year-round role (35 hours per week), which will include weekend shifts and evening work by arrangement. Working hours are flexible to meet the needs of the school. The position offers 5 weeks of annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
• Contract type: Fixed term - One Year initially
• Full-time equivalent salary: £29,436 - £31,611
• Pay scale: NJC Scale 3/4
• Hourly rate: £16.17 to £17.36 per hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Ideal Candidate Will:

• Have proven experience and strong practical ‘DIY’ skills to identify, monitor, and carry out minor repairs, maintenance, and redecoration.
• Understand safe moving and handling procedures, and be physically able to perform the role’s demands (e.g. lifting, carrying, shifting furniture, clearing snow).
• Possess knowledge of Health & Safety and hygiene procedures, with an awareness of COSHH regulations and the ability to apply this knowledge appropriately (training will be provided where necessary).
• Demonstrate strong communication skills, enabling effective interaction with colleagues at all levels, governors, pupils, contractors, and external users of the school.
• Be reliable, punctual, hardworking, patient, flexible, and motivated, with a genuine commitment to working as part of a team.

What the school offers its staff

• A supportive, friendly, and professional working environment in a well-run and highly respected school.
• Excellent opportunities for personal growth and career development.
• Membership into a public sector pension scheme.
• On-site swimming pool and gym, with Wimbledon Common and Wimbledon Village just a short walk away.

• Outstanding transport connections, including:

• National Rail services (Wimbledon, Wimbledon Chase, Raynes Park)

• London Underground (Wimbledon)

• Tram services (Wimbledon, Dundonald Road)

• Numerous bus routes (57, 131, 200, 93, and many more)

• A cycle-to-work scheme, with ample secure cycle parking on site.
  

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.

Your role will include:

• Ensuring the security, safety, and cleanliness of the school buildings and grounds
• Carrying out routine repairs, maintenance, and decoration work
• Supporting health and safety procedures, including regular inspections and accurate record-keeping
• Assisting with cleaning duties and porterage (moving and setting up equipment/furniture)
• Providing access and supervision for lettings and school events
• Overseeing cleaning staff and contractors, as required

Please note: We may close this vacancy early if a sufficient number of strong applications are received.

Commitment to safeguarding

At Wimbledon College we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils.
We make every effort to provide an environment in which children and adults feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and feel confident to talk if they are worried, believing they will be effectively listened to.

We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding policy.

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Wimbledon College

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1258 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wimbledon College website
• Email address: facilities@wimbledoncollege.org.uk
• Phone number: 02089462533
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wimbledon-college

Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.

The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.

Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.

We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.

Arranging a visit to Wimbledon College

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

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