School Gate Security Officer

Beths Grammar School, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1NE

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,627.00 - £18,397.00 Annually (Actual) Bexley 6.1-6.4 - £17,627 - £18,397 actual, £30,288 - £31,611 FTE

School Gate Security Officer job summary

We’re looking for two friendly, reliable people to help keep our school community safe and welcoming. As our School Gate Security Officer, you’ll be based in the security hut at the main entrance, making sure everyone who comes and goes is authorised and greeted in a positive, professional way. You’ll be the first face people see upon arrival to the school, setting the tone for a safe and caring environment.

This role would suit someone who enjoys being part of a community, likes a steady routine, and takes pride in helping others. A background in security or caretaking is helpful but not essential — what matters most is reliability, good communication, and a friendly approach.

Regular or alternate shifts would be considered for the right applicants.

What You’ll Be Doing

Keeping an eye on who’s coming in and out of the school gates.

Welcoming staff, students, and visitors with a smile.

Making sure visitors sign in and follow our safety procedures.

Helping manage traffic and drop-offs at busy times.

Noticing and reporting anything unusual or unsafe.

Being a calm, reassuring presence at the school entrance.

Adhering to safeguarding policies and procedures

What We’re Looking For

Someone reliable, friendly, and confident talking to all kinds of people.

Good awareness of safety and security.

Calm under pressure and able to make sensible decisions.

Experience in security, caretaking, or a similar role is helpful — but not essential.

First aid, or experience in a school setting would be a bonus.

What we Offer

A welcoming and supportive school community.

A role where you can make a real difference every day.

Training and support to help you succeed.

Closing date for applications: midday 6th November 2025

Prompt application is recommended as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early. We intend to interview on an application basis.

Start Date: ASAP

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal records self-disclosure form and successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks along with other relevant employment checks, including an online check

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

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.

About Beths Grammar School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1664 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beths Grammar School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beths-grammar-school

Set in acres of pleasant grounds, Beths Grammar School is located within easy commuting distance of both central London and Kent, offering the advantages of a diverse and forward-thinking community within a haven of green space. The mainline railway station is less than ten minutes’ walk away; while for road users, there is a junction on the A2 close by (two of the three school fields run alongside the A2). Many staff choose to live close to the school, or in neighbouring boroughs, and the borough of Bexley has a wealth of high performing schools
and good quality housing stock at competitive prices.

Beths is an academic institution that fosters an ethos in which working hard and wanting to achieve are the norm:
where it’s cool to be clever and successful. This is as true for the staff as for the students. We are ambitious for the young people in our care and seek to help them secure the very best outcomes of which they are capable.
As a selective school, the staff have the privilege of educating and working with intellectually able young people;
and the students have the privilege of being in an environment in which progress in learning can be rapid, and
subjects explored in real depth.

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