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Site Assistant
Furze Platt Senior School, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 7NQ14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
22 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
8 June 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
- £26,656.00 - £27,074.00 Annually (FTE) pay award pending
Site Assistant job summary
Are you a skilled and proactive Site Manager looking for your next challenge?
Furze Platt Senior School is seeking a dedicated and hands-on Site Assistant to help maintain our school buildings and grounds to the highest standards. This is a key role in ensuring our students and staff have a safe, clean, and well-maintained environment in which to learn and work.
About the RoleReporting to the Estates Manager, you will:
✔ Ensure the security of the school site, including, on occasions, being on call for emergencies out of hours
✔Ensure the school is kept safe, tidy and to a good level of aesthetic standard
✔ To provide support services to assist in the day to day operation of the School, external lettings and other events
✔ Undertake, minor maintenance such as installations, renovations, redecoration and reactive maintenance, including keeping fixtures, fittings and furniture in a good state of repair.
✔ Work with commercial maintenance materials, which require appropriate handling and application. Use equipment such as drills, electric saws etc.
✔ Undertake physical activities, such as moving furniture and other equipment some of which may be heavy.
✔ Undertake the delivery of mail and parcels across the School Estate.
✔ To act as a Fire Warden, following training, participating in emergency drills, ensuring that the correct procedure is followed and if required liaise with the emergency services
About YouWe are looking for someone who is:
✔ Able to undertake minor maintenance activities such as gardening, repairs, painting etc
✔ Good organisational skills and ability to communicate confidently, effectively and sensitively at all levels
✔ Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
✔ Able to take responsibility, be flexible and adaptable with a can-do attitude.
✔ Physically fit and capable of carrying out manual tasks such as lifting and using ladders.
✔ Committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
✔ A willingness to acquire specialist knowledge of site management/maintenance and Health & Safety.
Hours of work: 37 per week, full year with 29 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
Why Join Us?
At Furze Platt Senior School, we pride ourselves on our collaborative and supportive environment. We offer excellent professional development opportunities and the chance to make a real difference in a thriving school community..
Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Furze Platt Senior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 Furze Platt Senior School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- School size
- 1547 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Furze Platt Senior School website
Furze Platt Senior School is an extremely rewarding school in which to work. Our school culture is based on our ACHIEVE values. Relationships are a strength of our school with students and staff wanting to work with and for each other.
‘Pupils are friendly, courteous and polite. They say that they are happy and that they feel safe. Pupils’ relationships are shaped by the ACHIEVE values of the school, which stands for 'Ambitious, Collaborative, Happy, Integrity, Endurance, Versatility, Excellence’. Pupils behave well in lessons and around the school.’ Ofsted 2021
We are a highly inclusive, comprehensive and local school with virtually all students living within walking or cycling distance. As the largest school in Maidenhead we are able to offer our students a wealth of options within and beyond the classroom. Similarly, our staff have a wide range of CPD and promotion opportunities.
We are keen to encourage every child to ACHIEVE their excellence whether that be a highly academic place at Oxbridge, a more vocational route or one of the many other pathways open to them. By offering opportunities throughout their school careers, we ensure students are not just well-qualified but mature young adults who we are proud to know.
Furze Platt Senior School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in our most recent inspection (November 2021). We have nearly 180 caring, committed and good humoured teaching and support staff together with an oversubscribed school population of approaching 1500 students. This is a school where staff and students work together to achieve high standards and excellent outcomes.
Our student body is taken from the town of Maidenhead, 30 miles west of London, and from other parts of Berkshire and Buckinghamshire. Whilst overall the area is affluent, ours is a truly comprehensive school, with students from all social, economic and ethnic backgrounds. The school is popular and well regarded in the local community. Parents and carers are supportive, seeking to work with us to support their children.
‘School leaders are ambitious for the school. They enjoy positive relationships with the rest of the staff and work with them to ensure the success of the school. Teachers are grateful for the support offered in terms of induction and the consideration given to their workload.’ Ofsted 2021
Our Tutor Group system emphasises our sense of community and is the basis for our pastoral care and support. Our four Houses offer friendly competition and camaraderie across the school. We have a specialist unit for students with autistic spectrum disorder and provide excellent support for those with academic or emotional difficulties.
Our curriculum is broad and balanced and aims to meet the differing needs of students. Students follow the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3 including learning two modern foreign languages. Towards the end of Key Stage 3 students are supported with the selection of their GCSE options and the school works hard to ensure every student is able to study the subjects they have chosen.
Our Key Stage 4 curriculum provides an appropriate mix of GCSE subjects including English Language and English Literature, Maths and Single Sciences, Humanities, Languages, Art, Drama, Music, Technology, Computing, Business, Psychology and Philosophy and Religion. Students can also opt for more vocational subjects such as Creative iMedia, Travel and Tourism and Child Development. Standards are very high; students make good progress and many departments have results above the national average.
The Sixth Form is an undoubted strength of Furze Platt Senior, with around 300 students. The broad curriculum offer and high standard of teaching has led to excellent examination results. A very large number of sixth formers progress to highly rated apprenticeships and university. Sixth Form students are also expected to undertake community work in or out of school, including paired reading and maths schemes, and acting as subject prefects or mentors. They make a significant contribution to the school.
‘Behaviour is calm around the school site and conducive to learning in lessons. Interactions are courteous and respectful. Teachers quickly pick up any inappropriate behaviour. Behaviour in the sixth form is exemplary. Sixth-form students are good role models for the rest of the school.’
Ofsted 2021
We also believe passionately in music, drama, the arts and sport, and have some excellent facilities to support these including a Dance studio, two state of the art Drama studios, a professional recording studio, practice rooms and a recent addition of a gym and all-weather astro-turf. There are a large number of music and drama productions, along with recreational and competitive sport.
In recent years we have opened a new English and Science block, along with a new 400 seat state-of-the-art Theatre. We invest in our staff, facilities and resources enabling our students to benefit from the great opportunities we have to offer.
We have a strong team of teaching staff and are committed to developing our teaching to ensure that even more students reach their full potential. To this end, we invest heavily in teachers’ professional development. Staff are encouraged to pursue their interests in all aspects of pedagogy and benefit from staff coaching. Staff attend a range of internal and external courses, and we encourage staff to visit other schools to see examples of best practice.
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