9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    ASAP

  • Closing date

    14 May 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    5 May 2026

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

£15,088.00 Annually (Actual) Starting Salary: £26,228 Actual Salary: £15,088 . Part time 25 hours/week. 1pm to 6pm Mon-Fri Term time only plus 5 INSET days Flexibility required to cover school events, ad hoc weekend cover.

Site Assistant job summary

Site Assistant (Part-Time)
25 hours per week | Term time + INSET days | £15,088 actual salary

We are looking for a reliable and proactive Site Assistant to support the smooth day-to-day running of our school. Working closely with the Site Manager and the wider team, you’ll help ensure the site is safe, secure, clean, and well maintained for pupils, staff, and visitors.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Carrying out general maintenance, repairs, and DIY tasks
  • Securing the premises, including locking up and alarm procedures
  • Supporting school events (set-up, clear-down, porterage)
  • Maintaining cleanliness of the grounds and buildings
  • Responding to site issues and health & safety checks
  • Assisting with lunchtime duties and occasional first aid (training provided)

About you:

  • Practical, hands-on, and able to carry out physical tasks
  • Friendly, dependable, and a strong team player
  • Able to work independently and respond to issues proactively
  • Flexible to support occasional events and out-of-hours needs

This is a varied and rewarding role at the heart of our school community, ideal for someone who takes pride in maintaining a safe and welcoming environment.

Hours: Monday-Friday, 1pm-6pm (term time only + 5 INSET days)
Flexibility required for occasional events and weekend cover.

Join us and help create a safe, positive space where our school community can thrive.

What we offer: More pay, more time, and more support.

Competitive salary

Enrolment into the local government pension scheme

Health Cash Plan - We offer a health cash plan giving you money towards essential medical treatment.

Guaranteed Personal day - 1 paid personal day each year, to use as you want.

Great training for your career - Excellent ongoing CPD and career development opportunities across the academy and United Learning.

Wellbeing Support - Access to a comprehensive wellbeing programme, providing support with issues from legal and financial to family and housing; access to free counselling; and other wellbeing support.

Sale High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as well as a media check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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.

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About Sale High School

School type
Academies, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
Up to 1080 pupils
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

School location

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