Site Keeper
Redden Court School, Romford, Essex, RM3 0TS18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
asap
Closing date
11 August 2026 at 9am
Date listed
24 July 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
- £29,436.00 - £29,856.00 Annually (Actual)
Site Keeper job summary
The Site Keeper supports the site manager and school by carrying out a range of caretaking duties including security and supervision of the site and related equipment, porterage, cleaning and maintenance. The post holder may be expected to work across all schools within the Trust. The School Keeper will be deployed to each school by a Trust or Line Manager listed above and would be expected to cover for when site staff are unavailable due to holidays and/or sickness and to also assist where there is additional site capacity required.
Roles and ResponsibilitiesMaintenance, Assets & Grounds
Taking bulk deliveries and conveying them to their points of distribution and ensuring all deliveries are dealt with quickly and efficiently.
Dispatching laundry, goods, materials etc.
Operating and ensuring all building plants including Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems are operational and in full working order so that the required temperatures are maintained in the premises and an adequate supply of hot and cold water is available.
Carrying out frost precaution procedures.
Carrying out routine procedures or checks on ancillary equipment, e.g. checking batteries, automatic pumps and areas subject to flooding
Ensuring all school & Trust buildings, plant, and equipment is safe, secure, and in full working order and arranging for repair as appropriate.
Carry out minor reactive repairs such as lightbulb replacements
Carry out planned preventative maintenance such as servicing, cleaning or painting and decorating.
Carry out small buildings or grounds project works such as refurbishment works including painting, and assembling flat-pack furniture.
Health, Safety, Security & Fire Management
Act as a key holder, carrying out security procedures for the buildings and grounds.
The routine and non-routine opening and securing of premises and grounds.
Responding to calls outside normal working hours as a result of break-ins etc. and/or the setting off of the burglar alarm(s).
Providing access, where possible, to the premises and classrooms in the event of snow or minor flooding or similar emergency situations.
Carrying out school based procedures in the event of fire, flood, breaking and entering, accident or major damage.
Quickly respond to emergencies and take steps to reduce any risk of emergency accordingly.
Carry out in-house tests, check, inspection and service (including fire alarm test, fire equipment & escape route checks, asbestos condition checks, plant, equipment & buildings) on time and record on the relevant system.
Contractors, Cleaning & Refuse
Undertake cleaning duties where needed to cover cleaning staff.
Undertake deep cleaning such as washing internal walls and ceilings, window cleaning, high level cleaning, including roofs, and gutters, as well as filters and grills in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems.
Ensure the site is clean and clear of litter including emptying bins and litter picking of the grounds.
As an employee, you will be covered by our excellent well-being support and medical cover programmes provided through the Spark and Medicash organisations. This includes access 24 hours a day to a GP helpline, physiotherapy, optical support, dental treatment, and access to a counselling service.Further details can be downloaded from our website www.sfaet.co.uk or please contact Annie Fletcher at The Royal Liberty School on 01708 730141 or email afletcher@sfaet.co.uk.
"We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. Applications are welcome from all sections of the community regardless of gender, gender re-assignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, disability, religion or belief, age or sex and sexual orientation.”
The Trust is a Disability Confident Committed employer and we welcome applications from the whole community. All applications for flexible working will be accommodated if operationally feasible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. If you are interested in the role, please submit your application as early as possible.
The use of AI is strictly forbidden to assist in any way with the interview/application process.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Redden Court School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1058 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Redden Court School website
We pride ourselves on being a fully comprehensive school placed at the heart of the community. We want all of our students to be happy, ambitious and to achieve results that reflect their true potential.
Our school has served the local community of Harold Wood for many years, providing a high quality education to the students of this area.
Our vision is focused on a ‘Commitment to Success for All’ and high levels of aspiration for every member of our community. The school is forward thinking and progressive. We seek to achieve the very best for all of our students through the use of a rich variety of educational approaches.
We have caring staff who are dedicated to ensuring the students are successful in every aspect of their learning.
Redden Court is the founding school in the Success for All Educational Trust and is recognised as one of the highest performing mixed comprehensive schools in Havering.
We are an accredited ‘Thinking School’ and have very close links with the Cognitive Education Development Unit at the University of Exeter. Metacognition and the development of thinking skills is at the heart of our teaching and learning in the school as we believe it plays an important part in developing resilient and independent learners.
We also have very strong links with the Havering Teacher Training Programme, we are a senior partner in the Empower Teaching Alliance and we are recognised as a Leading Edge School by the SSAT. The school has also been accredited with All Together (Anti Bullying), Place2Be (Student Mental Health), SEND Exceptional Outcomes Award, The Quality in Careers Standards, Healthy Schools Gold Award and Gold Travel Ambassadors Award.
We are a growing community Trust with inclusion at the heart of our ethos and require leaders who will bring this vision to life.
These are exciting times for Redden Court School with so much change and challenge in the future.
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