Site Lead
The Rushmere Park Academy, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 1EW3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
c.20th October
Closing date
20 September 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
3 September 2025
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
- £29,708.00 - £32,228.00 Annually (Actual) AS 15-20 £29,708-£32,228 Mon-Fri 7.30am-4pm with 1 hour for lunch
Site Lead job summary
Site Lead
The Rushmere Park Academy is seeking an energetic, proactive and hands-on Site Lead. We are looking for an individual with good handy-person skills and eagerness to carry out the work in an efficient manner. You help keep our Academy safe, clean and in a good state of repair. We are seeking a committed Site Lead who will carry out general repairs and maintenance, liaise with contractors and suppliers and ensure our Academy maintains a high level of health and safety.
Following a successful probation period there may be the possibility of a three bedroomed house on the school site being available. This would be a tied tenancy agreement with the school and linked via your contract.
At our Academy, you will find supportive and encouraging colleagues within school leadership and throughout the school. It is incredibly important to us here at The Rushmere Park Academy that all our staff feel valued, listened to, mentored, challenged and given adequate opportunities to develop.
Visits are warmly welcomed to the school.
Key Duties
Duties 80% physical 20% light
Ensure the school is secure out of working hours, following correct procedures for alarm systems
Simple plumbing, electrical, joinery and decoration work
Maintaining premises in a good state of repair
Addressing Health and Safety issues where necessary
The successful candidate will have
Some experience of caretaking duties
Basic handy-person skills, able to carry out minor repairs
Literacy skills - able to read instructions, and maintain work related records
The ability to work without supervision
The ability to follow simple instructions and procedures e.g. security systems
A willingness to undertake necessary training or qualifications to complete the role, if these are not already acquired.
Following a successful probation period there may be the possibility of a three bedroomed house on the school site being available. This would be a tied tenancy agreement with the school and linked via your contract.
Job Specifics
Salary: AS 15-20 FTE £29,708-£32,228 dependent on experience
Contract: Permanent, Full-time, 52 wks 37.5 hrs per wk, 25 days paid holiday
Working day: Mon-Fri 7.30am-4pm with 1 hour for lunch
Responsible to: Principal
Safeguarding
We believe in the safeguarding and welfare of children and expect all staff to share this view’.
The Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an equal opportunities employer.
The Department for Education (DfE) has set out statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ for schools and colleges on safeguarding.
Safeguarding is defined in paragraph 4 as:
“Protecting children from maltreatment; preventing impairment of children’s health or development; ensuring that children grow up in circumstances consistent with the provision of safe and effective care; and taking action to enable all children to have the best outcomes.”
The definition of 'children' includes everyone under the age of 18.
The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the deadline date.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Shared Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and child protection at every stage of the recruitment process.
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 The Rushmere Park Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 9
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 204 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 9
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Rushmere Park Academy website
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