Site Manager

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG6 9HJ

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 29064.00 - 32061.00

Site Manager job summary

Category: Full-time Site Manager

Location: Bulwell, Nottingham

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Time: Part time 37 hours a week (06:00am start time) 52-week contract

Salary: Grade E 13 -19

Actual salary: £29,064.00-£32,061.00

 

Cantrell Primary and Nursery School is looking for a motivated, energetic and organised individual to become our Site Manager.

Cantrell Primary School can offer:

• A happy working environment with friendly and well-behaved children,
• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and the community
• Suitable training, including First Aid, where required.
• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives.

Main Responsibilities are:

• To be responsible for ongoing maintenance and operation of heating, lighting and boiler plant/equipment, ensuring all faults are reported and dealt with in a timely manner.
• To assist with planning/overseeing all minor building works and repairs including obtaining quotes, liaising with suppliers, overseeing contractors and monitoring service level agreements.
• To report on progress and provide advice to the Headteacher and School Business Manager on all minor building works and repairs.
• To assume delegated responsibility for ensuring compliance to statutory regulations relating to, for example asbestos, PAT and legionella testing and to undertake risk assessments.
• To be responsible for the security of the school premises including opening up at the start of the day.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day supervision of cleaning staff, ensuring standards of cleanliness are maintained. To undertake cleaning duties (interior and exterior) as and when required.
• To attend school premises in cases of emergency e.g intruders, fire, floods etc.

The successful candidate will be friendly, have good communication skills as well as the ability to adapt their approach to suit the needs and different personalities of the children.

You will:

• Have high standards and will take pride in making our school an exceptional learning environment.
• Have the ability to maintain and improve the appearance of the school, including repairs and maintenance.
• Be enthusiastic, self motivated and have the ability to use their own initiative.
• Manage health and safety and premises issues, including logs and risk assessments.
• Organise your time effectively and communicate well with contractors and stakeholders.
• Work in partnership with the contracting cleaning team.

 

 

 

How to apply

Equality and diversity matter to us. If you think you’d be suited to one of our roles we’d love to hear from you regardless of age, disability status, ethnicity, gender, religion or sexuality. We are a Disability Confident Committed Employer and as such anyone who is registered disabled and meets the essential person specification criteria will be shortlisted for interview.

Please complete the online application form which you will find on the Transform Trust website https://transformtrust.face-ed.co.uk/vacancies

Please ensure that you follow the instructions within the application form and ensure that there are no gaps in your education or employment history that are not accounted for.

 

Any questions or queries should be directed to Shelagh Bagnall Operations Manager at Cantrell Primary School, Cantrell Road, Bulwell, Nottingham.

Email: Shelagh.bagnall@cantrell.nottingham.sch.uk Telephone: 0115 9155770.

 

Visits to our school are warmly welcomed, please contact the school office to arrange and appointment.

Closing date for applications: Thursday 16^th October 2025 at midday

 

Interview date: w/c 3^rd November 2025

Transform Trust is a Multi Academy Trust with over 9300 children in 26 Primary Schools covering Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derby and Derbyshire. Joining us, you will be part of an ambitious and innovative organisation. We have a strong focus on empowering member schools to drive their improvement journey whist maintaining their own individual identity and community focus.

We believe education has the power to transform lives and communities. Our purpose is to be an innovative and inclusive Trust working for all children.

We are an employer that encourages flexible working and promotes wellbeing through workload considerations.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. Successful applicants will be subject to the following checks: enhanced DBS; identity; qualifications; health; right to work in the UK; references

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 Cantrell Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cantrell-primary-and-nursery-school

We aim to provide all our pupils with a structured and disciplined framework - one where success is celebrated and challenges are set and met and where children are encouraged to explore opportunities creatively.
We aim to continually improve standards of teaching and learning focusing upon literacy, numeracy, and scientific investigation and developing pupils' ability to use ICT tools effectively.
We aim to provide innovative, creative and challenging teaching.
We aim to provide a broad and balanced curriculum that provides variety and equal opportunity for all pupils, allowing individuals to develop progressively and at their own rate.
We aim to provide planned educational opportunities that teach pupils about responsible behaviour in order that they will mature into people who will make valuable contributions to our diverse and multicultural world and the environment we are to live in.
We aim to involve parents and community in the daily life of the school to achieve common goals through partnership.
We aim to offer all staff and others involved with school the opportunity to continually develop their own skills, knowledge and understanding in order to meet both the school and their own needs.

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