Site Manager

Leighton Middle School, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, LU7 1EX

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  28 February 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  4 February 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: £30,024.00 - £32,597.00 Annually (FTE)

Site Manager job summary

This is a full time, permanent position for approximately 37.5 hours per week over 52 weeks per year. We are looking to fill the hours from 6:30am to 2:30pm Monday to Friday with a 30 minutes unpaid break.

Key Responsibilities:

• Day-to-day care, maintenance, and security of the school site, working as part of a team, responding to requests from stakeholders

• Opening and closing the premises as required

• Carrying out minor repairs, maintenance, and health & safety checks

• Reporting to the School Business Manager any repairs and/or maintenance work required at the premises which cannot be undertaken as part of the above duties

• Liaising with contractors and supporting school events as needed

About You:

• Practical, hands-on, and able to work independently

• Reliable, flexible, and well-organised

• Committed to high standards of health, safety, and cleanliness

• Positive attitude and able to work as part of a school team

• Previous caretaking or maintenance experience is desirable but not essential. Please see the full job description attached.

• In return we offer:

  • A happy, friendly, welcoming environment with a strong, positive and caring ethos.
  • An opportunity to develop your skills.
  • Free onsite parking
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Defined Local Government Pension Scheme
  • Free Flu Vaccinations

  • Flexibility with hours during school holidays

  • The opportunity to play an important role in a thriving school

    All training will be provided.

    Additional income is available for lettings during the weekends and some evenings.

  This post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check.

  Visits are welcome to the school.

  Interview may start to be held before the date of closure depending on the number of applications received.

  Please note that if you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education. The purpose of the search is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened and are publicly available online, which the school might want to explore with you at interview.

  CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in school. The school is committed to safeguarding an promoting the welfare of children and young people 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 & Barring Service (DBS).

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.

About Leighton Middle School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 600 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Leighton Middle School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/leighton-middle-school

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