Site Supervisor

Newfield School, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2PW

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  20 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade D

What skills and experience we're looking for

Site Supervisor

Grade D – SCP 5-8

37 hours per week – Full Time

£25,583 to £26,824 salary range

£13.26 to £13.90 per hour

Newfield School is an impressive, well-resourced special school situated in Blackburn, Lancashire providing high quality specialist education, care and therapy for children and young people aged 4 - 19 years with a wide range of learning difficulties including autism, PMLD, SLD, complex medical needs, sensory impairments and physical disabilities.

We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and committed site supervisor to work in our friendly, supportive and dedicated school, starting as soon as possible.

The successful candidate will support the Premises and Compliance Manager with the maintenance of the building and school grounds, enforce impeccable Health and Safety for all pupils, staff and visitors and ensure that they are able to work professionally within a school environment.

A job description and person specification for the role is attached, for your information.

What the school offers its staff

The post is full time, working 37 hours per week, all year round on a split shift pattern outlined below:

• 6.00am – 2.00pm Monday to Thursday and 6.00am – 1.30pm on a Friday. There will be a requirement at times to swap shifts within the team but prior notice will always be given.

Find out more about our school and download an application pack by visiting www.newfield.org.uk.

Completed application forms are returnable to recruitment@newfield.blackburn.sch.uk or to Newfield School, Old Bank Lane, Blackburn BB1 2PW

Closing Date: Monday 8th June 2026 at 9am

Selection Process: To be confirmed

Newfield School is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory check supplied by the Disclosure and Barring Service. The check will include any cautions, reprimands or final warnings as well as convictions.

Please note that incomplete applications will not be considered

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Newfield School

• School type: Special schools, Does not apply, ages 4 to 19
• School size: 235 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newfield School website
• Email address: recruitment@newfield.blackburn.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01254 588600
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newfield-school

Newfield School is an impressive, well-resourced special school situated in Blackburn, Lancashire providing high quality specialist education, care and therapy for children and young people aged 2 - 19 years with a wide range of learning difficulties including Autism, PMLD, SLD, complex medical needs, sensory impairments and physical disabilities.

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