Job Description

Parkstone Grammar School

Poole



Expiring soon

Salary:

Grade C+1, Points 3-5: 24,027 - 24,790 gross per annum (actual) - pay award pending

Job type:

Full Time, Permanent

Start date:

ASAP

Apply by:

7 July 2025

Job overview

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Required as soon as possible, a new opportunity has arisen to join our hardworking and committed team of Support Staff at this outstanding 11-18 selective girls' school which has an excellent academic reputation. We provide an excellent wellbeing package for staff and immediate family.


Working hours will be 37 hours per week, with overtime paid for weekend cover, 52 working weeks per year.


During term time the school is open from 6.00am to 10.00pm and on Saturday mornings, with some adhoc lettings on Saturday afternoons and Sundays. The General Site Assistants work shifts on a 2-week rota to cover the school during these times. The General Site Assistant's term time work pattern would generally be two days 6.00am to 2:30pm, two days 1:30pm to 10.00pm, and one day working 8:00am to 4:00pm (with a one-hour unpaid lunch each day). There will be some flexibility to cover the needs of the school and a requirement to work some weekend shifts to assist with lettings. The work pattern in school holidays would typically be 8.00am to 4.00pm with one hour for lunch, with some requirement for evening and weekend shifts to assist with Lettings.


The General Site Assistant's primary role is to work under the direction of the Premises Manager to provide a clean and safe environment for users of the school premises and grounds. This includes practical support such as moving furniture, setting rooms up for activities and undertaking general repairs and maintenance. The General Site Assistant will be a keyholder responsible for unlocking and locking the school as part of a site team and maintaining the security of the school premises.


In return, we can offer 24 days' holiday per year (increasing with length of service at 5 years to 28.5 days and 10 years to 31.5 days) not inclusive of bank holidays.

Candidates should apply by school application form only. Full job details may be downloaded from the school website.

Closing date: 9.00am on Monday 7th July 2025.

Interview date: w/c 7th July 2025.

We reserve the right to close this post early should a suitable candidate apply before the deadline date.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure check by the Disclosure & Barring Service. The school is also committed to a policy of equal opportunity.

About

Parkstone Grammar School

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Parkstone Grammar School

Sopers Lane, Poole
Dorset
BH17 7EP
United Kingdom

+44 1202 605605

Parkstone Grammar School is a girls' selective school of some 1250 students from 11 - 18, of whom over 350 are in the Sixth Form. Opened in Ashley Cross, Parkstone in 1905, the school moved to its present green-field site in 1961.



The buildings are modern and pleasant, with grounds which extend to almost twenty acres. Since 1961 the school has benefitted from additional buildings and modernisation ensuring the school has excellent, well-equipped facilities.


In September 2015 we opened a new state of the art Sixth Form block housing learning, teaching and social space including cutting edge technology. As part of this development we landscaped a fantastic outside social space and re-modelled a Drama Studio and created additional Music space.



We have a vibrant Language Centre as well as a highly-resourced Music Department, together with numerous Music practice rooms, fully equipped modern Science laboratories and a Drama Studio built to professional standards. Additionally, our wonderful new Art, Maths and Technology block offers bright, modern and well-resourced facilities contributing to our overall first-class teaching and learning environment.



Our LibraryLearning Resource Centre has the latest information retrieval systems and an excellent selection of reference and fiction materials. It also has a dedicated Sixth Form area with its own computer suite which provides a quiet, private study area for our Sixth Form students.



We are very proud of our Lecture Theatre - a state of the art building equipped with an interactive whiteboard, DVD, video and sound system. It also boasts an impressive seating system that can be folded in or out, dependent on individual requirements. This is the ideal venue not just for specific teaching, but also for hosting the many lectures from outside speakers that students at Parkstone enjoy.



We have a well- equipped fitness centre and gymnasium, together with an extraordinary Sports Hall - a wonderful, flexible sporting facility that is enjoyed by both the students and the local community.



Our recently extended dining facility has further enhanced the students' experience at the school providing a comfortable and sociable dining environment. This modern, stylish area also benefits the Sixth Form students as an additional venue to use during personal study periods.

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