Job Description

St John's College School

Cambridgeshire
13,879 per year

Job type:

Part Time, Permanent

Start date:

September 2025

Apply by:

21 July 2025

Job overview

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St John's College School is seeking a professional and reliable

Minibus Driver

to join our dedicated team in one of the leading independent schools in Central Cambridge and contribute to a vibrant school community dedicated to excellence in education and care. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring the safety and comfort of our pupils during their journeys to and from school, as well as for extra-curricular activities and trips. While the full role is for both morning and afternoon shifts, applications from candidates wishing to work only mornings or only afternoons will be considered.


There is also the possibility to be considered for the additional duty of

Minibus Co-ordinator

to act as a liaison with the School's chosen transport organisation partner, for which hours will be increased by half an hour a day.

Line Management

Reporting directly to the Facilities Manager, the School Minibus Driver will be responsible for the daily collection and return of pupils to and from several outlying villages. Working weekdays only for 34 weeks per year, the School Minibus Driver will be responsible for the safe and timely delivery and collection of our pupils to and from school.

Key Responsibilities

At all times you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with Health and Safety protocols.

Transportation of students

: Safely and punctually transport pupils between designated pick-up and drop off points and the school site in the mornings and afternoons as well as for occasional off-site school activities.

Vehicle Maintenance

: Conduct daily vehicle safety checks, ensuring the minibus is clean, roadworthy, and compliant with all legal requirements. Reporting any maintenance needs promptly. You will also be expected to ensure the minibus has enough fuel onboard to complete any journey. (School to facilitate).

Safety and compliance

: Adhere to all road safety regulations and school policies, including The Highway Code and the requirement to report all road traffic accidents and near misses to the school. Observe all relevant legal requirements for drivers including reporting accidents to the police as well as reporting medical conditions to the DVLA.

Safeguarding

: Adhere to legislative requirements for working with children, including safeguarding protocols and the requirement for reporting of behaviour incidents to the Safeguarding Lead.

Risk Management

: Actively participate in the regular review of the minibus risk assessment and the effectiveness of mitigation actions.

Professional conduct

: Maintain impeccable standards of behaviour and driving, ensuring a positive and reassuring presence for students, parents and colleagues. Demonstrate a high level of responsibility, punctuality and reliability.

Communication expectations

: Act as a courteous and professional representative of the school, liaising effectively with students, staff and parents. Make use of the communication tools and systems stipulated by the school only.

Ad hoc duties

: Support the school with additional transport requirements, such as sporting fixtures and school trips as necessary.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential Attributes:

Qualifications and Experience

Driving Licence: You must hold a full, valid, clean UK driving licence; D1 entitlement would be an advantage but is not essential. Current MiDAS (Minibus Driver Awareness) qualification or the willingness to undertake the training provided by the School Current Paediatric First Aid qualification or the willingness to undertake the training provided by the School Experience: Proven experience in a similar role, ideally involving the safe transport of children.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

Hours

You will work for 34 weeks of the year, during term time, plus an additional 15 hours outside of term to attend essential training and termly team meetings. If working both the morning and afternoon shift, your normal working hours will be Monday to Friday, 6:00am to 9:00am and 3:30pm to 6:00pm (5.5 hours per day). The Minibus Co-ordinator will be required to work an additional half an hour a day across the week, which could be worked remotely, the schedule for which will be decided by the Facilities Manager.



The hours worked outside of term will be directed by the Facilities Manager and subject to the schedule for whole-staff training at the start of each term. If you are required to attend training which exceeds the 15 hours included in your contract you will be remunerated for this.



You may be asked to work extra hours for Sports fixtures and/or trips etc; this will be paid extra as agreed with the Facilities Manager.


Beyond the requirement to attend training and meetings as described above, you will not be required to work during the school holidays, unless otherwise instructed.

Salary

The full time equivalent salary for 52 weeks, including holiday pay is 25,382 per annum. For the standard morning and afternoon shift role, based on working 27.5 hours per week for 34 weeks, an additional 15 hours outside of term time for training and meetings and including holiday pay, this equates to 54.68% of full time and an Actual Salary of

13,879 per annum

. For those working only one shift per day or completing the additional duties of Minibus Co-ordinator, the salary will be calculated pro rata.



For more information, please see the .

Applications

A handwritten letter of application should be sent with a fully completed application form (see 'Application and Recruitment Process Explanatory Notes') to Mr Tom Wood, Facilities Manager, St John's College School, 75 Grange Road, Cambridge CB3 9AB (recruitment@sjcs.co.uk).

Long-listed candidates will be invited to attend a first-round interview. Those who are successful after the long-list stage will be invited to complete a skills assessment to inform the short-listing decision. References will be taken up on short-listed candidates who will be invited to return for a second-round interview, including a tour of the school and the final interview itself which will include questions relating to safeguarding children.



All reasonable interview expenses will be reimbursed by the School.

St John's College School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All appointments are subject to a criminal background check and proof of qualifications in accordance with the requirements of the Children Act.

About

St John's College School

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St John's College School

73 Grange Road, Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB3 9AB
United Kingdom

+44 1223 353532

Set in the heart of Cambridge, St John's College School has long enjoyed and deserved a national reputation for the exceptional quality of education and care it provides, which focuses on fostering the aptitudes and nurturing the growth of each child. St John's has been awarded national Best Prep School and national Best Prep School Head awards in the Tatler Schools Awards. Its teaching has been rated 'inspirational' by the Independent Schools Inspectorate and it is the first of the very few to have achieved the coveted 'exceptional' grade for children's attainment. At St John's, we believe in a childhood filled with affection, in which children know that they are known and valued, in which they learn to trust themselves and each other, in which they find and express their voice, discover the difference they can make for themselves and others, learn to think for themselves, to question, to collaborate, to be independent, to own and take charge of their learning and their lives.



A curriculum that believes in children draws from them the highest and the deepest levels of attainment. Though we are not selective in our Kindergarten, our children are on average at the 85th centile on national tests or ability before they leave. Our exam results are outstanding and our 60 leavers gain on average around 25 scholarships to the strongest schools. Up to one-third of our past pupils in due course gain Oxbridge places each year, more than in the most academically selective of schools: our children continue to be exceptional learners.



The School is located in leafy Grange Road, a short walk across the playing fields from the centre of town and the College, at the heart of which sits the Chapel, home to the internationally renowned College Chapel Choir. The School site has undergone significant rebuilding or redevelopment in the last five years to ensure the facilities, layout and fabric of the buildings fully support the delivery of the School's ethos.



The majority of children proceed at 13+ to day schools in Cambridge, each of which sets its own Entrance exams, predominantly in English and Maths. About one-third of the children proceed at 13+ to boarding schools via Common Entrance while others will proceed via Academic Scholarship examinations.

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