Job Description

Reference number

BUC13459

Contract type

Permanent

Working hours

Full Time

Level of DBS check required

Enhanced with Barred List

Date posted

27 Apr 2025, 11 p.m.

Application deadline

14 May 2025

Contact email

office@grange.bucks.sch.uk



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Overview

The Grange is 'More Than Just a School'. We are a supportive team with community at the heart of everything we do. Passion, creativity and inspiring a love of learning are celebrated and embraced. Our relentless professional commitment to supporting and empowering students is both valued and rewarded

Term time only:

No

Salary Type:

Bucks pay

Salary details:

Bucks Pay Range 5-6 (33,518 to 39,876) depending on experience)

Contract type:

Permanent

Hours:

37 hours per week/52 weeks per year. There is annual holiday entitlement starting at 22 days per year plus a good pension scheme

Closing date:

14/05/2025 09:00

Interviews to be held:

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible


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About us

Judged to be a Good School by Ofsted in April 2024, we are a mixed, non-selective 11-18 Foundation secondary school situated in the market town of Aylesbury and ten minutes from the Chiltern Hills - an area of outstanding natural beauty. We are close to Oxford, High Wycombe and Milton Keynes and surrounded by delightful market towns and characterful villages. The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school, where students learn the skills for success.




We support our staff with a robust staff well-being programme. All staff have access to a wealth of free support resources and materials to ensure they feel supported and happy. We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.

Website:

https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/
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About the role

We are looking for a Site Manager who would be responsible for all aspects of the site, buildings, facilities and grounds management, ensuring the highest levels of security, health and safety, statutory compliance, repairs, maintenance and cleanliness.

This includes:

Effective management of the caretaking and in-house school cleaning staff Supervision of external contractors, and external site users Site development and maintenance planning in conjunction with the Business Manager Proactively carrying out routine maintenance and minor repairs, cleaning, refurbishment, and porterage Effective and efficient budgetary management Identifying cost reduction initiatives

For further information please see attached Job description.


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About you

It is expected that the post holder will have the capacity to structure their own work according to the duties described. This may be broken down into daily, weekly, monthly and annual tasks for example.



For further information please see attached Person specification.


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Other information

Visits to the school are welcomed. Further details are available on our website.



We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion.



Please apply via The grange School website recruitment link: The Grange School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | Teaching Jobs & Education Jobs | MyNewTer: The Grange School, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire | Teaching Jobs & Education Jobs | MyNewTerm

Tel: 01296 390900



Email: office@grange.bucks.sch.uk

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

The school is committed to ensuring that safeguarding is a top priority and will consider carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school may want to explore with the applicant at interview. Please follow this link for more details:https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/contact-us/vacancies/online-searches-on-shortlisted-candidates.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

All unspent cautions and convictions cautions*

All adult cautions and spent convictions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).*

For further information on filtering please refer to

Nacro guidance

, the

Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) guidance

or

Ministry of Justice (MOJ) guidance

(see, in particular, the section titled 'Exceptions Order').

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.