Mini-bus driver ( casual contract)

Our opportunity for you

We have a vacancy for a mini-bus driver to support the academy with routine transport, home visits and extracurricular activities.

This is an exciting time to join Landau Forte Academy, Amington. We are a forward thinking 11-16 academy on a mission to provide high quality education for our local community and in May 2022 we were judged GOOD in all areas by Ofsted. We have high expectations for our students and our academy is built upon our shared values: ambitious, brave and kind.

If successful you will become part of our community. We care about our staff and staff well-being is integral to our decision making.

Contract: Casual

Start date: November 2026

Salary: £12.71 per hour

Closing Date: Friday 9th October 1pm

What we can offer you

A supportive, cohesive and exciting working environment

The chance to work with genuinely enthusiastic and happy students

Career prospects within an innovative and ambitious Multi Academy Trust

A meal allowance, commensurate with your working hours

Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)

Healthcare Cash Plan, from Westfield Health

Person specification.

The type of person we are looking for will be committed to outstanding levels of customer service and enthusiastic about working with young people. He or she will demonstrate a willingness to contribute to the overall ethos and aims of the academy.

Job description

1. Drive the minibus in accordance with the Rules and Regulations of the Highway Code, the County Council’s Code of Practice for minibus drivers and training provided by the Road Safety Unit of the Council to maintain pupil, staff and public safety whilst on the highway.

2. Provide daily visual checks and basic maintenance for the vehicles eg. oil levels, cleaning of vehicles, etc and arrange when necessary the service and MOT of the vehicle to maintain basic working order and prevent unnecessary deterioration of the vehicle. Carry out a weekly, recorded check in accordance with the maintenance schedule.

3. At the commencement of the journey, liaise with the Escort (if applicable) as appropriate to check that seat belts are fastened and bags and equipment is secured. Throughout the journey ensure that pupils remain seated, stopping when necessary to ensure that the safety of pupils and staff is maintained at all times.

4. Drive the minibus for school trips, attendance house visits, PE fixtures etc.

About The Trust

Landau Forte Charitable Trust is a family of six Primary, Secondary and Sixth Form Academies across the Midlands. Established in 1989, our roots as a charity lie in the global finance and hospitality industries, with our founders Martin Landau and Rocco Forte. Their values combine in how our schools look after their children and young people; they aspire to a world-leading standard of innovation, entrepreneurship, service and care.

We believe a brilliant education should be central to the development of every child and young person. Their learning, wellbeing and happiness is at the centre of every decision we take and every pound we spend.

Landau Forte Academy Amington

We are a rapidly improving 11-16 academy under new leadership, with a Progress 8 score which improved dramatically from 2015. It is a vibrant place to work with committed staff and a student body who’s behaviour Ofsted described as ‘polite, courteous and respectful’. Our aim is to continue this arc of improvement. Opportunities for professional development are enhanced by our partnership with the Landau Forte Teaching School Alliance.

Tamworth is a historic town surrounded by beautiful countryside, located a short distance from Birmingham. The Academy is located close to the centre of Tamworth, with superb transport links.

Tamworth boasts a range of historical sites and leisure attractions, including: Tamworth Castle; the Tamworth SnowDome and Drayton Manor Amusement Park. Within a 20 minute drive from the town, you can find yourself in the beautiful, open Staffordshire countryside or Birmingham‘s bustling city centre.

Tamworth is 10 minutes away from the M42; junction 10

Direct trains from Birmingham (10 minutes) and London (1 hour 15 minutes)

Birmingham and East Midlands Airports are 30 minutes away