Site Manager

Beckfoot Thornton is seeking a proactive and dedicated Site Manager to join our valued team. You will play a vital part in in ensuring our school is safe, clean and well maintained for students, colleagues and visitors. Your role will be integral to ensuring our school is a welcoming and functional environment for all, and a great place for all to learn and work. We are looking for someone who:

• Will champion our school values of Enjoy-Learn-Succeed
• Is hardworking and takes pride in their work
• Can work independently and as part of a team to meet the daily needs of the school
• Has a strong sense of responsibility for health and safety
• Communicates clearly and respectfully
• Shares our vision for creating remarkable schools where no child is left behind.

This is a full-time, permanent, all year round role which is 37 hours per week. The working pattern for this role is 08.00am - 04.00pm Monday to Thursday and 08.00am - 03.30pm on Friday.

Why choose Beckfoot Thornton

Beckfoot Thornton is a large 11-16 community secondary school and proud to be part of Beckfoot Trust. We are on a strong journey of improvement, building on the progress made so far and remaining ambitious for the future. Supported by colleagues across the trust and school improvement partner, Delta Academies Trust we are raising standards through high expectations, strong relationships and a relentless focus on what matters most for our students.

We believe in:

Keeping things simple to reduced cognitive load and allow everyone to focus on what matters most.

Creating people first culture, where staff feel valued, recognised and supported.

Actively exploring flexible approaches to benefit both colleagues and students.

Our school sentence truly captures our mission: ‘We do whatever it takes every day to ensure that students acquire the knowledge, build the cultural capital, and develop the character to live their best lives.”

About Beckfoot Trust

Our mission is to create remarkable schools where no child is left behind. Since our establishment in 2013, Beckfoot Trust has grown into a respected, locally rooted family of ten diverse schools (primary, secondary and special) that learn from and support one another.

We are team Beckfoot Trust, and together with Team Beckfoot Thornton, we’re making a real difference in our community.

Discover more about our vision, the benefits we offer, and how you can join us in shaping the future by visiting our Careers Page.

Beckfoot Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants as part of our overall vetting checks.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (amended 2013 and 2020)) provides that when applying for certain jobs, certain spent convictions and cautions are protected and they do not need to be disclosed to employers. If they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website and further information about filtering offences can be found in DBS filtering guide

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• Beckfoot Trust - Policies and Documents
• Check if you need to tell someone about your criminal record: When you need to tell someone about your criminal record - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
• DBS filtering guide - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Please note, we reserve the right to close advertisements early, either on the advertised closing date, or sooner if required.

Thank you for your interest in this vacancy at Beckfoot Trust.

If you have any questions, then please do not hesitate to contact a member of our Recruitment Team on the contact details below.