Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust
Academy Facilities Assistant / Driver
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Salary: Grade S3, OHC&AT London Fringe Business Support Scale, including London Weighting: £28,637 - £30,484 per annum
Location: Brantridge School, Staplefield Place, Staplefield, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH17 6EQ
Working Pattern: 36hrs - 10:00am – 6:00pm, Monday - Thursday, 11:00am – 5:00pm Friday, 30 Minute lunch break (unpaid)
Start date: ASAP
We are looking for a dedicated and reliable Academy Facilities Assistant / Driver to join the team at our school to ensure our school premises are well-maintained, safe, and fully operational. As the facilities assistant, you will play a key role in maintaining and managing the school's facilities to ensure they are safe, welcoming, and fit for purpose. This is an essential role where you'll be assisting with the day-to-day operations of the site, managing preventive preplanned and reactive maintenance tasks, ensuring health and safety compliance, and supporting the smooth running of school activities and events. Your work will directly contribute to creating a positive learning environment for both students and staff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist in the maintenance and upkeep of the school’s buildings and grounds ensuring the site is fully compliant.
- Ensure health, safety, and environmental standards are met through regular inspections and risk assessments.
- Coordinate with contractors for repairs and maintenance.
- Assist in maintaining site security and manage access to the buildings.
- Assist with the setup and support of school events and activities.
- Respond to emergency repairs as needed.
- Covering of the routine cleaning duties (emptying bins, routine cleaning of designated areas, replenishing consumables, responding to spillages etc.).
- Driving of the Minibus at the request of the school including daily vehicle checks, reporting defects and helping ensure the minibuses remains compliant.
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Key Requirements:
- Experience in site management or facilities management, ideally in a school or educational setting
- Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks effectively
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of health, safety, building maintenance, and environmental regulations
- Ability to work independently and manage your time efficiently
Rewards & Benefits:
- Pathways for progression within the trust, ensuring you can grow and thrive in a supportive and inclusive environment
- Pension Scheme - you will be enrolled in either the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or the Teachers' Pension Scheme (TPS), both offering life cover and financial protection for your family
- Salary Sacrifice Schemes (Cycle Scheme, Employee Car Lease Scheme and Home Electronics Scheme)
- Employee Wellbeing - We support employee wellbeing with access to counselling, mental health support, generous leave, flexible working, and enhanced parental leave including Employee Assistance Programme, MyGym Discounts, Corporate Eyecare Scheme and Free Virtual GP Appointments
- Employee Discounts (Blue Light Card, Costco Membership, Discounts for Teachers, and more)
- Other (Season Ticket Loan and Employee Referral Scheme)
Our Trust: The Brantridge School is part of Orchard Hill College Academy Trust. Find out what makes OHC&AT a truly rewarding place to work – visit our ‘Work for Us’ page to learn more about opportunities across the Trust and the difference our staff make every day.
Working together to transform lives is what we do and across the whole organisation we have a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with SEND to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.
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As a large specialist education provider, we employ over 1500 people across our schools, college and central support team. There is a wide range of job roles available, ranging from teaching and therapy to business support roles and significant career progression opportunities.
It is an exciting time to be part of OHC&AT and we are keen to recruit talented people who can play a key role in realising our mission and who want to make a difference. In return, we offer training and development, competitive pay and benefits in a positive and inclusive working environment.
We are committed to promoting and advancing equality of opportunity by attracting and retaining the most diverse range of students, staff and partners.
If you wish to discuss this opportunity before or after submitting an application form, please get in touch with Abby Leahy-Traynor directly.
Closing Date: Thursday 6th August 2026
Interviews will take place on: Wednesday 19th August 2026
Safeguarding Statement
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Appointments made will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to creating an inclusive and supportive workplace for all.
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