Claires Court
School Estates Manager
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Claires Court School, Maidenhead, Berkshire
Salary: Competitive
Full-time | 37.5 hours per week | All year round
Locations
This role covers Claires Court School’s three Maidenhead campuses:
- Junior School & Nursery - 1 College Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6AW
- Senior Boys - College Avenue, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 6AW
- Senior Girls & Sixth Form - Ray Mill Road East, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8TE
Regular travel between all three campuses is required.
The Role
Claires Court School is seeking an experienced and proactive School Estates Manager to lead the operational management of its estate across all three campuses.
Reporting to the Head or Director of Estates, you will ensure the school’s buildings, infrastructure, grounds, and transport services remain safe, compliant, well maintained, and fit for purpose. You will lead the Maintenance, Caretaking, and Transport teams while managing specialist contractors.
Your Responsibilities Will Include
- Leading and developing the Estates, Maintenance, Caretaking, and Transport teams
- Managing the daily operation of school buildings, facilities, and infrastructure
- Developing planned preventative maintenance programmes and overseeing reactive repairs
- Conducting estate inspections and ensuring buildings remain safe and inspection-ready
- Maintaining accurate asset registers, compliance records, and audit trails
- Managing the school’s CAFM system, ideally iAM, including inspections, schedules, and work orders
- Leading approved maintenance, improvement, and capital projects
- Procuring, vetting, and managing contractors and service providers
- Reviewing risk assessments, method statements, and permits to work
- Monitoring contractor performance, service standards, and value for money
- Managing operational budgets, supplier agreements, expenditure, and forecasts
- Overseeing vehicle compliance, servicing, MOTs, driver training, and licence checks
- Supporting emergency planning, business continuity, and out-of-hours response arrangements
- Monitoring utility consumption and supporting sustainability initiatives
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Health, Safety, and Compliance
As the operational lead for Estates Health and Safety, you will ensure compliance across fire safety, asbestos management, legionella control, electrical and gas safety, pressure systems, lifting equipment, working at height, COSHH, and manual handling.
You will monitor actions arising from audits, inspections, and fire risk assessments and oversee fire alarms, emergency lighting, fire doors, evacuation drills, and contractor permits.
About You
You will be an experienced estates or facilities professional with strong leadership skills, commercial awareness, and a hands-on approach.
You Will Need
- Experience managing a multi-site estate or facilities operation
- Experience within Education, Healthcare, Hospitality, or another regulated environment
- Strong knowledge of health and safety and statutory building compliance
- Experience managing planned and reactive maintenance programmes
- Contractor, supplier, and budget-management experience
- Experience leading operational or maintenance teams and delivering projects
- Confidence using CAFM systems
- Excellent communication, organisation, and stakeholder-management skills
- The ability to respond effectively during emergencies
- A full UK driving licence
- A relevant qualification in estates management, facilities management, construction, engineering, or building services
- A NEBOSH General Certificate or IOSH Managing Safely qualification
- A fire-safety qualification or demonstrable fire-safety management experience
- An IWFM Level 4 or 5 qualification, project-management qualification, professional membership, or Fire Risk Assessor qualification would be advantageous.
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Benefits
- Competitive Salary
- Employer pension contribution of up to 20%
- 26 days’ annual leave plus concessionary days
- Health Cash Plan
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Professional development opportunities
About Claires Court School
Claires Court is a leading independent school educating pupils from Nursery through to Sixth Form. It forms part of the Licensed Trade Charity Education Group, which provides strategic leadership, investment, and shared professional services across its schools.
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Claires Court School and the Licensed Trade Charity are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to complete the school’s safer recruitment and pre-employment checking process.
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