Grounds Person at Merchant Taylors' School

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Job Reference #

EDV/2026/MTS/95339

Location

Sandy Lodge, Northwood, Northwood, Greater London, HA6 2HT

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Full-Time

Salary

£27,334.00 - £31,634.00 Annually (Actual)

Hours Per Week

Closing Date

9:00am, Mon 17th Aug, 2026

Start Date

1st September 2026

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

Interview Date(s)

w/c Monday 24th August 2026

Interview Date(s) w/c Monday 24th August 2026

About this Role

Main duties and responsibilities

Undertake routine maintenance of areas within the school site including preparation work on a range of sports facilities and surfaces.
Undertake minor construction and landscaping work.
Follows standard procedures requiring knowledge of the functional area.
Drive vehicles and equipment as required for grounds maintenance operations.
Ensure vehicles and equipment used by self and work group are regularly maintained in accordance with routine operating requirements. Monitor the use of consumable items and spares and make arrangements for their replenishment.
If qualified ensure the safe use, storage, calibration and disposal of pesticides and other similar substances.
Promote the Health and Safety of self and others. Respond to emergencies.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with managers, colleagues and end users.
Make recommendations to supervisor regarding improved work systems, labour and machinery utilisation.
Maintain good communications with customers and end users.
To undertake any other duties as may be reasonably required and requested by your line manager to meet the school’s priorities and demands.

Employee benefits

15% employer contribution to a defined contribution pension scheme (Contributory)
Life cover 4 x annual salary and income protection
Access to a cash flexible benefit in lieu of pension contribution
Access to a number of lifestyle benefits including Cycle to Work, ULEV cars, and retail discount vouchers via our benefit provider
Staff fee remission on school fees (subject to admissions criteria)

(all of the above subject to eligibility criteria)

Use of School leisure facilities, including pool, gym and lake.
Lunch provided free of charge when the School Catering Department is open
Free parking on site, with access to electric vehicle charging (payable via app)
Support for professional development and professional membership fees

The Process

Safeguarding responsibilities

It is the post holder’s responsibility for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom s/he is responsible, or with whom s/he comes into contact and to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Safeguarding Policy Statement at all times. If in the course of carrying out the duties of the post, the post holder becomes aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the School s/he must report any concerns to the Head Master.

Merchant Taylors’ School is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. As this role will bring you into contact with children you are expected to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

How we use your information

We will use the information which you provided, and which we collect from other sources (such as from references and from the Disclosure and Barring Service) for the following purposes: to assess your suitability for the role for which you have applied, to assess your suitability to work with children and to enable us to comply with our legal obligations (including safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children ).

Further information on how the School uses personal data is set out in the School’s Staff Transparency Notice, which can be found on the Vacancy page of the School Website.

Contact Details

  Richard Ayling
  01923 845 992
  Recruitment@mtsn.org.uk

Merchant Taylors' School would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here is a preview of the questions/headings:

Do you have GCSEs in Maths and English
Can you describe your two years of experience in grounds maintenance and key responsibilities you’ve held?
What experience do you have operating machinery, including tractor driving, and how have you ensured safe use?
Can you demonstrate your knowledge and experience in handling grounds maintenance machinery safely and effectively?
Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) asks schools to carry out online searches as part of the process of assessing suitability. You (and all other candidates) are therefore required to provide the following information as part of your application: • the social media platforms on which you have accounts; • the account names/handles for all of your social media accounts, including any under a nickname or pseudonym; • any websites you are involved with, in or featured on or named on; and • any other publicly available online information about you of which the School should be made aware including anything which may cause embarrassment either to you or the School, affect your suitability to work at the School or ability to carry out the role for which you are applying. If you are offered the role, we may carry out an online search based on the information you provide in this form. If we carry out a search, we will also search more widely for any other online information about you. You are not required to provide account passwords or to grant the School access to private social media accounts.