Estates Manager The Cherwell School (OX2 7EE)

Maternity Cover  January 2025 - January 2026 (in the first instance)

Full Time  (Job share will be considered)

37 hours p/w, 52 weeks per annum

Grade : 10

Salary : £35,745 - £38,223 per annum

Closing Date for Applications: 9.00 am Monday 6th January 2025 
We will review applications as and when they are received, we therefore recommend you submit your application as soon as possible.

The Cherwell School wishes to appoint a pro-active Estates Manager to provide maternity cover.  The successful application will support the Operations Manager by taking responsibility for management of the school site, security, health and safety.  We are looking for a colleague who is well organised, has experience in a similar position and has the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately at all levels.

About our school: We are a high performing and oversubscribed comprehensive school in Oxford  with approximately 2,000 students on roll, including 680 in the Sixth Form. We are delighted that we were judged ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted (October 2022), as we feel this is a fair reflection of the school, not least as we recognize that we have the capacity to develop and improve further.  We consider ourselves to be a school which has at its heart “kindness, opportunity, responsibility, excellence” and we aim to make this a deeper reality for all of our students and staff in the years to come.

To apply use the 'Apply Now' button, for further information please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role, prior to application, please contact our HR team hr@cherwellschool.org or phone 01865 558719.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive  continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children. 

The River Learning Trust and The Cherwell School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism.   The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies. 

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