Are you passionate about how high-quality curriculum thinking, planning and delivery can transform young people’s lives?

Do you wish to join an aspirational and collaborative school which is transforming the life chances of all pupils?

Westminster City School is seeking to appoint a dedicated and solution-focused leader with a background in supervising premises to take up this newly created role in the school.

We have split leadership of our support staff and the successful candidate would have oversight of our premises team, oversee our extensive programme of lettings, lead on health and safety as well as being the day-to-day manager of our outsourced catering and cleaning services. They would work closely and collaboratively with the Head of Finance and the Headteacher’s PA who is also the main HR Officer in the school.

Applications are strongly welcomed from candidates with a global majority heritage and the school works closely with all its support staff to provide effective and developmental training.

The candidate:

You, like us, will share our belief in the importance of excellent educational facilities and how this can transform young people’s lives.

The successful applicant will have:

·         Strong personal values of integrity, wisdom and compassion;

·         Excellent communication skills both written and oral;

·         Sound IT skills and experience managing varied and diverse teams;

·         A keen interest in developing leadership and management skills;

·         Have a track record in effective premises management and delivery on maintenance projects

·         Aspirations to lead whole school initiatives; and

·         Excellent attention to detail.

You will be joining a team of support staff who work tirelessly to play their role in our mission of providing transformative educations in the heart of London.

We believe in developing our staff and have a dynamic and supportive management team and an effective CPD programme which includes membership of professional networks, bespoke in-house CPD strands and opportunity for secondment to the Leadership Team.  At WCS we will offer you:

·         A supportive and collegiate staff culture;

·         A bespoke CPD programme which will extend to support staff in 2026-27; and

·         Staff benefits including an interest-free season ticket loan and cycle-to-work scheme.

Westminster City School is a successful 11-18 boys’ Christian non-denominational comprehensive academy with a heavily oversubscribed, mixed sixth form. Ours is a vibrant learning community situated in the heart of central London with all the opportunities and advantages of an inner-city school.

“Pupils are happy and safe. They typically spoke enthusiastically about their school and said that the school community feels like a family.” OFSTED 2022 

“Leaders and Governors are proud of and ambitious for the school. They consider staff workload carefully, for example when introducing recent changes to the school’s feedback policy” OFSTED 2022 

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

 f you would like to discuss the role informally via phone or video call with the Headteacher please e-mail l.ellens@wcsch.com (PA to Headteacher). You may also wish to visit our website www.wcsch.com to read more about the school. 

 We reserve the right to interview exceptional candidates before the deadline closes.