School Caretaker - Milton Abbey School

About the role

Milton Abbey is seeking a skilled and motivated caretake to join our busy Estates Department in a live in role. You will be undertaking maintenance tasks as required be responsible for the security and safety of the school buildings and site assisting with routine maintenance tasks.

You will help ensure that our buildings, grounds and facilities remain safe, attractive and fully operational for pupils, staff and visitors.

Further details may be obtained from our website or via email at [email protected].

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Applications must be submitted on the school’s application form.

The closing date for applications is Monday 23rd November at Noon.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Please note that we are not accepting applications for this position through any employment agency and all applications should be made direct to the school.

Milton Abbey School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The appointment will be the subject of pre-employment checks with statutory bodies including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and the school will seek references to ensure suitability to work with children. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Additionally, please be aware that Milton Abbey School will conduct online searches on shortlisted candidates. These checks are purely to assist whether an individual is suitable to work with children. To avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

Please note that our school is a no smoking/vaping site.

Further Information

Suitable accommodation will be provided on a rent-free basis. This will be a semi-detached cottage with either 2 or 3 bedrooms depending on the successful applicant’s family circumstances. Council tax and a reasonable level of utility consumption (electricity, heating oil and water) will also be fully paid by the school along with buildings insurance. The successful applicant will pay for other costs such as broadband/telephone and contents insurance.

About Us

Our location and facilities

The School lies in a secluded wooded valley, halfway between the towns of Blandford and Dorchester. It occupies the site of a former Benedictine Monastery, founded over 1,000 years ago. The two remaining Monastery buildings are used daily by the school – the Abbey for regular services and musical performances and the Abbot’s Hall as our dining hall.

Our expansive natural surroundings mean the school boasts a large farm and stables used for vocational learning, a nine-hole golf course, impressive grass pitches for a variety of sports, and plenty of inspiring outdoor space to run lessons, be active, or to relax.

Other buildings and facilities are on par with much larger schools, due to the wide variety of subjects on offer at the school. They include classrooms, laboratories and workshops to teach a full spectrum of academic and vocational subjects, a large library in a converted ballroom, specialist rooms for teaching Creative Media, Art, Fashion Design and Music courses, and a 370-seat theatre. Indoor sports facilities include a 25-metre swimming pool, golf simulator, gymnasium and sports hall. Staff are able to use these facilities as a benefit of working at the school.

Our management structure and ethos

The school is run by the Head, supported by a Senior Deputy Head and two Deputy Heads responsible for the Academic and Co-Curricular elements of the School, together with a Director of Pastoral care. We have an overall staff of around 120 people, some of whom work flexibly to meet the needs of the school at different times of the year. We are deliberately small, with around 200 pupils.

All staff appointed are expected to contribute to the pastoral and nurturing ethos of the school, supporting a full and busy sports and activities programme. All candidates for any roles are encouraged to celebrate their conventional and unconventional interests on their application. Appointments will be made subject to a full DBS check and the receipt of satisfactory references.