School Premises Manager

Job Description

Leechpool Primary School is seeking a Premises Manager to ensure that the whole school environment is maintained to a high standard. This role includes caretaking, maintenance and occasional cleaning duties. The post holder will be responsible for overseeing and monitoring all maintenance and cleaning work carried out on site, liaising with contractors as necessary, and ensuring the security of the school buildings, grounds and property. The premises manager will also be responsible for supporting and promoting compliance with all relevant Health and Safety legislation and guidance, working closely with the Local Authority and other external agencies to maintain high standards of health, safety and site management across the school. This includes ensuring that required inspections, checks, risks assessments and statutory maintenance activities are completed and recorded appropriately.

Salary: NJC Grade 5 or Grade 6 (£27,274 - £28,153) Depending on experience and qualifications. The successful candidate will be appointed to the appropriate grade based on their skills, knowledge and relevant experience.

Required: 4th January 2027

Contract: 37 hours per week - All year round. Ideally, the role will be worked over an afternoon-based pattern (approximately 11am to 6pm) but we are happy to discuss alternative working.

Closing date for applications: Monday 30 November 2026 – 9am
Interviews: TBC – Wednesday 2nd, Thursday 3rd or Friday 4th December 2026

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office at reception@leechpool.w-sussex.sch.uk to arrange a convenient time.

For further information, please visit our website at www.leechpoolprimaryschool.co.uk or contact the School Business Manager at sbm@leechpool.w-sussex.sch.uk

Safeguarding Statement

Leechpool Primary School and West Sussex County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to an appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service check along with other relevant employment checks, including satisfactory references.

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful candidate will be subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

How to Apply

NOTE TO CANDIDATES - Please do not select the ‘Apply online’ button as the school processes your applications directly rather than through this site.​

To apply for this role please click on the Application Attachment links below.

Please complete the application form and ensure that you outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills in the job description).

Once complete please return this to sbm@leechpool.w-sussex.sch.uk

Should you have any questions regarding the role or the application please contact the school directly.

Application Attachments:

Advert - Premises Manager

Application Form - Non Teaching

#LI-DNI

Responsibilities

Responsible to: Head Teacher and School Business Manager

Purpose of the Role

To lead the effective management, maintenance and security of the school site, ensuring a safe, compliant and well-presented environment for pupils, staff and visitors, in line with Health and Safety requirements and Local Authority standards.

Duties and responsibilities

Maintenance

• Organise and carry out various maintenance duties to ensure that the general upkeep and maintenance of the premises is high (including daily boiler checks, weekly Fire alarm checks and monthly Emergency Lighting, water temperature and ladder checks)

• Carry out basic toilet repairs such as flush valves and seat repairs

• Painting and decorating to a reasonable standard

• Organise and carry out minor decoration programme, minor improvement works e.g. erecting shelves, notice boards and to undertake appropriate repairs e.g. redecorating and fixing

• To be responsible for the operation of a preventative planned maintenance programme and for routine inspections of the buildings, fixtures, fittings, furniture, premises and grounds

• Ensure the responsible operation, care and maintenance of all equipment and tools and to ensure that proper safety standards and requirements are applied

• Operation and maintenance of heating plant and lighting systems

• Collect and assemble waste for collection

• Undertake cleaning duties such as graffiti removal, litter-picking, animal fouling, leaf sweeping

• Liaise and monitor performance of contracts (Cleaning and ground maintenance)

• Ensure specialist sports equipment is maintained in accordance with specified standards

Health and Safety

• Advise the Headteacher on all relevant Health and Safety regulations and to advise on any issues contravening or affected by those regulations and to have special responsibility for public safety, accident prevention, reporting and investigation, fire drills, alarms and/or systems.

• Ensure that all relevant Health and Safety rules and regulations (including the WSCC Code of Safe Working Practice) are complied with.

• Undertake safety audits of the premises including Risks Assessments

• Organise and carry out the electrical testing of portable electrical appliances and to maintain the appropriate records

• Update asbestos register as necessary

• Provide safe access to the school in times of snow, minor floods and similar emergency conditions

Support for the school

• Always ensure all adequate security of buildings and premises and to comply with any special security requirements

• Maintain securely a full set of school keys and operate the school key register system

• Recommend any suitable and appropriate improvements to the security of the building and to report any breaches of security

• Coordinate deliveries to the school

• Undertake the preparation of the premises for the school events, reception of visitors, car parking, etc

• Undertake the maintenance of the school gardens/flower beds not covered by the ground maintenance contract

• Maintain all relevant logs, records and information as required by the Headteacher and School Business Manager

• Attend meetings, training courses and study days as directed by the Headteacher and the School Business Manager

• Undertake such other duties appropriate to the post as may from time to time be required to ensure the smooth and efficient running of the school