Caretaker

Chelmer Valley High School; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Chelmer Valley High School is seeking a Caretaker to join the Premises Team. The role involves maintaining a safe, secure and welcoming environment on the school site and, when required, carrying out lettings duties outside school hours.

The successful candidate will follow instructions from the site team to maintain and improve the school’s grounds and buildings, with essential DIY skills including decorating, repairs, plumbing and carpentry.

Qualifications

• Experience in building, grounds or facilities maintenance preferred.
• Ability to follow instructions from the site team.
• Willingness to work flexible hours for lettings.

Responsibilities

• Maintain school grounds and buildings to ensure safety and security.
• Carry out lettings duties as required outside school hours.
• Coordinate minor repairs, decorating, plumbing or carpentry tasks as needed.

Job description

We are looking to appoint a Caretaker to join our premises team. The successful candidate will take pride in maintaining a safe, secure and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors across the school site, while also carrying out lettings duties as required.

Chelmer Valley is a popular and oversubscribed, mixed, 11-18 comprehensive with 1200 students on roll.Itis an exceptionally vibrant, friendly and supportivecommunity builton strong relationships which allow our student to thrive.Our staff are highly valued, we want them to pass on their knowledge and love of their subject so that our students are given the very best experience and opportunities to succeed.Our vision 'always the best we can be' is such that we expect to support every studentin achievingtheir full potential and developinga lifelong love of learning.

The successful candidate will be able to follow instructions from the site team in maintaining the school's grounds and buildings. The ability to carry out DIY including decorating, repairs, plumbing and carpentry is essential.

The school is very popular with the community and as such our premises are regularly hired out of school hours, therefore the successful candidate must be flexible in terms of working hours., We were one of the first secondary schools in Essex to be designated as a training school by the DfE and work very closely with teacher training hubs as part of the Mid Essex ITT.

Our school is regularly involved in a variety of extra curricular activities covering all areas of school life. School productions, language visits, competitive sports and music tuition are but a few examples of what is on offer. We would always hope to encourage students to become directly involved in these activities, or seek to develop others where their interests lie.

We are a forward thinking, innovative and successful school. Our list of achievements is extensive and includes: The School Achievement Award, SportsMark, Essex Achievement Award for promoting positive behaviour, Member of the Mid Essex ITT Consortium, a strategic partner of the Chelmsford Teaching Schools Alliance and National Healthy Schools Status. We are also a National Support School.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Chelmer Valley High School - An Engineering & Leadership Specialist Academy - is located north of Chelmsford, in the village of Broomfield. We became an Academy on 1st August 2011. It is a very exciting time at Chelmer Valley, we continue to go from strength to strength with a staff whose commitment to taking the Academy forward is second to none and a governing body that provides challenge and support.

Our school has a positive atmosphere and everyone is expected to treat each other with respect in creating a positive and effective learning environment. Chelmer is a very popular school and as a result, over a number of years, the school has become heavily oversubscribed.

The current school roll is nearly 1200 students, including 190 in the Sixth Form. Our aim is to remain at about this size in order to provide each student with the appropriate level of personal attention and care that they need and deserve.

The Premises

Major developments are evident throughout our site. State of the art Technology and Science facilities combined with an impressive specialist Performing Arts centre, purpose built sixth form building and modern PE facilities provide staff and students alike with the latest and most effective resources to support learning.

In the classroom

Our expectations of students are high; they are expected to work hard. Various programmes are in place to provide a wide range of opportunities for all students whether it is additional help in the class for those who need it or, additional activities for Gifted and Talented students.

Considerable emphasis is placed upon academic achievement and students' progress is monitored carefully to support them in meeting their targets. As a school we set challenging targets and constantly reflect upon our practice and plan effectively in order to reach our goals.

Leadership

Leadership is very strong indeed. We believe in developing the teaching and learning skills and qualifications of all our staff. Leadership development is prevalent throughout the school. Internal promotion is encouraged and to our credit a number of staff having gone on to be Heads of Department, Deputy Headteachers and even Headteachers in other local schools. We want all our teachers, through their creativity, initiatives and teaching skills to ensure the delivery of high quality lessons and learning opportunities for all our students.