Estates Team Operative

International Schools Today; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Thomas’s College in Richmond seeks a dedicated Estates Team Operative to join our forward-thinking school. You will help maintain a five-acre campus, support safe, clean, and well-presented facilities for students and staff, and build positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues.

The role requires reliability, teamwork and a proactive approach. This is a full-time, permanent post starting January 2027, offering 40 hours per week and a supportive, entrepreneurial school

Job description

Thomas’s College is a brand-new selective co-educational day and weekly boarding school for students from 11 to 18. Our school sits in a beautiful five-acre campus at the top of Richmond Hill, 15 minutes’ walk from Richmond Station, with magnificent buildings surrounding a central garden. We have outstanding sports facilities a short drive away, with Richmond Park on our doorstep. The whole site is full of space and greenery.

We seek to offer a new approach to London independent education, built around the choices and interests of each individual, that combines the best of traditional excellence with radical innovation. We teach psychology to all students, we offer alternative qualifications alongside GCSE and A Level, we’ve changed the student journey to include a three-year Sixth Form - we’re at the leading edge of educational reform.

Above all we offer a family atmosphere, full of heart, along with the passion and drive of an entrepreneurial start-up environment. It is a combination that we believe will bring our students benefits, in terms of their success, happiness and values, that will last lifelong. For staff, we hope that working at the College will be an experience they treasure throughout the course of their careers.

Will le Fleming, founding Master

The Role

Thomas’s College is seeking a dedicated Estates Team Operative to join our dynamic and forward-thinking school.

This is a great opportunity for a skilled Estates Team Operative to join our collaborative community. We are looking for someone who can quickly generate vision, confidence and respect and who is capable of fostering highly positive working relationships with children, parents and colleagues.

The Recruitment Pack should be read alongside the information available on our website.

Please note that referees will be contacted prior to the interview.

Closing Date: 16/11/2026

Interview Date: w/c 23 November 2026

Start Date: January 2027

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

Location: Thomas’s College, Richmond

Safeguarding

Thomas’s London Day Schools are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers and visitors to share this commitment and work in accordance with our child protection policies and procedures.

All posts are subject to screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the DBS service. The school will undertake online searches on shortlisted applicants and may require applicants to provide details of their online profile, including social media accounts. For details of the checks which will be undertaken as part of our recruitment process, please see our Safer Recruitment Policy which can be found here https://www.thomas-s.co.uk/policies/ under the ‘Thomas’s Policy’ tab.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

As an equal opportunities employer, Thomas’s is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity or marriage and civil partnership. Thomas’s aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workspace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join the Group.