General Estates Assistant (two roles) - Pipers Corner School

Buckinghamshire Council; High Wycombe; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Pipers Corner School in High Wycombe is seeking a practical estate caretaker to join our Estates Team. You will perform maintenance and repairs across the School to keep buildings, facilities and grounds safe, operational and welcoming.

The role requires comfortable manual handling and working outdoors in all weather conditions, with a hands-on background in caretaking, maintenance, logistics or event setup. Permanent, 40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Background in a hands-on, practical role (e.g. caretaking, maintenance, logistics, or event setup).
• Comfortable doing regular manual handling, physical work and working outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Please note that the application form must be completed in full.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical maintenance and repairs across the School, helping to keep our buildings, facilities and grounds safe, operational and welcoming.
• Carry out regular manual handling, physical work and outdoor tasks in all weather conditions.
• Support the Estates Team in various maintenance and logistics tasks.

Skills

Manual handling

Maintenance work

Physical fitness

Job description

Location: High Wycombe

Overview

Salary: £27,000-£32,000 dependent on skills and experience

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 40 hours per week

About us

Pipers Corner is a Girls’ School Association (GSA) and Heads’ Conference Association (HMC) Independent School for girls aged 4-18. Set in 96 acres of beautiful Chiltern countryside, the School is four miles north of High Wycombe and two miles from Great Missenden. In its most recent ISI inspection (March 2026), Pipers Corner School met all of the required Independent School Standards across every area of the inspection.

As a core member of the Estates Team, you will provide practical maintenance and repairs across the School, helping to keep our buildings, facilities and grounds safe, operational and welcoming.

• Comfortable doing regular manual handling, physical work and working outdoors in all weather conditions.
• Background in a hands-on, practical role (e.g. caretaking, maintenance, logistics, or event setup).

Please note that the application form must be completed in full. It is not sufficient to substitute a C.V. for all or any part of the form.

You are welcome to email the school via [e-mail] if you have queries. Send completed applications via MyNewTerm addressed to: Mrs Helen Ness-Gifford, Headmistress.

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Pipers Corner School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

Pipers Corner School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Registered Charity No. 310635

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
• For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
• It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.