Minibus Driver

The Independent Schools Council; Tandridge; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Caterham School is seeking a Minibus Driver to join the Transport department. The post is mainly based at Hawthorn Prep School and involves travel between Hawthorn Prep and Caterham School, ensuring pupils are transported safely at the start and end of the school day during term time.

The successful candidate will hold a vocational driving licence, be reliable, organised and customer focused, and may be asked to undertake additional pre-arranged weekend work.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates reliability and punctuality.
• Excellent organisation for multi-site duties.
• Strong customer service while transporting pupils.

Responsibilities

• Transport pupils to and from Hawthorn Prep and Caterham School safely.
• Ensure high driving standards and a courteous, professional manner.
• Occasional weekend work may be required; reports to Transport Manager.

Skills

Reliable

Organised

Customer focused

Pupils safety

Job description

Caterham is a UK leading co‑educational day and boarding school and awarded Times Educational Supplement Best Independent Senior School in 2023. We are a high‑achieving, ambitious and friendly school recognised for our academic achievement, our innovation and our Wellbeing programme, which underpins all that we do here. Our academic results consistently place us as a top-performing UK independent school. Caterham is an EdTech 50 and an Apple Distinguished School, winner of the TES ‘Best Use of Digital’ award and the first UK school to be awarded the National Children’s Bureau’s Wellbeing for Schools Award.

Our progressive approach to learning and teaching, our focus on embracing the best of technology, combined with the strength and warmth of our school community, makes Caterham a unique place in which to work. Caterham is a school which supports its staff to progress and play a full part in our pupils’, and the school’s, achievements.

The community here is vibrant and energetic, both in the classroom and across the broad scope of co-curricular activities on offer. Our community holds a wide range of academic, artistic and sporting interests, all underpinned by a collective drive to support achievement - and each other.

We are looking for a Minibus Driver to join our friendly Transport department. The Minibus Driver will be primarily based at Hawthorn Prep School and work between both Hawthorn Prep and Caterham School. The successful applicant will be expected to get themselves to and from each location.

The School Minibus Driver will be reliable, organised and customer focused. The primary role of this position is to carry pupils to and from School safety at the beginning and end of the School day during term time (34 weeks of the year); whilst maintaining high driving standards as a vocational licence holder. Additional pre-arranged weekend work may also be required. The post reports to the Transport Manager.

The closing date for applications is 9.00am, Friday 18 September 2026.