Premises Assistant/Officer

Action HR; London Borough of Merton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Culvers House Primary School is hiring a Premises Assistant/Officer to join our dedicated support team. The role covers maintenance, security and cleanliness of the school’s buildings and grounds.

You will help ensure a clean, safe environment for students and staff and work on-site at our Surrey location. We seek a practical, reliable individual with knowledge of building cleaning and maintenance procedures, ready to contribute to a positive school environment with a flexible term-time pattern

Qualifications

• Practical and reliable individual for school premises.
• Knowledge of building cleaning and maintenance procedures is preferred.
• Able to operate across maintenance, security and cleanliness tasks.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, secure and clean school buildings and grounds.
• Oversee key site systems and coordinate essential workflows.
• Support a safe, well-maintained environment for students and staff.

Skills

Building maintenance

Cleaning procedures

Security procedures

Reliability

Job description

Job Reference kingstonandsuttonschools/TP/2041/94

Number of Positions:

1

Contract Type:

Full Time

Permanent

Scale 3/4 Point 5-10 or 4/5 Point 7-15

Working Hours:

36

Location:

Closing Date:

26/10/2026

Job Category:

Facilities

Region / Division:

UK Greater London

Job Introduction

CULVERS HOUSE PRIMARY SCHOOL

Orchard Avenue

Surrey

CR4 4JH

020 8255 6199

Full-time, Permanent

Starting Immediatey

Scale and Point to be discussed based on experience (NJC framework)

36 hours per week, 52.143 weeks per year (All Year Round)
Shift rota basis during term time / Flexible patterns during non-term time (arranged with the HT & School Business Manager)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, confident, and motivated Premises Assistant/Officer to join our dedicated school support team.

We are seeking a practical and reliable individual whose core purpose will be to assist in providing high-quality maintenance, security, and cleanliness across the school’s buildings and grounds. Your work will directly ensure that all students, staff, and community users have a comfortable, clean, safe, and well-maintained environment in which to work and learn.

Whilst not essential, we would ideally like to recruit an individual who has a general knowledge of building cleaning and maintenance procedures, backed by relevant practical skills.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive, forward-thinking educational environment where you can oversee key site systems, coordinate essential workflows, and truly make an impact on our school community.

Interview dates tbc

Culvers House is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

We are 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 likely be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, including a Children’s Barred List check, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE). The role may also be subject to additional pre-employment checks including prohibition from teaching checks, online searches of publicly available information, qualification verification, right to work checks and satisfactory references.

As part of our recruitment process, shortlisted candidates may be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence obligations in line with statutory guidance.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Equality monitoring information is requested separately from the application process and is not used as part of the shortlisting or selection process.

In line with statutory guidance, references may be requested prior to interview.