School Security Officer (Part Time) - Pipers Corner School

Buckinghamshire Council; Cryers Hill; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Pipers Corner School in High Wycombe is seeking a part-time School Security Officer to guard the site during designated evening hours, ensure all buildings are locked and alarm systems are set. The role includes overnight on-call periods, starting with handover from the onsite security manager on Monday night and ending with a morning handover on Thursday morning.

An Enhanced DBS check is required. Pipers Corner is an independent school committed to safeguarding; applicants may be interviewed

Responsibilities

• Focuses on securing the site during designated evening hours, ensuring all buildings are locked and alarm systems are correctly set.
• Covers specific overnight on-call periods to respond to any security incidents or alarms, starting with a handover from the onsite security manager on Monday night and concluding with a morning on-site handover on Thursday morning.
• Subject to an Enhanced DBS check as part of safeguarding commitments.

Job description

School Security Officer (Part Time) - Pipers Corner School

Location: High Wycombe

Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Contract: Permanent

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.

The role focuses on securing the site during designated evening hours, ensuring all buildings are locked, and alarm systems are correctly set. This position also requires covering specific overnight on-call periods to respond to any security incidents or alarms, starting with a handover from the onsite security manager on the Monday night and concluding with a morning on-site handover on Thursday morning.

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.