Site Manager

Job title: Site Manager

Reports to: Director of Operations/Headteacher

Salary: NJC Scale 6. Starting at scale point 18 (Actual salary: £34,416), rising with

annual increments to a maximum of scale point 22 (Actual salary: £35,448)

Working Days: Full-time, Monday - Friday, 36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year.

Working hours 7am -3pm or 10am-6pm including lunch break.

Start date: September 2025

Line management: School site team (one assistant caretaker)

Paid holiday entitlement: 29 days + 8 bank holidays

Other details: The site manager will be a member of the central operations team, line

managed by the director of operations. Whilst they will be primarily based at Field End Junior School, they will be deployed to other Vanguard Learning Trust schools when required by the director of operations.   As Field End Junior School shares the site with Field End Infants School, the site manager is expected to work closely with them. 

Field End Junior School and Vanguard Learning Trust wish to employ an enthusiastic and proactive site manager who will be a key member of the school’s and Trust’s operations team. Our new site manager will work alongside caretaker in ensuring that the premises and grounds of the school are maintained to the highest possible level at all times. They will be supported by a committed and hardworking staff body, keen to ensure that every child is given the best possible educational experience.

The successful candidate will also join the wider Trust team of operational staff, benefitting from high-quality professional development under the direction of our Director of Operations.

Field End Junior School is a three-form entry school that shares its site with Field End Infants School. The school is part of Vanguard Learning Trust, a cross-phase multi-academy trust.

Our school is a happy and vibrant place to work. The staff are welcoming and very committed to providing the very best education for each child. Relationships between staff and children are very strong. Our aim for every child that comes through our door, is to develop the skills to become a mastery learner, lifelong reader, active learner and a confident orator. Our vision complements Vanguard Learning Trust’s vision of outstanding, inclusive education.

We can offer you ongoing professional development and a supportive and collaborative team ethos.

As an associate member of the Vanguard Learning Trust, we offer staff developmental opportunities via the trust and support from other professionals in the same role across the trust schools.

Why work for Vanguard Learning Trust?

Vanguard Learning Trust is a cross-phase Trust in the London Borough of Hillingdon. Our Trust currently has five schools: Field End Junior School, Hermitage Primary School, Ruislip High School, Ryefield Primary School and Vyners School. Oak Farm Primary School is an associate member of the Trust. The successful candidate will be provided with professional development opportunities and will play a key role in ensuring that our Trust is an employer of choice. 

An application form can be downloaded from the Field End Junior School website (click here) where all information about this post can be obtained.

Applications should be returned to: recruitment@vlt.org.uk

Closing date: Tuesday 15th July 2025, 10.00am

Interview date: Friday 18th July 2025

Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.