£24,796– £27,694 + excellent benefits
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Being amaintenance worker in our school means being part of something big.You’ll be doing your bit to make sure the school building is agreat place to be for our youngpeople.
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You’ll do all the general,day-to-day repairs needed to keep our school up and running, drivethe school vehicles and keep them in good working order, as well asmaking sure the school grounds and garden are kept neat and tidy.You’ll also be a familiar, friendly face, this means our youngpeople will sometimes stop to chat to you so we’ll give you sometraining on child safeguarding to give you that extraconfidence!
Oneof the best environments inSEND
Opening inAutumn term 2026, Ardenwood School will operate as the primarycampus of The Secret Garden School, an all through school, spanningprimary and secondary across twosites.
Ardenwood is apurpose-built, state-of-the-art primary campus and will cater forup to 40 pupils with a wide range of needs, including autism andsocial, emotional and mental health needs. This new excitingopportunity serves Coventry and the wider communities; you are atthe heart of itsdevelopment.
Our aim is toensure that every pupil will continue to receive an outstandingeducational experience, with individual progress, care andwellbeing at the centre of everything wedo.
What we do foryou
We know you’re going todo great things. For your hard work and commitment, we reward youwith the best salary and benefits package in the education sector.With us, you’ll get to bring learning to life and make a genuinedifference to the lives of our young people – plus you’llget:
Training: A fullinduction and on the jobtraining
Holiday: You’llwork hard at WG, so you’ll be rewarded with 35 days holidayincluding bankholidays
Flexible benefits:meaning you can increase/decrease benefits such as life insurance –checkout our benefits here
Wellbeing:a host of wellbeing tools and advice including employeeassistance
Medical cover soyou can claim back the cost of things like an opticians or dentistappointment and a host of high-streetdiscounts
Beautiful workingenvironments with the very best facilities – check out ourschools here
Arecommend a friend scheme that offers a £1,000 bonus everytime
Bringyour whole-self to work
Ouryoung people come from all walks of life, diverse backgrounds andwith different needs– and our workforce reflects thatdiversity, so that our teams can engage, encourage and inspire ouryoung people to be themselves. The kind of person we’re looking forwill:
Have some maintenanceskills, either professionally or as a DIYenthusiast
Have a ‘can do’attitude – a team player who rolls up their sleeves to helpothers
Be confident takingresponsibility for buying smaller pieces of maintenanceequipment
Willing toundertake Health & Safety and other relevanttraining
Interestedin joining us?
Our youngpeople deserve the best possible future and we feel the same aboutour teams. You deserve to have the career you want, with apurpose-led employer, in an environment that allows you to beyourself.
TheWitherslack Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting thewelfare of its young people. This post is subject to an enhancedDBS check (we will cover the cost) and an online search. We are anequal opportunities employer welcoming applications from allsections of thecommunity.
Fora full job description and person specification, please click here
Toview our ex-offenders policy please click here.
Toview our Child Protection Policy, please visit the ‘Parents andCarers’ section of this School/Learning centre. You can find allour Schools here.
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