Facilities Manager

How would you like to get paid for five days, but only work four?

At Outcomes First Group, we believe in better work/life balance — and we’re putting wellbeing first.

That’s why we’re proud to be part of a 4-Day Working Week (4DWW) trial, where you can work one day less each week (or equivalent hours), while still receiving your full-time pay.

Many of our schools have already introduced the 4DWW — and others are preparing to roll it out as soon as they reach full staffing. So whether it’s already in place or just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to join #teamOFG.

Job Title: Facilities Manager
Location: Fieldstone School, Devon, TQ12 1NH
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Start: January 2026
UK applicants only – this role does not offer sponsorship

As our Facilities Manager, you’ll play a vital role in shaping safe, welcoming, and efficient school environments where pupils and staff can thrive every day.

About the Role

This is a dynamic, people-focused role where no two days look the same. You’ll lead a committed facilities team, oversee everything from maintenance and repairs to cleaning, catering, and compliance, and make sure our schools are places we’re proud of. With your leadership, organisation, and eye for detail, you’ll help create environments that genuinely support learning, wellbeing, and success.

What You’ll Be Doing:

- Inspiring and guiding the facilities team to deliver consistently high standards across maintenance, repairs, domestic tasks, and catering (service dependent)
- Ensuring our buildings, grounds, and learning spaces are safe, functional, and always looking their best
- Managing budgets, coordinating capital and operational projects, and keeping everything cost-effective
- Monitoring work quality and schedules, ensuring all tasks are completed to a high standard
- Working with external providers to secure reliable, value-for-money services
- Organising and prioritising a varied workload, from planned maintenance to urgent repairs
- Leading on-call and out-of-hours response arrangements — and supporting the rota yourself
- Keeping our health and safety, fire management, and food hygiene practices watertight
- Developing robust maintenance programmes across all areas of the school

What You’ll Bring:

- GCSE Grade 4+ (or equivalent) in Maths and English
- Strong knowledge of maintenance, catering, and domestic operations
- Confidence in implementing effective systems and managing workflow
- Ability to lead a team while also working independently when needed

If you’re energised by variety, passionate about high standards, and ready to make a meaningful difference behind the scenes, this role offers the chance to have a real impact across our schools.

About us

Fieldstone School is an independent day school, supporting the most vulnerable young people in society aged 5-16; those children who do not find it easy to fit into existing educational provision. This can be for many reasons, including a range of behavioural, emotional and educational challenges, exacerbated by being on the autistic spectrum. Other difficulties such as sensory processing disorders, attachment disorders or those having faced trauma in their lives.

It is our intention that every student will achieve their full potential in both academic and personal development. As a day school, we provide an alternative to residential education which supports our students to develop independence and social skills whilst living in their home environment.

We are part of Acorn Education and can offer plenty of challenges along with a wide range of opportunities to develop your career. Acorn Education is the UK’s leading provider of specialist education for children and young people with special educational needs. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in creating and delivering innovative approaches that achieve measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

We place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

- Life Assurance
- Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
- “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, which enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

- A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
- 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
- Cycle to Work Schemes
- Electric Car Purchase Scheme
- Critical illness cover
- Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit

Outcomes First Group is committed to carrying out a fair, thorough and efficient recruitment process in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education. Whilst we aim to keep applicants informed throughout, Outcomes First Group does not accept liability for any loss of earnings or other associated costs incurred by applicants as a result of delays or changes in the compliance process. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and compliance with statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.

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