Facilities Assistant

**The Kingsway School** Foxland Rd Gatley Cheadle SK8 4QX **Salary: NJC Scale 4 point 7 £26,403 (pro rata £22,583)** **Contract type: Permanent** **Closing date: Wednesday 24th September 2025** **Interview date: W/C 29th September 2025** **Details of the Role** **We have two roles available** **1 x 37 hours per week NJC Scale 4 point 7 £26,403 (pro rata £22,583)** **1 x 16 hours per week NJC Scale 4 point 7 £26,403 (pro rata £9,765)** Join Our School Team Where No Two Days Are the Same Do you have a talent for fixing things? If so, you might just be the person we need. We're looking for a Facilities Assistant to help keep our busy secondary school running smoothly, safely, and looking great. What You’ll Be Doing: Keeping the site safe, clean, and secure for students and staff Carrying out minor repairs Opening and locking the school buildings Helping with event set-ups, furniture moves, and deliveries Being our go-to for "Can you just...?" requests - ____________________ What You’ll Need: A practical mindset Some experience in maintenance, caretaking, or similar (but we can train you) A positive attitude we're big on teamwork here Reliability the school runs better because of people like you - ____________________ Perks of the Job: Working with a fantastic team in a lively, friendly school School holidays (hello, work-life balance) Training and development opportunities Daily steps? Smashed it. - ____________________ How to Apply: Ready to roll up your sleeves and make a difference? We can't wait to meet the person who'll keep our school in tip-top shape. Why Choose Kingsway and Education Learning Trust? As a proud member of Education Learning Trust (ELT), The Kingsway School offers exceptional professional development pathways tailored to ECTs. You will benefit from: A structured induction programme, led by experienced mentors and senior leaders. Regular coaching and professional learning opportunities focused on reflective practice and continuous improvement. A culture of collaboration and support, where innovation and enthusiasm are encouraged. Our Core Values At The Kingsway School, we live by our core values, based around the cornerstones of: Opportunity, Achievement, Respect, and Compassion. These principles underpin everything we do from how we support our students to how we invest in our staff. We are committed to: Opportunity: Developing our students and staff by providing a wealth of enriching experiences designed to develop them as individuals. Achievement: Empowering all students and staff to achieve their personal best academically but also in every aspect of school life Respect: Creating a positive and inclusive school culture rooted in mutual respect and celebrating our diverse community. Compassion Supporting each other and our wider community with care and understanding. About You We are looking for someone who: Holds (or will hold by September) QTS and has a passion for teaching Business. Is eager to contribute to the wider life of the school and department. Has a strong commitment to their own professional development. Shares our school’s ethos and values. About ELT Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 450 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities. As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme. Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing: Exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities School improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry Opportunities for professional development and leadership A celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings Innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002. We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregna