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Caretaker - All Year Round Contract - Full-time

Barton Manor School, Canterbury

  • Ref:KCC886-4028-80S
  • Posted:08/11/2023
  • Pay:BCAT 5 - £22,595-£23,693
  • Start Date:January 2024
  • App Close Date:11/12/2023 at 09:00
  • Interviews:TBC

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Caretaker - All Year Round Contract

Our School

Barton Manor School, is a non-selective 11-18 school located in Canterbury, a 5 minute walk from Barton Court Grammar School. The School is in its second year of opening, with students in Y7 & Y8 only, and when full it will have a shared Sixth Form provision with Barton Court Grammar School providing a wide-range of vocational and academic courses. We have a vision and a determination to provide our community with an excellent school and we are making great strides towards this. To work here is to embrace the challenges of an economically-diverse community and understand the influence education has in addressing social immobility. We’re looking for brilliant people to join us on our exciting journey with opportunities for staff to work and teach at both Barton Court and Barton Manor.

The School has excellent facilities. All rooms are equipped with state-of-the art electronic interactive whiteboards. There are excellent specialist facilities for sport, hospitality, engineering, dance, drama, music and art. We offer and value a broad curriculum aimed at promoting talent beyond traditional academic subjects. Our significant investment in professional development drives colleagues’ continuous improvement. This is a place where everyone improves regardless of their career stage.

The Post

Required for 1 January 2024, the Trustees are seeking to appoint a well-qualified and experienced Caretaker to work with the Trust Estates Manager and Barton Manor Site team to provide an effective and efficient site support service at Barton Manor School, and Barton Court Grammar School, (if required), thus enhancing the standards of teaching and learning within the School(s). The Site Team are responsible for the day-to-day operational management, safety and security of the school site and all sites within the Trust (as required). The Site Team are responsible for ensuring that the School(s) are well-maintained and safe and secure site(s) for all users.

As the School grows there will be an opportunity for career development and, in particular within this Site Team, progression to Assistant Site Manager within the next few years for the right candidate.

The Caretaker is expected to deputise for the Site Manager, in terms of their role of Site Manager at Barton Manor, in their absence.

Deadline: Monday 11 December 2023 @ 9am

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for this post should be made online only via the School’s website. CVs alone will not be accepted. Please email your application to recruitment@bartoncourt.org

If you wish to discuss this post further please contact Mr Richard Adams, Trust Estates Manager, by telephone.

Barton Court Academy Trust, and all schools within the Trust, are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of Children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure application via the Disclosure & Barring Service and check against the ISA Barred List for Children.

Information about the school

The Trust

Barton Court Academy Trust (BCAT) is a multi-academy Trust which was established in 2017.

It currently consists of three secondary schools: Barton Court Grammar School, an 11-18 years, mixed selective school in the heart of Canterbury, rated “Good” with many outstanding features by Ofsted in February 2020; The Charles Dickens School, an 11-16 years mixed non-selective school in Broadstairs, rated “Good” by Ofsted in March 2023 and Barton Manor Free School, an 11–18 years non-selective mixed school in the heart of Canterbury which opened to Year 7 in September 2022.

Our School

Barton Manor School, is a non-selective 11-18 school located in Canterbury, a 5 minute walk from Barton Court Grammar School. The School is in its Third year of opening, with students in Y7, Y8 and Y9 only, and when full it will have a shared Sixth Form provision with Barton Court Grammar School providing a wide-range of vocational and academic courses. We have a vision and a determination to provide our community with an excellent school and we are making great strides towards this. To work here is to embrace the challenges of an economically-diverse community and understand the influence education has in addressing social immobility. We’re looking for brilliant people to join us on our exciting journey with opportunities for staff to work and teach at both Barton Court and Barton Manor.

The School has excellent facilities. All rooms are equipped with state-of-the art electronic interactive whiteboards. There are excellent specialist facilities for sport, hospitality, engineering, dance, drama, music and art. We offer and value a broad curriculum aimed at promoting talent beyond traditional academic subjects. Our significant investment in professional development drives colleagues’ continuous improvement. This is a place where everyone improves regardless of their career stage.

Job Contact Information

  • Name:Kate Trevor
  • Address:Spring Lane, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 1SU
  • Telephone: 01227 532140
  • Email: ktrevor@bartonmanor.org

Documents

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.