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Site Manager - Full-time

Cliftonville Primary School, Margate

  • Ref:KCC886-2028-183S
  • Posted:15/12/2025
  • Pay:CAT Grade 7- £28703-£32657 dependant on experience
  • Start Date:Jan/Feb 2026
  • App Close Date:09/01/2026 at 16:00
  • Interviews:January 26

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Site Manager – Overview

 

We are looking for a proactive and reliable Site Manager to join our primary school team. This is a key role in ensuring our school is safe, secure, and welcoming for pupils, staff, and visitors. The Site Manager will oversee the day-to-day management of the premises, including building maintenance, health and safety compliance, and supporting the smooth running of school operations.

You will play an important part in creating a positive learning environment by keeping our facilities clean, well-maintained, and compliant with statutory requirements. The role involves working closely with school leadership, managing contractors, and responding to maintenance needs promptly and efficiently. This position also includes line management responsibilities for the cleaning and caretaking team.

 

We welcome prospective candidates to visit the school, as this provides an excellent opportunity to gain a clear understanding of our environment and the significance of this role.

 

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong organisational and problem-solving skills
  • Practical experience in building maintenance and health & safety
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Commitment to safeguarding and ensuring a safe environment for children

The role is a permanent full time position working 37 hours per week. Please see the job description for a full specification of the role.

If you take pride in your work and want to make a real difference in the daily life of a school community, we’d love to hear from you. 

 

Information about the school

We are one of the largest primary schools in Kent with over 840 children on roll, including a Pre-School that offers 30 hour provision. When joining us, you will be supported to be the best that you can be. As an academy within the Coastal Academies Trust (CAT) we are passionate and driven in delivering outstanding opportunities for our whole community- staff, children and parents.

We are a family. Our school is warm and welcoming to children, their families and staff. The school is immensely proud of the diverse community it serves and is committed to maintaining outstanding outcomes for every child, no matter what their starting point in an environment that promotes intellectual, physical, emotional, social and spiritual development. As with any school, there are challenges...but the rewards of working at Cliftonville are huge.

Our school values of Independence, safe and settled, respect, resilience, aspiration, learning and community are integral to all that we are and do at Cliftonville Primary and Pre-school. As part of our commitment to community we make it our mission to promote positive wellbeing for all our pupils, staff and the wider community including parents and carers. We recognise that without positive wellbeing we cannot reach our full potential. Therefore, we aim to educate and support our whole school community on the importance of wellbeing and mental health, ensuring it is everyone’s responsibility to care for one another. Through our innovative ‘Wellbeing Hub’ we will provide mental health support, understanding and intervention for pupils and parents ensuring a holistic approach.

Our staff are our greatest resource and so we ensure that all staff have a supportive network and feel they are listened to and valued at all times.

We work together with a whole range of partners including parents, external agencies, local groups to foster warm, friendly and purposeful relationships. Through these partnerships we support and develop the children's social, and emotional foundations upon which learning is achieved through a bespoke, exciting, ambitious and engaging curriculum.

The school holds a number of important accreditations including most recently the Well being Award, the Inclusion Quality Mark and the Continuous Professional Learning and Development Quality Mark.

Cliftonville Primary and Pre-School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all trustees, staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Criminal Record Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service, the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 other relevant employment checks, online recruitment checks and overseas criminal background checks, where applicable.

All new trustees, employees and volunteers will be required to undertake safeguarding training on induction which will be regularly updated in line with statutory guidance.

Cliftonville Primary and Pre-School is an inclusive and accessible employer, we are committed to an inclusive, barrier-free recruitment and selection process. We embrace and cultivate an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace. We welcome colleagues with different backgrounds, perspectives and capabilities.

Job Contact Information

Fax: (01843) 230614

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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.