Health & Safety Manager/Transport Lead Grade 7 £30,024 - £33,699 Permanent, Full time, 37 Hours per week Required to start as soon as possible Villa Real School is an all age Special School with pupils with SLD, PMLD and ASD. The governors are seeking to employ an experienced, dynamic and enthusiastic Health & Safety Manager/ Transport Lead. The role includes: • Acting as the main Health and Safety Officer for the School, ensuring a safe working and learning environment in accordance with relevant legislation. • Preparing Health and Safety reports for the Governors. • Keeping appropriate records, ensuring that they are available for inspection and provide statistical and other returns, as required, to the Headteacher, Governors and Local Authority. • Keeping up to date with changes to legislations, (especially health and safety) and best practice in facilities management. • Lead and ensure classroom staff complete individual pupil/student risk assessments including complex feeding plans and staff medical risk assessments. • Monitor and evaluate the quality of all risk assessments with the SMT. • Support key staff in the writing and implementation of key area risk assessments e.g., Visits, Alternative Provision, Evolve Lead. • Support with transitions of high-risk students around school. • Transport Lead • Hydrotherapy pool deputy. • Provide ad hoc cover for the caretaker re: small house keeping issues and locking up. • Attend SMT meetings on a monthly basis to report on health and safety throughout the school. • Accurately record and upload accidents to the health and safety team, liaising with them when necessary and ensuring that any recommendations are actioned. • Attend safeguarding monitoring sessions with SMT & Governors. • Be a member of the First Aid team. • Drive mini bus or own vehicle as cover. The successful candidate will: • have excellent communication skills • be able to work methodically, thoroughly and to a consistently high standard to ensure work is carried out effectively and efficiently • be able to supervise a team and work alone as required • be able to work under pressure to meet deadlines Application form and further details are available by email and returnable to the Head teacher. Shortlisted candidates will be informed by 23rd January 2026 and are encouraged to visit the school. Durham County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We want to develop a more diverse workforce and we positively welcome applicants from all sections of the community. Applicants with disabilities will be invited for interview if the essential job criteria are met. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any offer of employment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory DBS Enhanced Disclosure and supportive references. The ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and, if successful, you will need to apply for an enhanced DBS disclosure. As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required. Closing date: 21 January 2026 at 9.00am Interview date: w/c 26 January 2026 Application forms should be returned to the school. Villa Real School Villa Real Road Consett Co. Durham DH8 6BH Tel: 01207 503651 Email: villareal@durhamlearning.net Website: www.villarealschool.co.uk VPRS/161