The details of this role are as follows: Clean Driving licence – including D1 category is essential Working hours : 5 days a week during term time – hours per week to be agreed - 35 weeks per year East Grinstead Route - AM 7.00am – 8.35am Monday – Friday East Grinstead Route - PM 15.45pm – 17.15pm Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday-Friday 14.45pm – 16.15pm Thursday Annual leave: School holidays Contract type: Permanent Salary: £12.38 per hour Start date: ASAP Probationary period: 3 months Job Description: Reporting to: The Estate Manager Purpose of the job: The school bus driver is responsible for the safety and wellbeing of the children using the school bus service. Once the morning routes have been completed, 30 minutes will be spent on cleaning/maintaining the minibuses. Main duties and responsibilities – These are a summary for the role, a full job description is available upon application for each route and shift. • Various hours available • Collect School Bus from the Maintenance department. • Carry out basic routine safety checks on the school bus prior to every departure. • Ensure prompt arrival at the first collection point on your allocated bus route. • Ensure that a register is taken and that any unexpected absences are followed up by telephoning the parents in the morning, or checking with Reception in the afternoon. • Manage the route in a timely manner to ensure that pupils arrive at school for 8.00am and at all stops on route at the allotted time. • Complete daily internal cleaning of vehicle – (if required) Person Specification Clean Driving licence – including D1 category is essential Experience of driving school children would be preferable Enjoys working with children Communicates well with children and parents and other staff members Organised, efficient and punctual Flexible attitude Michael Hall School values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. Michael Hall School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All positions are subject to an enhanced DBS check