The Kingsway School
Foxland Campus, Foxland Road, Gatley, Stockport, SK8 4QX
Job Title: Facilities Assistant x 2
Hours: 1 x 37 hours per week
1 x 16 hours per week
Salary:
37 hours £21,882.17 - £22,229.31 (Scale 3 pro rata)
16 hours £9,462.56 - £9,612.68 (Scale 3 pro rata)
Contract: Term Time, Permanent
Start Date: ASAP after appointment
Details of the Role
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 currently have two roles available within the Site Team. The site team operates between the hours of 6.00am-7.00pm across 3 shifts. Applicant’s must be able to either start at 6.00am or finish at 7.00pm.
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
What You’ll Need:
A practical mindset
Some experience in maintenance, caretaking, or similar
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 off (hello, work-life balance!)
Training and development opportunities
Daily steps? Smashed it.
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
Send in your completed application form to recruitment@kingsway.stockport.sch.uk to apply and specify if you are looking for part time or full time.
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.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks. It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
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, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form below, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Stockport Council Valuing Diversity
Closing Date: Thursday 6th November 2025
Interview Date: W/C Monday 10th November 2025