Overview
Crocketts Community Primary School (SIPS), Required from Autumn 2026: subject to satisfactory clearance checks
Crocketts Community Primary School is a warm and welcoming primary school committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and inspiring environment for every child.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, proactive, and highly motivated Site Manager to become a key part of our team and take pride in maintaining our school buildings and grounds to the highest standard.
As our Site Manager, you will play a vital role in ensuring the school is safe, secure, clean, and well maintained. You will take responsibility for the day‑to‑day management of the school premises and provide a crucial support function to pupils, staff, and visitors.
Responsibilities
* Opening and locking the school site
* Ensuring the security, safety, and overall condition of the school site and buildings
* Carrying out and/or overseeing routine repairs, maintenance, and minor improvement works
* Managing contractors on site
* Maintaining accurate records including checks and inspections and statutory documentation
* Ensuring classrooms, shared areas, and external grounds remain clean, tidy, and safe
* Monitoring site stock and ordering supplies
* Responding quickly and effectively to maintenance or safety issues as they arise
* Supporting the school’s sustainability initiatives
What we are looking for
* Practical, hands-on, and confident in carrying out general maintenance; well organised with good attention to detail
* Able to work proactively and independently as well as part of a supportive team
* Willing to work split shifts
* Knowledgeable about (or willing to learn) health and safety procedures, compliance, and statutory requirements
* Friendly, approachable, flexible and committed to supporting our school community
* Experienced in premises management, caretaking, building maintenance, or a related field (desirable but not essential)
What we offer
* A supportive and friendly school community
* Training opportunities including health and safety, compliance, safeguarding, and site management
* A well‑maintained site with scope for continued improvement
* A rewarding role where your work has a direct impact on children’s learning and wellbeing and where every day is different
Additional information
Informal visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged. This will provide an opportunity for you to meet our School Business Manager and receive a tour of the school grounds. Visits are available on request.
A job description, personnel specification and application form are available to download. Application forms should be returned to Claire Gibbs via email to claire.gibbs@crocketts.school
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to undertake all relevant safeguarding checks and an enhanced DBS check.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children’s Barring List Check. If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post.
Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email.
Further information relating to our school, including our policies can be found on our website Crocketts Community Primary School. CVs will not be accepted. If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.
Successful applicants will be contacted with an interview date. If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date. Please check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there.
We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
We are a Disability Confident Employer, we have a positive approach to employing disabled people and guarantee an interview for applicants who disclose they would like to be considered under this scheme and meet the essential criteria.
If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, be sure to include these on your application.
This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Hours: 37 hours per week, full time.
Grade: Grade D, SCP 9-17, £27,254 - £31,022 p.a.
Location: Crocketts Community Primary, Coopers Lane Smethwick B67 7DW
Closing Date: 11th May 2026 9AM
Interviews: Friday 8th may 2026
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