Farlingaye High School Address: Woodbridge, Suffolk IP12 4JX Salary: £6,093 - £6,809 actual per annum Hours: 10.5 hours per week, Tuesday - Thursday 4.30pm – 8pm (term time 1 week) Contract: Permanent. Required as soon as possible Reference: 8664 We are looking for a new member of staff to join our premises team as a part time Site Operative. You will be working alongside a Maintenance Operative, learning the core duties that are required within a large high school environment. These include maintaining the general school premises, furniture and fittings, completing Health and Safety checks, identifying maintenance works that are required, carrying out porterage duties such as moving furniture and equipment around the school, setting up for concerts, meetings, assemblies and clubs, helping to ensure the general upkeep of the school and undertaking decorating, essential cleaning duties and helping to maintain the security of the school premises. We are looking for a positive, organised, flexible individual with good communication skills, someone who is able to work individually as well as part of a team and has a desire to continue to learn. Farlingaye High School is a popular and successful school, located in Woodbridge, a pleasant market town situated on the River Deben in Suffolk and just 7 miles from Ipswich. We are a creative school with excellent resources, lovely students and great results. Our most recent Ofsted report graded us Good with Outstanding areas. We are part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Bungay High School, Holbrook Academy, Kesgrave High School, Holbrook Academy, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and six primary schools: Aldeburgh, Easton, Leiston, Saxmundham, Wickham Market and Kyson whom we work closely with. We are committed to providing excellent staff opportunities through developing and promoting our staff and offering an excellent CPD and support programme for new staff. We are also extremely pleased to have launched our own teacher training provider: EAST SCITT. This allows us to award QTS and also QTS PGCE Programmes within both Primary and Secondary schools. Farlingaye High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service. To find out more If you would like to discuss the job role further, please do not hesitate to contact Gemma Garnham, Premises and Compliance Coordinator either at the school on 01394 385720 or via email on ggarnham@farlingaye.suffolk.sch.uk For full details on the role, please review the job information book via the online link below. How to apply To apply, please visit the My New Term Website Closing date: 9 am, 13 April 2026. Interview date: 16 April 2026. Please note: only applications submitted via the school’s on-line recruitment process will be considered. We reserve the right to interview strong candidates and to appoint at any time during the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to apply as early as possible. Applicants will be kept informed if appointments are made.