Role: Site Supervisor
Academy: Outwood Alternative Provision Eston
Start Date: October 2026
Salary (Actual Salary): £28,153 to £29,071
Working Pattern: 37 Hours Per Week, Monday to Friday, Full Time
Are you detail-oriented and practical, ready to serve as the core guardian of our school environment? Join us as a Site Supervisor, playing an essential role in ensuring the buildings and grounds are secure, tidy, and impeccably maintained. This position is crucial for upholding safety standards, identifying hazards, and maintaining the school site so it remains fit for purpose for our entire community.
Thank you for your interest in the vacancy at Outwood Alternative Provision Eston.
We are a unique centre providing a safe and nurturing environment for vulnerable students who exhibit challenging behaviours and are at risk of exclusion. Our dedicated staff is passionate about providing bespoke, additional support to ensure behavioural, social, emotional, or mental health challenges are never a barrier to success.
With smaller class sizes and an adapted curriculum, we prioritise personal development and student well-being without compromising academic progress. We hold unconditional positive regard for our students, considering strong professional relationships as our first intervention. Our goal is to ensure all students succeed and transition to their next stage with confidence and self-belief.
If you believe every student deserves a champion and share The Outwood vision of raising standards and transforming lives, we would be delighted to welcome you to our team.
To view the support staff recruitment booklet, Click here.
If you have any questions or would like to visit the school, please contact Faye Stephenson, Business Coordinator on f.stephenson@eston.outwood.com.
The Site Supervisor ensures the buildings and site are secure, tidy, and well maintained, performing daily duties in line with health and safety requirements. Key responsibilities involve opening and closing the premises, managing lettings, and checking for damage or security issues every morning upon arrival. The role covers a wide range of general upkeep, including internal cleaning (such as glass and communal areas), general porterage, moving furniture, and grounds maintenance like sweeping yards and keeping hard surfaces free of moss and hazards.
The supervisor undertakes minor repairs to fixtures and fittings, reports major defects to the Facilities Manager, and manages routine heating and lighting duties, including replacing fluorescent tubes up to eleven feet. They are responsible for overseeing onsite contractors and managing necessary permits to work. They also carry out routine health and safety compliance checks across the centre to maintain a safe, secure, and compliant learning environment.
Applicants must demonstrate essential experience of general building and site maintenance and possess the ability to undertake basic repairs. Candidates should exhibit good time management and organisation skills, alongside the ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences. The role requires an understanding of academy child safeguarding procedures and the ability to relate to students in a pleasant manner.
Although not essential, experience of working in a school environment is desirable. Candidates must be willing and able to obtain and/or enhance qualifications and training and possess the ability to use standard ICT packages, including Microsoft Office. A satisfactory DBS check is mandatory.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust (OGAT) places staff development at the heart of its strategy to deliver excellence, aiming to recruit, develop, and retain the best staff through the Outwood Institute of Education (OIE).
What will we do for you?
We offer a supportive package focusing on professional advancement, secure benefits, and work-life balance:
If you are looking for a rewarding, supportive role where you can truly make an impact, we encourage you to apply now.
Note: If applying from an external job board, please click 'Apply' to access the working links on the Outwood Careers page
Please note, we reserve the right to close advertisements early, either on the advertised closing date, or sooner if required.
Outwood Grange Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are made in accordance with safer recruitment practices and the statutory guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Online checks will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates, and all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and checks regarding suitability to work with children.
We are an award-winning multi-academy education trust with passion, purpose and people at our heart. We manage 41 transformative primary, junior, secondary and Post 16 schools up and down the North of England, from Redcar to Nottinghamshire, each celebrating very different identities but driven by a shared vision. Each academy is individually shaped around the community and children it serves.
We’re incredibly proud of how far our kind, creative and talented teachers and support staff go to make life better for our pupils and their families. It’s why we have built such a leading reputation in education and taken failing schools to Ofsted-rated outstanding in a record amount of time.
We are committed to putting students first, raising standards and transforming lives.
