Apprentice Groundsperson
Kingston Grammar School
Kingston upon Thames
- Expired
- Salary:
- Circa £20,000 per annum (dependent on skills, qualifications and experience)
- Job type:
- Full Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- ASAP
- Apply by:
- 4 October 2024
Job overview
Contract Length - Eighteen Months, Full-Time, Fixed-Term Contract
We are recruiting for an Apprentice Groundsperson to join the estates department working with the current team to prepare and maintain our sports facilities, amenity areas and be responsible for the horticultural requirements at Ditton Field and the London Road site.
Based at Ditton Field typically for 4 days a week, the Groundsperson is responsible for maintaining the lawns, playing fields, synthetic and hard-court areas to a high standard ensuring they are safe and fit for purpose. For the remaining 1 day a week, you will be responsible for hedge and horticultural trimming and garden maintenance at London Road.
The role involves using tractors and operating other mechanical equipment, adhering to all the required safety standards so previous experience is desirable.
The standard hours for this role are 40 hours per week Monday to Friday and involves seasonal overtime requirements which will be based on a rota. It also includes some evening and weekend work.
Salary will be in the region of £20,000 per annum, dependent on skills, qualifications and experience.
For further information and to apply, please visit the vacancies section on the School's website via the Apply button.
Closing date for applications: 9am on Friday 4th October 2024.
However, early applications are encouraged as we will be interviewing as applications are received. We reserve the right to close the vacancy at any time.
Prior to interview, an online search will be conducted to identify any past or current incidents or issues that might affect your suitability to work with children and undertake this role. This is in line with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education. Please note this online search will be carried out only on publicly available information and be limited to issues relating to your suitability to work with children and/or in a school environment. Issues that arise will not automatically be a bar to your employment at this school.
Kingston Grammar School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
Registered Charity No. 1078461
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About Kingston Grammar School
- Kingston Grammar School
- 70 London Road, Kingston upon Thames
- Surrey
- KT2 6PY
- United Kingdom
Kingston Grammar School is a leading day school for boys and girls aged 11-18 in South West London. Founded in 1561, it is one of the most successful co-educational schools in the country, and has a long tradition of developing individual talent and encouraging high aspirations. Students are bright and enthusiastic; their joy in life and spirit of curiosity makes education here a real pleasure.
At KGS we seek to equip students with the skills and confidence they need to innovate, not replicate and the results at GCSE and A Level place us in the top 1% of secondary schools in the country. In the unusual year of 2021, 71% of all GCSE grades were at 8/9 and 43% of all grades were at 9. For A Level last year, 74% of grades were A*-A and 35% were at A* or equivalent.
We believe that education should be holistic - strong both academically and pastorally - and should produce happy and engaged students who will make a positive difference to the world around them now and in the future. Students are encouraged to support each other throughout their time at KGS, either in the academic, pastoral or co-curricular sphere. We are rightly proud of our pastoral provision and it is widely acknowledged to be one of the best in any school in the UK.
Our co-curricular programme plays a central part in this. The opportunity to engage in an extraordinary range of trips, expeditions and activities allows pupils to develop their self-awareness, skills and competence in all sorts of ways and contributes significantly to the rounded individuals they become.
For many, the world outside the formal academic curriculum will provide the key to their future lives. The book Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools (2012) by Malcolm Tozer contains a survey of the number of sporting internationals to have come from Independent Schools since 2000. Kingston Grammar School is ranked equal fifth, and third for Olympians – quite an achievement for a school of our size.
You will also find a strong tradition of theatre, art and music here, with Old Kingstonians making their mark on the stage, in performance and in all aspects of the design world. For all our pupils, whatever their skill or ambition, the opportunities we provide both inside and outside the curriculum are enriching and empowering. Staff give generously of their time to support and make possible all these ventures.
The School's position in the heart of Kingston upon Thames benefits from excellent transport links. With easy accessibility to the metropolitan diversity of central London,and its wealth of cultural opportunities, students benefit from what our urban location offers.
Our 22-acre sports grounds and boat house on the River Thames, opposite Hampton Court Palace, is the home of KGS Sport. We are particularly renowned for our success in hockey and rowing and as a school we are ranked fifth for producing sporting internationals, and third for Olympians.
Our aim has always been to produce happy, well-adjusted young adults who want to make the world a better place, and we hope that an education at KGS is a significant step towards this.
For more information about Kingston Grammar School please visit our School website at www.kgs.org.uk
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