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Minibus Driver (Term Time Only)

Minibus Driver (Term Time Only)

The Queen's School

Cheshire West and Chester

  • £11.44 per hour
  • Expired
Job type:
Part Time, Permanent
Apply by:
31 January 2025

Job overview

The Queen's School

The Queen’s School is a small independent girls’ school that is looking for a Minibus Driver to commence as soon as possible on a part-time basis for 22.5 hours per week (6.30am - 8.45am and 3.15pm - 5.30pm) to undertake driving duties during term-time.

The Queen’s School has an excellent reputation for its caring and nurturing environment and so it is imperative to ensure the right person is recruited to fit in and work well within the existing Queen’s family/team.

The Role

You will be responsible for transporting pupils to and from School and taking reasonable measures to safeguard passengers at all times and conducting necessary checks and inspections to ensure vehicles are roadworthy prior to travel.

Essential Requirements

. A full, clean and valid UK driving licence with D1 or D entitlement

·      Proven experience of driving a minibus, HGV or PSV

·      Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills

·      Willingness to be flexible in working arrangements and work at short notice if the need arises

·      Initiative to plan their own work schedule

·      Capability to maintain accurate vehicle and user records

·      Competent to undertake daily and weekly vehicle checks and carry out basic maintenance

·      Commitment to the safeguarding of children and young people

Benefits of working at The Queen’s School

In return for your commitment the School offers:

·      Guaranteed, contracted hours

·      School branded workwear provided

·      On-site parking

·      Pension Scheme

·      Sickness Entitlement following qualifying period

·      Subsidised meals

·      School fees discount

Salary

Salary will be paid in line with the National Minimum Wage.

Application


Apply by completing the application form which can be found on the School website https://www.thequeensschool.co.uk/our-school/job-vacancies and submitting the completed application form to recruitment@thequeensschool.co.uk by 9am on Friday 31 January 2025.

 The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children. Child safety recruitment procedures operate and the post is subject to references and an Enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Job Description

Responsible to:     Deputy Estates Manager

Objectives of the post:

  • To be a minibus driver for the school’s afternoon home/school transport provision
  • To provide occasional cover for other school–related journeys
  • To carry out routine safety checks on the minibuses

Key responsibilities:

·      Operating the school’s bus routes, collecting students from school and delivering them to given drop-off points in the afternoons; there may be a requirement on occasions to provide additional cover; any additional hours will be paid at your usual basic rate of pay;

·      Liaising directly with parents when necessary;

·      Maintaining accurate records of journeys undertaken by pupils;

·      Observing good driving practice, including speed restrictions, parking and the Highway Code;

·      Ensuring that the minibuses are kept clean and in good, roadworthy condition, including, but not restricted to:

.  Weekly cleaning of the buses both inside and out;

.  Ensuring that signs inside the bus are properly attached and in good condition;

.  Regular visual inspections of the minibuses, including checking of tyres, lights, oil, water and fuel and ensuring basic maintenance is carried out as per the minibus check sheets;

·      Ensuring that any additional work required is reported immediately;

·      Re-fuelling vehicles as necessary;

·      Adhering to all school policies including health and safety guidelines for minibus drivers;

·      Providing appropriate personal information when required, for example driving licence quarterly check;

·      Attending relevant training courses;

·      Disclosing of any driving offences, convictions or restrictions and any health issues that could affect the ability to drive a minibus immediately to the Line Manager;

·      Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young persons for whom he/she is responsible or with whom he/she comes into contact and adhering to and ensuring compliance with the school’s Safeguarding Policy at all times.


 

 


About The Queen's School

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Welcome to Queen’s

The Queen’s School is a leading selective GSA Independent day school providing education for around 450 girls between the ages of 4 and 18 years.

The school is highly successful, with a strong and consistent emphasis on the needs of individual pupils that focuses on enabling pupils to challenge, question and develop.  The Queen’s school is well known for its excellent pastoral care, which is a hallmark of its community and underpins the academic focus that characterises the school.  The vast majority of our pupils go on to attend their first choice university, including medical and Oxbridge places, and leave the school as confident, articulate and well balanced young women.

The school is situated close to the centre of the thriving, historic city of Chester and a few minutes cycle ride or drive from the unspoiled countryside of Cheshire, Wirral and North Wales.  Manchester and Liverpool are within easy reach, and London is 2.5 hours away via train.

The ISI awarded the school the highest standard of “excellent” in all categories in its most recent inspection.

The History of the School

The Queen’s School was founded in 1878. The school's pupils achieved considerable distinction from the outset. Of the sixteen girls who joined The Queen's School on its opening day in 1878, two would go on to win places at Cambridge - the first of many in a long and honourable tradition.

The school would subsequently provide Chester with its first female solicitor, its first lady mayor, the first woman to receive the Freedom of the City, the first woman president of the Freemen and Guilds in over 800 years and the first female cathedral provost in Church of England history.

The School buildings were erected with the financial assistance of several leading Chester families, on land on the Chester City Walls provided by the Duke of Westminster. This site still exists today as the main part of the Senior School. Further buildings have been constructed or acquired so that the school now inhabits a mixture of Georgian and Victorian buildings as well as more modern ones. The Queen’s Lower School was originally based in two large Victorian houses on Liverpool Road, Chester. It still occupies this site but has expanded in recent years.

Although much has changed since The Queen’s School was founded, our values-driven approach to education has remained the same and the school’s motto of “Honour Wisdom” still rings true and resonantly today.

Working at Queen’s

The Queen’s School has an outstanding reputation for staff and pupil welfare and staff career progression is important. Continuous professional development opportunities are offered, as is specific support for Early Career Teachers as part if the ECF. The school is a member of the Girls’ Schools Association network of schools, enabling access to a wealth of support, information and training.

Teachers at The Queen’s School are ambitious for themselves and for the school, but mainly for their pupils, getting to know them as individuals to set challenging but achievable targets. Across all year groups, there is an expectation of excellent results.  At the Senior School, this includes the preparation of students for entry to highly competitive courses, including Oxbridge.

The Queen’s School invests proactively in technology to support teaching and learning, and an extensive and well-populated Virtual Learning Environment is well used by all pupils and staff at both the Lower and Senior Schools.  All pupils in the Senior School have individual iPads and all teachers (Lower and Senior Schools) are provided with individual iPads to enhance their practice.

All members of staff are expected to contribute to the school's extracurricular programme, which mainly operates at lunchtimes and after school, and to support the marketing and admissions departments when necessary.

The Queen's School participates in a pension scheme with Legal and General and the Government Childcare Voucher scheme, offers discounted school lunches, reimburses parking costs for staff and offers a pro rata 50% fee reduction for staff members who would like their daughter/s to attend the school.

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