“Staff enjoy being part of the Peterhouse School team and are supportive of the children and each other.”

(Wellbeing Award for Schools, 2025)

Can you bring your KIT to Peterhouse? We are looking for enthusiastic individuals who share our school values of Kindness, Integrity and Team First!

Site Manager

Peterhouse School, Southport

35 hours per week,

Full time (52.2 weeks per year)

£32,717 per annum

Peterhouse School is seeking a reliable, proactive, and skilled School Site Manager to oversee the day-to-day management, maintenance, health and safety and security of the school premises. This is a key role ensuring a safe, clean, and well-maintained environment for pupils, staff, and visitors.

As a Site Manager, you will have experience in site management, caretaking or will have worked in a previous similar role. We are looking for an individual with experience in knowledge of Health and Safety regulations. You will have the ability to work independently, and also be responsible in supervision of DIY and repairs delegating tasks to the Handyperson. The ideal candidate will have a flexible approach to working hours with both strong communication and organisational skills.

The Site Manager will take the lead in the following areas;

Supervision of Handyperson
Planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance
Health and Safety
Security of premises
Repairs and Maintenance
School vehicles fleet

What do we offer?

An innovative and dynamic school with good established practices, a strong culture and a future place of growth;
A company smartphone
A stable, friendly and committed staff team determined to give our learners the best possible opportunities;
Access to wellbeing support tools incl our Employee Assistance Programme
A range of employee benefits incl Medicash Scheme (free after 2 years in post), staff prize draws, cycle to work scheme etc
A comprehensive induction programme and CDP opportunities

Peterhouse School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check with barred list information, the cost of which will be met by Autism Initiatives.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the above position we would be delighted to hear from you. Contact details for further information are: admin@aipeterhouse.org to request an application pack, or apply online by clicking ‘apply now’

The closing date for completed applications is 28 th February 2026

Interviews will be held during w/c 20 th March 2026

We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery.

Registered Charity No 702632

In addition to excellent rates of pay, a contributory pension and generous holiday entitlements, you will enjoy an enhanced range of benefits designed to reward the outstanding support that staff provide. Some of these benefits start immediately, whilst others are awarded at later dates in recognition of loyalty, dedication and long service.

Full details of all staff benefits are available on our intranet once you start working with us as benefits may vary from role to role, but here’s a brief run-down of a few of them:

Monthly staff cash prize draw
Cycle to Work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme – free support from experts on a wide range of subjects from childcare and probate, to managing money and work life balance.

Our application form will ask you for information so it’s a great idea to have these to hand before you get started:

Your previous employment: we will require confirmation of the past 5 years of your employment history
Relevant qualifications to the role
A minimum of 2 reference contact details, one of which must be your current/most recent employer.
For further Tips on completing your application, please refer to our download on the “Apply Now” section.

If you’re struggling to complete the form, have any questions, or need support simply click on our need help button, pop in a few contact details, and one of recruitment team will be in touch

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