Required for November 2025, an experienced Grounds Maintenance Leader to manage our dedicated and professional grounds team.

We seek a dynamic team leader passionate about the outdoors, the environment, and green space. This person should be creative and enthusiastic about building upon St George’s aesthetic legacy, take pride in their work, show initiative, and be happy to go above and beyond, ensuring our high standards are maintained.

This is a full-time role and the successful candidate will be required to work 40 hours per week, throughout the year.

The annual salary for this role will be £31,000- £34,500 per annum, subject to experience and the successful candidate will be auto-enrolled into the School’s pension scheme if eligible.

Additional Staff benefits include: 

• Use of state-of-the-art gym with Technogym equipment at allocated times
• Staff swimming sessions and family swimming sessions in the recently built 25m, 6-lane indoor pool
• Supportive Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme
• Ample free onsite parking
• Freshly prepared, nutritious lunches in the Dining Room during term time. Meals and refreshments are free of charge.
• The post holder’s children may, upon passing the entrance assessments, be eligible at the discretion of the Governors for a reduction on the basic tuition fees.

St George’s School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children at the School. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. A review of open source social media and online content will be conducted after candidates have been shortlisted and you may be asked about this at interview. The appointment will be subject to a successful disclosure check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. This will give details of all spent and unspent convictions and other recordable matters. A policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders is available, if required, from the School Office or via this link.  The supplied references will be taken up and the School may approach previous employers for information to verify particular experience or qualifications. A medical questionnaire will be required to be completed by the successful candidate.

How to apply:

Letters of application to the Bursar, Mr J Anderson, should be no more than two sides of A4 and, together with the completed application form and confidential cover sheet should be emailed to recruitment@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk

CVs will NOT be accepted without an accompanying application form.

Please complete the relevant application form and confidential application cover sheet found here: https://www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk/our-school/job-opportunities   

The School reserves the right to interview and/or appoint at any time during the recruitment process. 

Deadline for applications: Midday on Tuesday 30 September 2025.

It is intended that interviews will take place during the week commencing 6 October 2025.

Any queries about this post may be made in the first instance to Ms Jo Quinn, Operations Manager jquinn@stgeorges-ascot.org.uk

Closing date:

30/09/2025

Location:

Ascot, Berkshire

Salary:

£31,000 - £34,500 (gross) per annum

St George's School - Ascot
Wells Lane
Sunninghill
Ascot
Berks
SL5 7DZ
England

http://www.stgeorges-ascot.org.uk

Wells Lane

Sunninghill

Ascot

Berks

SL5 7DZ

England