Premises Assistant
Contract: Permanent 
Salary: NJC Grade D SCP 7-11 £26,403 - £28,142 pro rata 
Closing date for applications:
10 December 2025, 12.04pm Following the retirement of the postholder, we are seeking to appoint a Premises Assistant, who will play a crucial part in the smooth running of our school, ensuring our buildings and grounds provide a safe, secure and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors. The successful candidate will work alongside our Premises Manager in all aspects of site maintenance, and support in health and safety compliance.
We’re looking for someone with:
- Experience working in a school or similar premises
- A strong understanding of health and safety regulations
- Excellent organisational skills
- A proactive, practical approach to problem-solving
- A flexible attitude with regard to working hours as some additional hours may be required at certain time of the year, - these will be discussed and mutually agreed as and when the need arises.
Highfurlong School is a 2 – 19 Special School Academy in Blackpool with 145 pupils on roll, with a wide range of physical and medical needs and severe and complex learning difficulties. We are an Outstanding School, and we are keen to recruit a Premises Assistant who can uphold our high standards and expectations and support us in our journey to improve every day.
Application forms can be downloaded HERE and are returnable directly to the school.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. As a part of our recruitment process, we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the school and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed onto the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.
We are deeply committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All necessary safeguarding checks will be undertaken which must have satisfactory outcomes, otherwise the conditional job offer may be withdrawn. Details of the checks that will be undertake can be found at: Keeping Children Safe in Education, 2025 – KCSIE 2025. This role has been assessed as working in regulated activity and is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. No applicant will be disadvantaged or discriminated against because of the protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.
Other Information
Contract - Permanent
Hours- 25 Hours per week, TT plus 6 weeks
Salary - Grade D (7-11) actual salary £17,366.42 per annum
Premises Assistant
Closing Date: Wednesday 12th December at 12 noon
Required from: January 2026