School Deputy Facilities Manager

Deputy Facilities Manager

Salary: £34,416 to £35,448 (Grade 6)
Contract Type: Permanent, All Year Round, Full Time
Contract Hours: 12.00 to 20.00, Monday to Friday
Start Date: Subject To Notice Period
Reports to: School Business Manager
Location: St Mary’s Catholic High School, Woburn Road, Croydon, CR9 2EE, London Borough of Croydon

We are seeking:

To appoint a Deputy Facilities Manager at St Mary’s Catholic High School. In this key role, your responsibilities will be to ensure the school premises and grounds are maintained to a high standard, providing a clean, safe, and secure environment for pupils, staff, and visitors. The Deputy FM will also manage the cleaning team, ensuring that the cleaning standards across the school are consistently high and meet the school’s expectations.

St. Mary’s Catholic High School is a small and growing secondary school delivering high-quality Catholic education in the centre of Croydon. At a time of rapid change in our town centre, and with significant developments in the provision of Catholic education across the Archdiocese of Southwark this is an exciting time to join our OFSTED good school, which is consistently one of the highest achieving schools in Croydon. Our commitment is reflected in our outstanding

Progress 8 score for 2024, places us in the top 5 schools for Croydon.

We take pride in our school’s dedication to supporting disadvantaged pupils and fostering social mobility. Our staff are passionately committed to ensuring that every student, regardless of their background, has the opportunity to succeed and thrive.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have previous experience in a similar type of role, and of supervising a team;
• They will be physically fit and have good English literacy and numeracy skills;
• Inspiring students to do their best, and we take pride in bringing this vision to life every day through our commitment and passion;
• You do not need to be a practising Catholic to apply.

Visits to the school are warmly encouraged, please contact Francisca at the details below to arrange. Excited to find out more about our school?

Benefits of working at St Mary’s Catholic High School:

• Ranked 5th place out of all schools in Croydon for progress;
• Excellent travel links with Central London and South London: 5 min walk from West Croydon (Southern Railway, Windrush Line – Overground, Tram and Bus) and 7 min walk from East Croydon (Thameslink, Southern Railway, Southeastern Railway, Gatwick Express, Tram and Bus);
• Great location close to excellent shopping and local amenities;
• A collaborative approach and positive relationships;
• Strong strategic leadership;
• Support from managers and colleagues;
• Equality of opportunities for staff;
• Appreciation of staff achievement and contribution;
• Induction of new staff and ongoing development for ECT;
• Students’ respect for staff and others;
• Support for career progression;
• Links with St Mary’s University for professional development (10 members of staff have either completed or progressing on the MA in Catholic School Leadership);
• Access to on-site car and bicycle parking facilities for all members of staff;
• Generous local authority pension scheme for support staff;
• Our staff are deeply committed to promoting social mobility, ensuring that every student, regardless of background, has the opportunity to succeed.

OFSTED Quotes:

“St Mary’s Catholic High School is a deeply caring community. Its pupils and staff live up to their core values of being welcoming, serving others and working hard.”
“Pupils like coming to school and enjoy learning. They feel safe here and know that staff
go the extra mile to check their whereabouts and well-being.”

Your New Role:

As Deputy Facilities Manager, you will make a substantial and visible positive difference to the school in terms of its appearance, cleanliness, safety, and security. You will work with your other Facilities team members to carry out compliance checks, support school improvements, and maintain the school condition and standards.

How To Apply:

To apply, please request an application form from Francisca or call her for more information. Your application is a direct permanent application to our school (not through an agency). Hays is our recruitment partner for all permanent appointments.

• Closing Date: immediate, no later than 12 pm noon Wednesday 4th June 2025
• Interview Date: TBA. It will be the following week.

Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for interview. St Mary’s Catholic High School reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline.

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), medical online and social media prohibition from teaching, right to work, satisfactory references, suitability to work with children. You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.