Job description
Kingsdown is a special school. It is for pupils aged 3-14 years who have severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties and/or physical disabilities and associated learning difficulties.
We are looking to appoint an Assistant Site Manager to support the Site Manager and to cover in their absence, to start as soon as possible.
27 hours 30 minutes per week [1.30pm - 7.00pm], 52 weeks.
Salary: LG Level 5 Point 8-12 - £26,824 - £28,598 pa (Actual salary £19,936 - £21,254 pa)
The Assistant Site Manager role is supporting the delivery of high-quality education through helping facilitate improvements to the school’s organisation and environment. All areas of the school’s work have a need for high quality support services. By effectively carrying out this role, you will not only be ensuring that efficient support services are in place to meet our teaching and learning requirements, but you will also be helping to make other people’s lives easier to manage.
Responsible for: Working with the Site Manager dealing with the maintenance, health and safety and security of our school buildings, facilities and site.
The main purpose of the job is to lock the school building and Lighthouse Centre and undertake caretaking duties.
The role requires a person who is reliable, proactive and hardworking with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
Kingsdown School is committed to safer recruitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of our pupils, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Applicants will be required to undertake pre-employment checks which will include References, Health, Right to Work in UK, and DBS check.
All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
Kingsdown School
Academy special converter · Ages 3–14
- Pupils
- 130
- Avg teacher salary
- £51,427
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 8.8:1
- Academy trust
- SEN TRUST SOUTHEND
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
View full school profileOfsted rating key
Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Southend-on-Sea, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6XT
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- Salary
- £19,936.00 - £21,254.00 Annually (Actual)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Part time
- Posted
- 2 September 2026
- Closing date
- 30 September 2026
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