The posting
Primary Cluster Facilities Manager
Our South Yorkshire Primary Cluster needs a Facilities Manager. The purpose of the post is to provide strategic leadership and operational oversight of all estate, premises, and facilities functions across the four Cluster Primary schools. You will find information about all these schools below.
The role ensures that buildings and grounds are safe, compliant, well-maintained, and conducive to high-quality teaching and learning, while delivering best value and efficiency. This includes managing maintenance programmes, health and safety compliance, capital projects, and contractor performance, as well as supporting sustainability initiatives and long-term estate planning. The post holder will work closely with school leaders and Executive Business Manager to ensure that facilities services align with the Trust’s educational objectives and statutory obligations, creating environments that support both staff and pupils to thrive.
ABOUT THE SOUTH YORKSHIRE PRIMARY CLUSTER
Bank End Primary Academy
Bank End Primary Academy is a one-form entry primary school for children aged three to eleven years old and is a school full of potential. Its most recent Ofsted inspection confirmed that it is a Strong school with a great sense of community that places families at the heart of all it does. Everyone associated with the school is committed to continuing its progress to becoming a genuinely excellent school in every respect. The school is striving to improve academically, so that all children achieve very highly and become the best that they can be.
High Hazels Academy
High Hazels Academy was formed in January 2015, bringing together Greenlands Nursery Infant School and Greenlands Junior School. Situated in a delightful Victorian building in the heart of Darnall, Sheffield, the school serves a vibrant and diverse community of learners. The school has well managed buildings, with both indoor and outdoor high-quality learning spaces, offering an outstanding environment for staff and pupils. Following positive inspections from Ofsted, the school has a strong learning community with the capacity to develop even further. The school prides itself on its richness of inclusive practice. Everyone associated with the school is committed to continuing its progress to becoming a genuinely excellent school in every respect.
Hunningley Primary Academy
Hunningley Primary Academy is a two-form entry primary school for children aged three to eleven years serving the community of Kendray and Stairfoot. Hunningley is above all a family where everyone is valued and recognised as an individual. It is a place where talents and interests are nurtured and all are encouraged to aim for the stars and be the very best that they can be. We believe that every child has the ability to shine given the right care and support and that our similarities and differences are things we celebrate with pride. Its recent Ofsted inspection (March 2023) confirmed that Hunningley is an outstanding school in all areas. The report highlighted the high aspirations staff have for all pupils, pupils’ exemplary behaviour, the curriculum and the schools exceptional offer around pupils personal and character development.
Hunningley Primary Academy joined United Learning in June 2017. The school has a well-managed, modern building with both indoor and outdoor high-quality and inspiring learning spaces for pupils to learn and staff to work. The school prides itself in its’ links to the local community and its ambition to bring out ‘the best in everyone’. Hunningley is determined that all children leave us at the end of Year 6 as well-rounded individuals of and full of character through access to our carefully sequenced curriculum and our education with character offer. Staff are relentless in their mission to build and maintain a strong sense of family at Hunningley. Relationships between staff and pupils are extremely positive and are built on a strong foundation of respect. Our ethos is to ensure that the next day is always better than the one before with staff working incredibly hard to continually add that little bit of magic and sparkle which makes Hunningley an incredibly special place to be.
ABOUT UNITED LEARNING
United Learning is a group of schools which aims to provide excellent education to children and young people across the country. We seek to improve the life chances of all the children and young people we serve and make it our mission to bring out ‘the best in everyone’ - pupils, parents, and the wider community. We uniquely comprise schools in both the state and the independent sectors.
As a group, we can offer more to both staff and young people than any single school could offer alone. The growing range of outstanding group-wide activities that we can provide will mean that more young people will have truly exceptional and inspiring experiences. We believe that our Group contains the most developed relationships and practical interactions between independent and state schools in the country, creating benefits for all the schools involved.
United Learning comprises both United Church Schools Trust, which operates our fee-paying independent schools, and United Learning Trust, which operates our state-funded academies. To find out more about United Learning, please visit the website: www.unitedlearning.org.uk
Our Ethos
Our approach to education is underpinned by a sense of moral purpose and commitment to doing what is right for children and young people. We believe in supporting our colleagues to achieve excellence and in acting with integrity in all our dealings within and beyond the Group. We believe the safety and welfare of all children and young people is paramount. We summarise this ethos as ‘the best in everyone’ underpinned by our core values:
AMBITION - to achieve the best for ourselves and others.
CONFIDENCE - to have the courage of our convictions and to take risks in the right cause.
CREATIVITY - to imagine possibilities and make them real.
RESPECT - for ourselves and others in all that we do.
ENTHUSIASM - to seek opportunity, find what is good and pursue talents and interests.
DETERMINATION - to overcome obstacles and achieve success.
As a single organisation, we seek to bring together the best of independent and state sectors, respecting both traditions and learning from each other. We believe that each of our schools is and should be distinctive - committed to developing its own strengths and identity while sharing our core values to promote service, compassion and generosity.
Terms and Conditions of employment
Please note the final detailed terms and conditions are subject to agreement between UL and the successful candidate:
Location: You will be based in each school for at least 1 day a week however this is subject to change dependent upon the needs of the schools.
Working hours: Monday to Thursday, 28 hours per week. The hours are to be negotiated, dependent on the individuals’ circumstances, but generally we would look to cover the hours of 7.30am - 3.00pm with a 30-minute unpaid lunch. We are open to requests for flexible or part-time working; we encourage open and informal conversations about your work-life balance needs.
Ill Health Pay: Our Policy allows for a five-year sliding qualification period, at the end of which, you will be entitled to full pay for 50 working days and half pay for 50 working days.
Holidays: You will be working 43 weeks out of 52 but will be paid for 49.47 weeks to cover your holiday allocation), in addition to public holidays which fall within your normal working year.
Pension Scheme: You are eligible to be a member of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Death in Service: As an employee of United Learning, your beneficiaries are entitled to a lump sum payment in the event of your death in service.
Private Healthcare Scheme: You are eligible to opt into the Group’s chosen Provider for Healthcare, in which we will cover the cost of your medical treatments (as per the agreement). You can also extend the cover to include family members at an additional charge, deducted from your salary.
In addition to the above, we are also committed to providing exciting employee benefits, for example a Cycle 2 Work Scheme and a Car Lease Scheme. We also give you access to Westfield Rewards; a scheme that offers a huge range of perks including discounts and meaningful resources, for example workout videos and sleep stories; a scheme designed to add value to every lifestyle.
If you would like to discuss this role further or have a look around the sites, please contact our Executive Business Manager Marie Shiels at [email protected] who will arrange visits to take place w/c 2 November 2026.
