Apply Now

Main Duties

• Prepare and maintain outdoor sports areas including football pitches, rugby pitches, cricket squares, athletics tracks, hardcourts and all -weather surfaces to the high standards set out by the Grounds Manager and Deputy Grounds Manager.
• Set up and dismantling of sports equipment.
• Undertake a wide range of turf operations, including mowing, aerating, scarifying, seeding and top dressing.
• Operate powered hand tools including mowers, strimmers and hedge cutters.
• Contribute to weekly and monthly maintenance programmes to ensure the required standard of surface presentation.
• Set and mark out sports pitches, cleaning equipment stores and associated washdown areas.
• Supervise a small team.
• Ensure work areas are kept clean, tidy and secure at all times.
• Carry out gritting, salt spreading, snow cleaning, as necessary, including highway footpaths through the school.
• Ensure pathways and roads are maintained to a clean and tidy standard.
• Work closely with the Gardens team, managing the day-to-day tasks set out by the Grounds Manager and Deputy Grounds Manager.

Machinery Maintenance

• To undertake the general maintenance of machinery on a day-to-day basis, reporting faults and updating the machinery maintenance records accordingly.
• Working with other departments to support school events.
• Work alongside other departments to facilitate school functions and events.
• Undertake such other duties, as detailed by your line manager, that may from time to be required to ensure the smooth running of the school.
• Additional duties Perform any other reasonable task required within the limits of capability.
• The post holder is responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of pupils at the school.
• The post holder is responsible for using technical and operational knowledge to ensure a safe environment.

What we offer

Reading Blue Coat offers an exceptional working environment and an attractive rewards package, including excellent benefits such as a pension scheme; free meals; extensive staff discounts; life assurance, tax saving cycle to work and car leasing schemes; free sports and leisure facilities; Employee Assistance Programme; and a strong commitment to professional development.

For further details of the role and how to apply please visit our website: www.rbcs.org.uk/about/work-with-us/ or contact the HR department, Tel: 0118 933 5813 email: recruitment@rbcs.org.uk

Closing date: 09:00 on Thursday 5 November 2026

Applications must be submitted via our website and include a supporting statement outlining your suitability for and interest in the role. Applicants must already be eligible to work in the UK.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced check.