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Join our hardworking and forward-thinking Grounds & Gardens Team and play a vital part in maintaining the exceptional outdoor environment that Repton is proud of. 

In this hands-on role, you’ll help deliver first-class outdoor sports facilities, playing surfaces, grounds, and gardens, ensuring everything is immaculately maintained, well-prepared, and safe for pupils, staff, and Repton Enterprise users.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain high-quality sporting facilities including cricket pitches, football fields, artificial/hybrid surfaces, and athletics areas in line with best practices.
• Carry out all horticultural practices to include maintaining established herbaceous borders, pruning, pest and disease control, plant division and propagation, designing and implementing planting schemes, as well as annual mulching and weed control, compost management, lawn care, formal hedge cutting practices, strimming, leaf sweeping, planting and soil enhancement. 
• Help with the maintenance of all ancillary areas, driveways, car parks and paths including clearing leaves and other detritus, moss and weed killing.

Health & Safety

• Maintain a clean and safe working environment for all site users.
• Ensure all work is carried out safely and that all H&S concerns are reported and addressed. 
• Identify and report equipment faults promptly to the Head of G&G.

What We’re Looking For

• You need to be a high performing individual, willing to learn, improve and contribute to the G&G Team.
• You will need to embrace training and development opportunities.
• Support other operatives, including apprentices or temporary staff, and contribute positively to a high-performing culture.
• If you take pride in creating well-kept, high-quality outdoor spaces and enjoy working as part of a motivated team, we’d love to hear from you.

The closing date for applications for this role is 4th September 2026

Should you wish to complete an offline application form, or should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact a member of the HR team via HR@repton.org.uk.