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Job Overview

Reports to: Grounds Manager.

Contract: This is a full-time, permanent contract. The first three months will be a probationary period.

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week, working 7.30am – 3.45pm Monday to Friday, plus every fourth Saturday, 7.30am – 12.30pm, 52 weeks per year. Additional flexibility will be required from time to time to support School events, adverse weather conditions and operational requirements.

Holiday: 30 days per annum, plus bank holidays.

Salary: £31,048.56 per annum

As a member of the Grounds Team, you will contribute to the maintenance of the School’s sports pitches, gardens, woodland and parkland. Responsibilities include grounds maintenance, the safe application of herbicides and pesticides, assisting with severe weather response, supporting machinery maintenance and helping ensure the School grounds remain safe, attractive and fit for purpose throughout the year. This role is ideal for someone with a passion for grounds maintenance who takes pride in delivering high-quality work and enjoys working outdoors in a varied environment.

Wycombe Abbey is a world class full-boarding school for girls, located on a beautiful site in the centre of High Wycombe. With its distinctive heritage, magnificent 170-acre campus and impressive resources, the School provides an outstanding education for 650 pupils aged 11–18.

We have been at the forefront of girls’ boarding education for over 125 years. Superb academic outcomes are the School’s hallmark and pupils regularly secure places at the most prestigious universities across the globe. Known for its world-class education, Wycombe Abbey encourages curiosity, innovation, leadership and delight in learning among its pupils.

The School benefits from easy access to London (24 minutes to Marylebone), the Chiltern Hills and attractive towns such as Marlow, Henley-on-Thames and Beaconsfield. Heathrow is also just 20 miles away plus good transport links to other London airports.

Benefits of working at Wycombe Abbey include:

• Enrolment in the School’s generous pension scheme
• Fee school remission at Wycombe Abbey and selected prep schools
• Generous CPD training and development scheme
• Free parking
• Free meals
• Free use of the Sports Centre
• Free eye tests
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Main Duties:

• Maintenance of all School grounds including sports pitches, parkland, woodland.
• Spraying of appropriate herbicides and pesticides.
• Keep roads and paths clear and safe in severe weather conditions and adhere to the School’s Snow & Ice
  Plan.
• Assist colleagues within the Grounds and Gardens Team.
• Assist with car parking or other duties to help parents at the beginning and end of terms or on such other occasions as requested.
• Assist with the servicing/maintenance of grounds machinery.
• Any other duties required to help with the smooth running and efficiency of the School

Person Specification:

• Specialist Knowledge and Experience
• An interest and enthusiasm for grounds maintenance.
• Strong knowledge of grounds maintenance.
• Able to present work well, to put the finishing touches to work and ensure all jobs are finished to a high standard.
• NVQ level 2 or equivalent in Horticulture/Grounds Maintenance.
• Spraying Certificates PA1 and PA6.

Safeguarding
Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects
all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure
and Barring check.

How to apply
Applicants should complete the TES application form and submit this with a covering letter addressed to the Headmistress, Mrs J Duncan. Should you have any questions then please do not hesitate to contact the HR Team on 01494 895575 
 or hr@wycombeabbey.com.

Closing date for applications: 30 August 2026
Interview date: w/c 7 September 2026

We reserve the right to appoint to this position before the closing date, should we receive a high volume of suitable early applications.

Wycombe Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore all applicants are required to declare all unspent convictions and conditional cautions, and any spent convictions or adult cautions that are not protected, as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

We are an equal opportunities employer. Registered Charity No. 310638.

Wycombe Abbey is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.