Maintenance Assistant

Job Introduction

We are seeking a skilled and proactive Maintenance Assistant to join our Estates team and help maintain a safe, welcoming, and high-quality environment for our students, staff, and visitors.

In this varied and hands-on role, you will be responsible for carrying out general maintenance and repairs across the school estate. You will play an important role in preserving and enhancing both our historic and modern buildings, ensuring all work is completed to a high standard.

This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated individual to take pride in maintaining a diverse and interesting estate, making a real difference to the daily experience of our school community whilst working as part of a supportive and friendly Estates team.

Stowe School

Stowe School occupies Stowe House and approximately 200 acres of the Stowe estate and is located in Stowe’s world-famous landscape gardens set in 880 acres. Stowe School is an independent co-educational boarding School with approximately 900 pupils. There are around 500 full and part-time staff with 60 staff and their families living on site. The Stowe Group of schools (Stowe, Ashfold, Swanbourne House and Winchester House) are situated on four separate sites in Buckinghamshire and Northamptonshire and educate children from 3-18 years. 

Our Schools are not only outstanding places to learn, they are great places to work too.  We are committed to fostering team engagement, attracting, mentoring, developing and retaining our best teachers and support colleagues.

 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to The Stowe Group’s vision. We pride ourselves on our commitment as an organisation to welcome diversity, and we are committed to providing an inclusive environment where anyone with talent can thrive. To ensure we continue to best serve a diverse community, our ambition is to attract and retain a workforce that is representative of the diversity of our pupil body.

The Stowe Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.  Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service and an online background check with our third party provider.