Grounds Keeper

The School applies for an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), including a Children's Barred List check for all positions at the School which amount to regulated activity. It is unlawful for the School to employ anyone who is barred from working with children. It is a criminal offence for any person who is barred from working with children to attempt to apply for a position at the School. If you are successful in your application you will be required to complete a DBS Disclosure Application Form. Employment with the School is conditional upon the School being satisfied with the result of the Enhanced DBS Disclosure. Any information disclosed will be handled in accordance with any guidance and / or code of practice published by the DBS.

The School is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which would normally be considered "spent" under the Act) in order to assess their suitability to work with children. However, you are not required to disclose a caution or conviction for an offence committed in the United Kingdom if it has been filtered in accordance with the DBS filtering rules. If you have a criminal record this will not automatically debar you from employment. Instead, each case will be assessed fairly by reference to the School's objective assessment procedure set out in the School's recruitment, selection and disclosure policy and procedure.

It is a condition of your application that you answer the questions below.

Please supply the names and contact details of two people who we may contact for references. One of these must be your current or most recent employer. If your current / most recent employment does / did not involve work with children, then your second referee should be from your employer with whom you most recently worked with children. Neither referee should be a relative or someone known to you solely as a friend. The School intends to take up references on all shortlisted candidates before interview. The School reserves the right to take up references from any previous employer.

If the School receives a factual reference i.e. one which contains only limited information about you, additional references may be sought.

If you have previously worked overseas the School may take up references from your overseas employers.

The School may also telephone your referees in order to verify the reference they have provided.

It is the School's policy to employ the best qualified personnel and to provide equal opportunity for the advancement of employees including promotion and training and not to discriminate against any person because of their race, colour, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, religion or religious belief, disability or age. All new appointments are subject to a probationary period.

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.

A copy of the School's Recruitment policy and Child Protection/Safeguarding policy is available for download from the School's website. Please take the time to read them.

If your application is successful, the School will retain the information provided in this form (together with any attachments) on your HR file. If your application is unsuccessful, all documentation relating to your application will normally be confidentially destroyed six months after the date on which you are notified of the outcome. Please refer to the School's retention of records policy for further detail on how such information is retained by the School.

Information on how the School uses personal data is set out in the School's Privacy Notice.