King Edward’s School (KES) and King Edward VI High School for Girls (KEHS) are looking for an experienced individual to lead the Grounds staff as part of a team of seven working across all parts of the site. As Head of Grounds, the postholder has overall responsibility for the whole site ensuring it is safe, visually appealing and well-maintained at all times.
Both Schools are part of the King Edward VI Foundation and have high academic standards and a varied sporting programme, including cricket, rugby, hockey, netball, tennis and athletics.
KES has more than 30 acres of playing fields, natural and artificial, including a large single area (South Field), with enough room for five rugby pitches from September to March and three cricket squares from April to August. The school also has various ornamental lawns, trees, shrubs and an internal courtyard. A second KES site, situated across the Bristol Road, is in three parts – the Eastern Road playing fields which comprise the 1st XV rugby pitch, 1st XI cricket square, tennis courts and ornamental shrubs, the Southall Pavilion – which includes a hybrid sand and water based hockey pitch, and general playing fields used for rugby training. KEHS has two sand dressed all weather pitches with floodlighting, hard court netball pitches and tennis courts, and one grass football/hockey pitch. In addition, the school has several large ornamental flower beds and two internal planted courtyards.
How to apply
To apply for this role, please forward a completed application form, equal opportunities monitoring form (both available for download here) and a covering letter addressed to Mrs Zoe Robinson (Bursar – Finance and Estates) outlining why you feel that your skills and experience would equip you to take on this role, by email to: kesrecruitment@keschools.org.uk.
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 3 June 2025 at 8am, however applications will be reviewed on receipt and so early applications are encouraged. We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date and interview date if sufficient applications have been received. Interviews will provisionally take place in the week commencing 9 June 2025.
If you have any queries about the role or would like to discuss it in more detail, please HR via email: kesrecruitment@keschools.org.uk.
King Edward’s 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 invited to interview will be required to provide proof of identity, preferably a birth certificate, although where this is not available we will accept other forms of ID. Online searches will also be carried out for all shortlisted candidates, as required by Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and other pre-employment checks. A copy of the Schools’ Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Policies are available on the website www.kes.org.uk.
