Minbus Driver for Oakdale Junior School and Old Town Infant School and Nursery

Times of work: 10 hours per week (8-9am and 3-4pm, Monday to Friday)

Term Time only (38 working weeks per year)

Salary: Grade 4, 6 – 9 (£13.47 – £14.13 per hour)

Start Date: September 2026, fixed term for one year initially

Whether you are available for all of the hours, or just mornings or just afternoons we would love to hear from you!

Please visit our websites for further information about the schools:

https: //www.oldtowninfantschool.co.uk/

https: //www.oakdalejunior.co.uk/

This advert will close when enough suitable applications have been received.

To comply with our statutory safer recruitment practices and obligations, we are unable to shortlist incomplete applications. Please ensure you include a full employment and education history, details of two referees and explain any gaps in employment. CVs will not be accepted from external candidates.

Coastal Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share and demonstrate this commitment.

The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate that they meet the essential elements of the person specification and will be subject to pre-employment checks including a health check, and Enhanced DBS check, Child Barred List check and satisfactory references. We will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the search and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern. Applicants are advised that it is an offense to apply for the role if they are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Old Town Infant School & Nursery and Oakdale Junior School have a new opportunity for a Minibus Driver to transport pupils before and after school between their two sites. You will be supported by another adult who will be able to supervise and support the children during the journey. The schools are part of Coastal Learning Partnership, a vibrant, collaborative Trust of twenty schools working together around shared goals, values and aspirations.