School Estate Manager: Wood Green School in Witney

Wood Green School is recruiting a School Estate Manager through a Witney job vacancy. The permanent, full-time appointment pays £34,434 to £37,280 annually, with the actual salary set at Grade 9. Applications close at midday on Friday 21 August 2026, and the role starts in September 2026. The School Operations Manager is the reporting line for the appointment.

The School Estate Manager leads the development of a safe, compliant and high-performing estates service at the 11 to 18 comprehensive school in Witney. The work covers buildings, grounds, contractors, statutory compliance, long-term maintenance planning and service improvement.

Employer: Wood Green School
Location: Woodstock Road, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1DX
Salary: £34,434 to £37,280 annually, actual
Employment type: Full-time, permanent
Closing date: Midday on Friday 21 August 2026

The School Estate Manager develops the estate management strategy and turns it into systems, assurance arrangements and long-term plans. The appointment leads the estates team, sets priorities and reviews the condition and future needs of the school buildings and grounds. The published estate remit includes asset planning, contractor management, compliance and service improvement.

The appointment works with the School Operations Manager and the wider Business Services Team. Day-to-day operations include leading the Site Supervisor, organising priorities and keeping estate information useful for decisions about maintenance and improvement. The school also supports sporting fixtures, performances, community events, lettings and enrichment activities, so the estate serves pupils, staff and visitors across a busy secondary-school setting.

Its main operational areas include:

• Estate strategy, asset planning and long-term maintenance priorities
• Buildings, grounds and contractor performance
• Compliance systems, assurance checks and risk priorities
• Service improvement and estate projects
• Development and support of the estates team
• Daily operational leadership for the Site Supervisor

Wood Green School is a comprehensive school for ages 11 to 18 in Witney, ten miles west of Oxford. More than 1,200 students attend the school, which has Years 7 to 11 and a sixth form. The school was founded in 1953, became comprehensive in 1968 and operates within Acer Trust, a multi-academy trust with five primary schools and four secondary schools.

Trust membership connects staff with colleagues across Oxfordshire and gives the role a wider school-management setting. The school is oversubscribed and serves the town and surrounding villages. Its facilities are also available for community booking, while sport, music, drama, public speaking and wellbeing activities extend the operational demands beyond ordinary teaching hours.

Qualifications And Pre-Employment Checks: Formal qualifications are required, with evidence supplied during recruitment. The successful candidate also needs experience that supports estate strategy, compliance, contractor oversight, team development and long-term planning. The role requires the judgement to set priorities, the organisation to maintain assurance systems and the communication skills to work with school colleagues, contractors and trust contacts.

Wood Green School requires an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, other statutory clearances and at least two acceptable references, including one from the current or most recent employer. The school may also carry out online searches for successful candidates.

Support staff are eligible for the support staff pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Interview Week And School Values: Interviews are scheduled for the week commencing 24 August. The role is based at Woodstock Road in Witney, and candidates need eligibility to work in the UK because visa sponsorship is unavailable. Wood Green School launches the values Belong, Aspire and Thrive in September 2026. The School Estate Manager joins at a point when the school is setting a new values framework alongside its continuing work on buildings, compliance and community use.