Minibus Driver

Pupil Transport Minibus Driver Part-Time | Term-Time Only 18.5 hours per week | 34 weeks per year Worth School is looking for 3 Pupil Transport Minibus Drivers for various routes, to help provide a safe, welcoming and dependable transport service for our pupils. This rewarding role plays an important part in the school day, ensuring that students arrive safely and comfortably at their destination. Working under the guidance of the Transport Manager, you'll be responsible for driving designated routes while maintaining the highest standards of safety, professionalism and customer care. What You'll Be Doing As a Pupil Transport Minibus Driver, you will:

• Safely transport pupils to and from school and other approved locations.
• Carry out daily vehicle safety checks and weekly under-bonnet inspections to ensure your vehicle remains roadworthy and compliant.
• Keep accurate records of journey mileage and pupil attendance.
• Complete routine vehicle administration and maintenance checks.
• Report any vehicle defects, damage or concerns promptly to the Transport Manager.
• Help keep our minibuses clean, presentable and ready for use.
• Attend team meetings and training sessions as required.
• Contribute to a positive and supportive environment for pupils during their journey.
What We're Looking For We're seeking someone who is responsible, approachable and committed to ensuring every journey is safe and enjoyable. Essential
• D1 driving licence.
• Confident and competent driving skills.
• Basic vehicle maintenance knowledge.
• Understanding of child protection and safeguarding responsibilities.
• A commitment to ongoing professional and personal development.
Desirable
• Current First Aid qualification.
• Previous professional driving experience.
• Experience working in a school or educational setting.
Why Join Worth School? At Worth School, you'll become part of a welcoming community where your contribution is genuinely valued. This is an opportunity to enjoy flexible, term-time working while making a real difference to the daily lives of our pupils. If you take pride in delivering excellent service, enjoy driving and are passionate about pupil safety and wellbeing, we'd be delighted to receive your application. The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees. Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form. Applicants are required to apply online by using the Quick Apply button. Alternatively, an application form and job details are available from the HR Department: Email: recruitment@worth.org.uk Telephone: Closing date for applications: 31 July 2026
• We reserve the right to invite candidates for interview prior to the closing date and to close vacancies early if we have sufficient suitable applications. Therefore, we encourage interested applicants to apply as soon as possible.
You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy; Worth School is not able to offer visa sponsorship. We are committed to the safeguarding of children; all employees must have the ability to understand and adhere to Child Protection and Safeguarding legislation. The role holders safeguarding responsibilities are set out in the job description. References may be taken prior to interview and DBS and other vetting checks will be conducted on the successful applicant. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 Section 7(1)(a) states that it is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

We're seeking someone who is responsible, approachable and committed to ensuring every journey is safe and enjoyable. Essential
• D1 driving licence.
• Confident and competent driving skills.
• Basic vehicle maintenance knowledge.
• Understanding of child protection and safeguarding responsibilities.
• A commitment to ongoing professional and personal development.
Desirable
• Current First Aid qualification.
• Previous professional driving experience.
• Experience working in a school or educational setting.
  
  At Worth School, you'll become part of a welcoming community where your contribution is genuinely valued. This is an opportunity to enjoy flexible, term-time working while making a real difference to the daily lives of our pupils.
If you take pride in delivering excellent service, enjoy driving and are passionate about pupil safety and wellbeing, we'd be delighted to receive your application. The School offers its own generous salary scale and an enhanced benefits scheme including an employee assistance programme, meal provision and enhanced pension contribution. Employees have access to our facilities and benefit from free parking, social events and discounted school fees. Worth is a highly successful co-educational, Catholic, Benedictine, 11-18 HMC boarding and day school of circa 600 pupils. It offers a broad curriculum, including the International Baccalaureate and A levels in the Sixth Form.