Grounds Apprentice
- Organisation: Pinewood School
- Location: Wiltshire
- Tenure: Full-time
- Closing Date: Monday 1 June 2026
Exciting opportunity to join our friendly Estates Team as a Grounds Apprentice supporting the maintenance of our 84 acre site.
This role provides the perfect start to your career in Grounds and Horticulture, learning how to maintain and support our sports pitches, gardens and woodlands. Working under the direction of our Head of Grounds you will be provided with both on-the-job training and one day per week at a local college to complete your Level 2 Horticulture & Landscape Operative Apprenticeship.
Pinewood School is set in 84 acres of rolling countryside on the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, only a few miles outside of Swindon, and offers day and boarding school for over 400 boys and girls aged 3-13.
For a detailed job description and more information on this role please visit our school website www.pinewoodschool.co.uk
Hours Required: 37.5 hours per week all year round usually to be worked as 8 hours per day Monday to Friday 7.30am – 3.30pm to include a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. One day per week would be for off-the-job training.
5 weeks paid holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays.
Salary Scale: Dependent on age of apprentice as per government guidelines
To apply for this role please download our application form and submit this by post or e-mail to Jo Ranstead, Director of HR before the closing date.
Mrs Jo Ranstead
joranstead@pinewoodschool.co.uk
Pinewood School
Bourton
SN6 8HZ
Applications without the completed school application form will not be considered.
• Deadline for applications: 8am Monday 1st June 2026
• Start date: August 2026
Pinewood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020) and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
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Exciting opportunity to join our friendly Estates Team as a Grounds Apprentice supporting the maintenance of our 84 acre site.
Description
This role provides the perfect start to your career in Grounds and Horticulture, learning how to maintain and support our sports pitches, gardens and woodlands. Working under the direction of our Head of Grounds you will be provided with both on-the-job training and one day per week at a local college to complete your Level 2 Horticulture & Landscape Operative Apprenticeship.
Pinewood School is set in 84 acres of rolling countryside on the border between Wiltshire and Oxfordshire, only a few miles outside of Swindon, and offers day and boarding school for over 400 boys and girls aged 3-13.
For a detailed job description and more information on this role please visit our school website www.pinewoodschool.co.uk
Hours Required: 37.5 hours per week all year round usually to be worked as 8 hours per day Monday to Friday 7.30am – 3.30pm to include a 30-minute unpaid lunch break. One day per week would be for off-the-job training.
5 weeks paid holiday per annum plus Bank Holidays.
Salary Scale: Dependent on age of apprentice as per government guidelines
To apply for this role please download our application form and submit this by post or e-mail to Jo Ranstead, Director of HR before the closing date.
Mrs Jo Ranstead
joranstead@pinewoodschool.co.uk
Pinewood School
Bourton
SN6 8HZ
Applications without the completed school application form will not be considered.
• Deadline for applications: 8am Monday 1st June 2026
• Start date: August 2026
Pinewood School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure & Barring Service.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020) and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are “spent” unless they are “protected” under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
