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Gardener

Job details

Contract hours: 39
Basis: Full time
Salary: up to £30,000 per annum dependant on experience
Location: Uppingham School
Closing date: 26 March 2026, 11:59 pm

Description

Uppingham School is seeking a committed, experienced and passionate gardener to assist in the maintenance, development and improvement of the school’s extensive gardens.

You will join a team that strives to achieve National Trust standards and RHS quality and will play a key role by producing high-quality work that creates excellent visual impact for pupils, parents, visitors, staff and the Uppingham community to enjoy. You will also support designing, growing and planting of both the town and the school’s floral displays for the Uppingham and Britain in Bloom competitions.

About you

You will need experience in all horticultural operations and will be able to demonstrate good plant knowledge, basic horticultural techniques using hand tools and horticultural machinery.

A full clean driving licence is essential as this position involves driving vehicles around the school’s estate.

It will be very advantageous if you have some nursery experience and a keen interest in this area, as this will be a main area of responsibility if you are successful.

Closing date: 27^th March 2026

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we have received an adequate number of applications therefore, we encourage early submissions.

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.

All positions at the School are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, therefore ALL convictions, cautions, reprimands and final warnings (including those which would normally be considered ‘spent’ under the Act) MUST be declared, subject to the DBS filtering rules. All information given will be treated as confidential and each case will be taken on its merits. Failure to disclose this information may result in the withdrawal of an offer of employment or immediate termination of employment.

Uppingham School is an equal opportunities employer.

Working at Uppingham

Uppingham is a vibrant, stimulating, energetic and forward-looking school. Our community is made up of talented people offering a diverse range of experiences. We welcome applications from candidates who are both experienced and new to working within the independent education sector.