Job Introduction

Required for: As soon as possible

Location: Deans Yard - Westminster School

Contract: full-time, permanent

Hours of work: 

• 07:00 and 16:00 each day Monday to Friday (includes a 1-hour unpaid lunch break).
• 07:00 and 10:00 every other Saturday during term-time.

Salary: £30,151 per annum.

Benefits of working at Westminster include:

• Generous School pension scheme
• Free access to the School’s leisure facilities, including a fitness gym (restricted hours)
• Cycle to Work Scheme and season ticket loans following completion of our standard probation period
• Discretionary Christmas shutdown period
• Private medical insurance (opt in)

Free school meals are also available when on-site during working hours for the role.

The deadline for applications is midday on Wednesday 28th October 2026. Interviews will take place in-person shortly after the closing date.

We are seeking a conscientious and hardworking Porter to join our current Porterage Team, who help deliver events and services vital to the day-to-day function of the School.

We are looking for an individual who can work as a directed member of a team, as well as working independently on regular tasks. The role will involve setting up for day-to-day school events, distribution of packages and deliveries as well as completing work dockets. Porter experience would be advantageous, and an understanding of Manual Handling and basic Handyman skills is desirable. The ideal candidate will be friendly, approachable with good communication skills and a can-do attitude.

The role is full time.

Main responsibilities and key tasks

• General tasks around the School, this includes the Under School.
• Preparing School buildings and rooms as required – usually specified on the weekly events diary.
• Move, lay out or set up furniture and other items as required.
• Labouring tasks including general waste clearing and removal.
• Distribution of packages and parcels across the Estate.
• Assisting other departments, e.g. collect and deliver Laundry.
• Completion of dockets as provided.
• Maintaining battery operated devices needed across the site.
• Carrying out other tasks, as may be instructed by the Senior Porter, Head of Facilities Management, Director of Estates and Operations, and other senior members of the School Management.

Please note this job description is not exhaustive. Any significant and permanent amendments to the document will be made after consultation with the job holder.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation.

Safeguarding and Child Protection

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

Working at Westminster

Westminster School is a busy, purposeful and vibrant place to be and an excellent workplace. The community is made up of around 750 pupils, 120 teaching staff and 108 support staff.

Our staff are friendly and welcoming, and all newcomers quickly become part of the rhythm of life here.

There is a real sense of community here as, being a boarding school many members of staff and pupils live on site and the School’s premises are very much treated as a home away from home. School life starts before breakfast and continues way beyond the working day; as a result, there is always a lively atmosphere in and around School and always someone to share a tea and biscuit with in the Common Room. Support staff as much as teaching staff are encouraged to embrace the School’s day-to-day activities, whether that be attending an evening concert or a morning service in the Abbey.

At Westminster we will always select the best candidate for every position. We do know, however, that we can only truly choose the best person on every occasion if a broad and diverse pool of candidates see the job advertised and are encouraged to apply.

As such, we continue to work on how our job roles are encountered, and particularly welcome applications from groups who have traditionally been underrepresented here.

Westminster School is for everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We hope you are encouraged to apply.

The School

Westminster School is an independent day and boarding school for boys aged 13-18 and girls aged 16-18, with a long history, a distinctive ethos, and a unique sense of place in the very heart of London. Pupils achieve exceptional examination results and entrance to some of the top universities in the world. It is a busy, passionate and purposeful place where independent and deep thinking is enjoyed, encouraged and respected by all, and where holistic excellence is nurtured and valued.

While the School is one of the foremost centres of academic excellence in the country, its commitment to academic life does not make it a hothouse for passing examinations. Pupils’ success at examinations and entry to leading universities is instead a result of their enjoyment of academic enquiry, debate and search for explanation, well beyond published syllabuses. Pupils are intellectually, socially, ethically and politically engaged and our aim is to ensure that their enthusiasm for learning is developed further, allowing them to take full advantage of the opportunities presented to them in the future. At Westminster, pupils have the freedom to lead on projects outside of the classroom and embrace a whole range of extra-curricular activities and interests. A host of pupil-led societies take place every week at the School, often with expert guest speakers, and pupils can choose to study an additional language, play an instrument or two, volunteer in local primary schools, row along the Thames, take part in plays and musicals, and much more. 

The School’s ethos resides in the enduring values of the liberal tradition reflected in the 1560 Charter of Westminster’s Elizabethan foundation, where it is stated that: ‘the youth which is growing to manhood, as tender shoots in the wood of our state, shall be liberally instructed in good books to the greater honour of the state’. Whilst academic and cultural attainments are highly prized at Westminster, the School is fully committed also to each pupil’s spiritual, moral, emotional and physical development and wellbeing – with a particular emphasis on drawing out individual talent wherever it lies – and to prepare young people for fulfilled private and public lives.

From September 2028, the School will welcome both girls and boys at 13+ entry, offering a Westminster education to all. By 2026, Westminster Under School will have opened its brand new pre-prep for girls and boys at 4+ and girls will have joined boys in Years 3 and 7, at the 7+ and 11+ entry points. By 2030, all year groups at Westminster School and Westminster Under School, from ages four to 18, will be fully co-educational, reflecting the School’s dedication to inclusivity and excellence.

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