Cricket Groundsman
Closing Date: Friday 13th November 2026
Salary: £37,500 per annum
Brentwood Senior School is an academically selective HMC co-educational independent school with small class sizes and a happy, ambitious and supportive staff team. It is part of Brentwood School, a 3-18 HMC school of 1900 pupils, just 35 minutes from London Liverpool Street.
This is an exciting opportunity for an outstanding Cricket Groundsman to prepare and maintain our various sports playing surfaces to a high standard and prepare and maintain high-quality cricket pitches and associated grounds, ensuring they are safe, well presented, and in optimal condition for training and match play throughout the season.
Cricket is considered a focus sport at Brentwood School and, as such, each square gets a considerable amount of usage during the season. In 2026, the four squares were used for approximately 25 games each, as well as 20 hours of practice.
The school strives to produce high-quality wickets and has ambitions of being able to host representative cricket such as county age-group matches. An understanding of how to produce wickets to Premier League club standard would be advantageous.
This role would suit a trained professional or is ideal for a motivated candidate looking to enhance and grow their career in sports turf management, offering the opportunity to learn advanced pitch preparation techniques within a high-standard, ambitious environment.
For further information about working at Brentwood School, please see the links on this page or email: recruitment@brentwood.essex.sch.uk. To apply for this position, please use the Operational Staff Interactive Recruitment Form. The School reserves the right to change these dates, and to close the vacancy at any time.
Brentwood 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.
