21 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    20 March 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 February 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 10 hours per week, 4pm to 6pm, Mon-Fri

Contract type

Permanent

Hourly rate

£12.65

What skills and experience we're looking for

AFTERNOON CLEANER—10 Hours per week

Support Staff Pay Grade B, Point 2 (Actual Salary: £5,675 per annum)

4pm to 6pm, Monday—Friday. Term time plus 5 Teacher Training Days.

We are looking for a hands-on individual to supplement our current team of cleaners. Working under the direction of the Estates Manager, you will be responsible for carrying out essential cleaning tasks across the site, to ensure that our school meets all statutory cleanliness, hygiene and basic health & safety requirements; making this a pleasant environment in which to learn & work effectively. The successful candidate must have sound interpersonal and communication skills, and a high level of attention to detail. You should be reliable, committed, hard-working, and ideally will have had previous cleaning experience.

Closing Date: Midday on Friday 20th March 2026

Interview taking place: Week commencing 23rd March 2026

Please contact our HR department for further details about this role on: recruitment@wollaston-school.net

To apply online please visit—https://nenevalleypartnership.com/join-our-team/

CV’s submitted without a fully completed Wollaston School application form WILL NOT be considered.

Wollaston School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, and receipt of two references - one of which MUST be your current or most recent employer and a medical check.

What the school offers its staff

The successful candidate must have sound interpersonal and communication skills, and a high level of attention to detail. You should be reliable, committed, hard-working, and ideally will have had previous cleaning experience.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.
Visas cannot be sponsored.
If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Wollaston School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1431 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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Wollaston School is a large, rural community school located in a village setting about 15 minutes drive from Northampton. The student intake draws on nearby villages and the towns of Earls Barton, Wellingborough, and Irchester. We have over 1400 students on roll with approximately 240 students in the Sixth Form. The school is over-subscribed. Wollaston School was rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in May 2023.

We are a school that takes great pride in our central purpose - to prepare every student for success. Success in academic qualifications, success in a wide range of extra-curricular and leadership activities and success in every individual’s personal and social development. We work towards this mission through a focus on exceptional levels of pastoral support and an academic and enrichment programme designed to ensure that every individual reaches their true potential.

At Wollaston, we believe in aiming high. We target excellence with the utmost commitment, but we also remember that a truly inspiring education is one that is filled with joy, laughter and happiness. We are also a school that is led by our values. We value honesty, kindness and tolerance. We embrace individuality as well as collective responsibility, we celebrate diversity, promote equality of opportunity, and we are a community which supports every individual to achieve all that they are capable of.

For most students, Wollaston School provides an education which lasts for seven years, from age 11 to age 18. Our ambition is to ensure that at the end of that journey, every student is ready to take their place in society as positive, purposeful, ethical and well qualified individuals.

Life at Wollaston School is characterised by an ethos of warmth, respect and ambition. We value effective working relationships with parents and we believe in delivering a high quality professional service in every aspect of our work. We offer a broad and exciting curriculum, expert teaching and high standards of academic achievement. We promote impeccable standards of behaviour and we expect the very best of every individual who walks through our doors. We are a team of staff and students who are committed to ensuring that our school is a truly exceptional place of learning.

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