Apprentice Caretaker

Hedingham School and Sixth Form, Halstead, Essex, CO9 3QH

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413.00 Annually (Actual)

Apprentice Caretaker job summary

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, practical, flexible and reliable Apprentice Caretaker to join the existing team responsible for keeping this large school site in good order.

As an apprentice you will learn and participate in a wide range of caretaking and general maintenance duties including painting and decorating, basic carpentry and plumbing.

You will be required to complete a Property Maintenance Operative (Level 2) apprenticeship through our training provider. This training will be delivered in the workplace via assessor/tutor visits.

This position is suitable for candidates over 18 years of age due to the requirement for some lone working. This will include evening and weekend work as part of a rota covering school lettings.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Hedingham School and Sixth Form

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1155 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hedingham School and Sixth Form website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hedingham-school-and-sixth-form

Hedingham School and Sixth Form is an over-subscribed, independent Academy situated in an attractive village in North Essex (within easy reach of Braintree, Chelmsford, Colchester and South Suffolk). Our students are polite and engaged and love to learn and our parental body is highly supportive. As one student recently put it when speaking to an Ofsted inspector, “The school values shape us into adults.”

We are a school that values its history, maintaining traditional events and initiatives that are deep rooted in the local community whilst embracing new technologies, such as our offer of T-level Digital Business Services in our new state of the art T-level building, alongside our rural vocational centre supporting students towards pathways into local.
Hedingham School provides a high-quality educational experience for all students and strives to ensure that each individual’s academic and personal development is fulfilled.

We offer a vibrant learning environment where students are encouraged to ‘think’ and explore strategies to grasp and apply knowledge.

The curriculum offered is purposeful and stimulating, allowing students to build a range of skills as they progress through school.

We want our students to be resilient and take on the challenges of the 21st century. We encourage them to approach school with confidence and participate fully in all aspects of school life.

At Hedingham School, our students support and care for each other and display high levels of respect for all members of the community. Hedingham School has a strong ‘culture’ which actively promotes equality of opportunity, allowing all students to pursue their ambitions.

We believe in building strong partnerships with parents, based on trust and confidence.

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