Assistant Caretaker
Appleton Academy, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD12 8AL13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Immediate
Closing date
24 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Band 4, SCP 3 to SCP 4 (actual salary £24,796 - £25,185 per annum), 37 hours per week (varying shift patterns within core hours), All Year Round
Assistant Caretaker job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Caretaker at Appleton Academy.
The successful candidate will join an experienced site team working under the direct supervision of our dedicated and expert Estates Manager. This role occupies a key function within the Academy, providing a high level of support services to students and staff, whilst working to deliver an outstanding learning and working environment, across the whole of our state of the art building and all-through academy. The successful candidate will assist the existing site team to provide a high standard of compliance, maintenance and security services within school.
If you'd like to know more about our school, please visit our website at https://appletonacademy.co.uk/
The successful candidate will:
- Undertake daily site inspections and liaise with the Estates Manager in order to identify any requirements for repair or maintenance across the site.
- Respond to specific work requests generated by the Estates Manager or by other members of staff via the Site Team Support email request system
- Ensure the health and safety of staff, students and visitors by quickly responding to and resolving hazards, repair or maintenance concerns
- Update the work request system to demonstrate satisfactory response and conclusion of jobs undertaken
- Follow up repairs identified by other staff
- Undertake or arrange routine or emergency repairs/maintenance as instructed by the Estates Manager
- Assist in obtaining estimates for proposed works in accordance with Academy policies
- Ensure that the buildings are suitably heated or cooled at relevant times
- Ensure that appropriate measures are taken on activation of fire alarms/burglar alarms
- Ensure security of buildings at all times
- Organise receipt and movement of deliveries
- Support in the promotion of the Academy as a safe and healthy place to learn and work
We can offer:
- Children who are enthusiastic to learn
- Supportive Trust central team, school leadership, governors, staff and parents
- Fantastic outdoor facilities
- Opportunities for further development and training
- A healthy work-life balance
- Free access to an Employee Assistance Programme
- Free, on-site parking
- Excellent employer pension contribution scheme
We would warmly encourage any interested candidates to visit our school setting. In order to do so, please contact our Recruitment team on 01274 600550 to make the necessary arrangements.
Exceed Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to related online content checks, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check as well as successful completion of a probationary period.
Exceed Academies Trust strives to be an employer of choice. We are an inclusive and diverse multi academy trust and ultimately, our aim is to employ a workforce that reflects the communities it serves. We are committed to achieving a balanced workforce at all levels, whilst ensuring that no individual is disadvantaged or treated less favourably. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds, faiths and ethnicities and will ensure a fair recruitment process without discrimination, in compliance with the Equality Act 2010.
Exceed Academies Trust recognises and promotes the positive use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in certain situations. We would encourage any job applicants, who choose to utilise AI when completing a vacancy application, to thoroughly check the data prior to submission, to ensure it is accurate, factual and demonstrable. Candidate suitability will be assessed at interview, however the recruitment process will reference information contained within the candidate’s application form. Any information contained within application form which is found to be factually inaccurate, may result in a conditional offer of employment being withdrawn.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Appleton Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 16
- Education phase
- Through
- School size
- 1254 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Appleton Academy website
School location
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