Assistant Caretaker
King James's School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD4 6SG14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st November 2026
Closing date
14 October 2026 at 8am
Date listed
30 September 2026
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
- £27,273.00 - £29,070.00 Annually (Actual)
Assistant Caretaker job summary
The role
We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Caretaker to join our highly effective and dedicated site team. The successful candidate will play a vital role in ensuring that our school buildings and grounds remain safe, welcoming and well maintained for staff, students and visitors each day.
Working closely with the Site Manager and Senior Caretaker, you will take pride in keeping the site running smoothly. This is a varied role that includes responsibility for site security, routine maintenance, cleaning oversight and addressing any defects or repairs that may arise.
The working hours are 37 hours per week Monday to Friday, all year round. During term time, the hours will be 10:00 to 18:00 Monday to Thursday and 10:00 to 17:30 on a Friday. During school holiday periods the hours will be 8:00 to 16:00 Monday to Thursday and 8:00 to 15:30 on a Friday.
Us
At King James’s School, we are ambitious for the very best outcomes for every one of our students, and we believe that education is more than just examinations and lessons. Our school focuses on providing a holistic experience that inspires curiosity, builds confidence and character in our young people and prepares them for their future by giving them strong foundations and happy memories.
We are a community-focused school built on respect, inclusion and the belief in valuing and developing people. We had a highly successful Ofsted in 2025 that highlighted we are a very good school that should now strive to be a great school, that is our ambition in all senses. This is an opportunity to be part of our school.
You
Previous experience is NOT essential, but you will need general maintenance skills in areas such as painting, plumbing, or general building maintenance, and be keen to learn new skills with a professional and positive attitude.
Safeguarding
All applicants will be required to provide two references, which will be obtained prior to interview. As part of our safer recruitment processes, online searches will also be carried out on shortlisted candidates.
The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This role involves direct contact with children and is therefore classified as regulated activity.
In line with this, the post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and candidates are required to disclose any relevant criminal convictions.
This role is exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, so most criminal convictions must be disclosed to us.
Salary
This post is paid at Grade 6, spinal column points 7-11. The starting salary is £27,273, increasing to £29,070.
Applications
Completed applications must be submitted by 8:00 on Wednesday 14 October 2026.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding & promoting welfare & safety of children and young people and expect staff to share this commitment. We ask applicants to provide us with two references, which will be obtained prior to any interview. We will carry out online searches for shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence. Successful candidates will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. This post involves direct contact with children and is considered to be a regulated activity. This role is exempt for the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, so most criminal convictions must be disclosed to us.
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 King James's School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1055 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- King James's School website
King James’s School is a successful and oversubscribed 11-16 comprehensive school (NOR 906), serving a suburban area and a scatter of villages to the east and south of Huddersfield. It is situated approximately 2 miles from the centre of Huddersfield in a semi-rural position overlooking the Farnley Valley.
Our origins go back to the thirteenth century and the school, which has occupied its present site since 1547, became an Academy in 2012.
King James’s is a truly comprehensive school. The annual intake of 180 students, for which we are regularly over-subscribed, has a very broad socio-economic and ethnic mix, closely resembling the wider British society. Our intake comes predominantly from the priority admission area of Lepton, Kirkheaton and Grange Moor, but we also take from outside the area, particularly from Dalton and Almondbury.
‘A lovely, friendly school, full of history and character, offering an excellent learning environment in a wonderful setting’ - Ofsted 2018
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