Assistant Caretaker

Knutsford Academy, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 0EA

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 May 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 April 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: £25,584.00 - £25,990.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4 salary £25,584 to £25,990

Assistant Caretaker job summary

Job overview

Knutsford Academy is seeking a reliable, proactive, and hands‑on Assistant Caretaker to join our friendly site team. This role is essential in helping us maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for our pupils, staff, and visitors.

Applications should be made here - https://www.tes.com/jobs/preview/schrole_e0d2b94d-e0a7-4728-8fb8-16ee74217530

Key Responsibilities

• Support the School Business Manager with the day‑to‑day upkeep of the school buildings and grounds

• Carry out basic maintenance, repairs, and DIY tasks

• Assist with setting up rooms, moving furniture, and preparing spaces for school activities

• Ensure the site is secure, including opening and locking up the school

• Monitor cleaning standards and support cleaning duties when required

• Report health and safety concerns promptly and help maintain compliance

• Support with deliveries, waste management, and general site organisation

We Are Looking For Someone Who

• Is practical, hardworking, and takes pride in maintaining high standards

• Can work independently and as part of a team

• Has good communication skills and a positive, can‑do attitude

• Is willing to learn and take on a variety of tasks

• Understands the importance of safeguarding and site security

• Ideally has experience in a similar role (though training can be provided)

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Hours of Work

37 hours per week on a rotating shift pattern:

Early Shift 6.30am to 2.30pm (2pm Friday)

Middle Shift 8am to 4pm (3.30pm Friday)

Late Shift 11am to 7pm (6.30pm Friday).

School holidays.8am to 4pm

Closing Date - Friday 1st May 2026 at 9am

Interviews - Wednesday 6th May 2026

Start date - ASAP

As part of our commitment to employee development, all internal applicants will be offered a priority interview.

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

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 Knutsford Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1325 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Knutsford Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knutsford-academy

Knutsford Academy provides secondary education to over 1200 students aged from 11 to 18 in the historic town of Knutsford, less than 20 miles from the centre of Manchester and minutes from the M6 motorway. Students arrive in Year 7 from the local primary schools in Knutsford and we also attract a number of students from the south Manchester and Northwich areas. The school formed in 1953 as Knutsford High School and still operates from the original site in the centre of the town. It transferred to Academy status in 2012.

The school has a thriving Sixth Form and over the last four years has achieved a 100% pass rate at A Level which has seen a large number of students progressing to Russell Group universities. At GCSE, in the summer of 2018 80% all grades were at 4 or above and 25% of all grades at 7 or above with an overall improving progress 8 score.

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