Assistant Caretaker
Wistaston Church Lane Academy, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8EZ13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
April 2026
Closing date
26 February 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,796.00 - £25,186.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £13,403
Assistant Caretaker job summary
The Learning Partnership along with the Principal at Wistaston Church Lane Academy wish to appoint a motivated, committed and highly effective Assistant Caretaker to join our hard working and enthusiastic team.
Key duties will include:
- Ensuring that the site and its buildings are locked and secured at the end of the day.
- Maintaining and cleaning parts of the school daily.
- Acting as a designated key holder for the school premises.
- Undertaking minor repairs and maintenance, including painting and decorating.
- Undertaking general portage duties, including moving furniture and distributing items to the appropriate place.
- Taking action where Health and Safety hazards are identified.
- Basic grounds maintenance - snow clearing, gritting, litter picking, bin emptying.
- Emergency attendance in case of alarms.
Other duties as required
Please note that this position is full year, which means that you will be in attendance at work all year round (52 weeks a year) and will have an annual leave entitlement.
(Hours can be flexible during the summer holidays. We may request that, on occasion, the post holder is flexible during term time, to help manage the building during later evening events in school).
The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:
- Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets
- Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme
- Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral
- Flexible working offered as a day 1 right of employment
- Free parking
- Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities
To learn more about the trust please visit www.tlptrust.com
Hours of work: 20 hours -working hours are 2pm to 6pm Monday to Friday or 4 working days working 1pm- 6pm including a Friday.
Weeks: 52
Contract: Permanent
Salary Range: Grade 3 £24,796-£25,186
Actual Salary: £13,403
Closing date: Thursday 26th February 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 3rd March 2026
To learn more about the role please contact Jackie Hulme on officemanager@wistaston.cheshire.sch.uk or on 01270 663619 You can also learn more about the school on www.wclacademy.co.uk
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).
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
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 Wistaston Church Lane Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 432 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Wistaston Church Lane Academy website
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