Barley Fields Primary School – Cleaner

Barley Fields Primary, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 0QP

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 September 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: £5,827.00 - £5,960.00 Annually (Actual) Salary shown is actual based on pro-rata from named NJC scale points and length of service, based on NJC pay scales April 2026

Barley Fields Primary School – Cleaner job summary

Barley Fields Primary is a school with over 600 highly motivated and well-behaved pupils on roll, based in Stockton. The school has been part of Prince Regent Street Trust since academising in 2023.

At Barley Fields Primary School, we are a family: a family built on positive relationships between school, children, parents/carers, governors, the local community and the wider world. We aim to create a warm, safe and happy environment, where children feel valued and inspired to learn. We safeguard the needs of all children and promote their mental health and emotional wellbeing. We nurture self-respect, courtesy, good manners and a caring attitude and we encourage all of our children and families to celebrate and value diversity and difference.

We believe in high standards of education and behaviour. We offer high standards of teaching and strive to achieve excellence in all aspects of school life. We are deeply committed to working with parents to help children achieve to the best of their ability and seek to work in partnership from the very beginning of your child’s time here.

Classrooms are grouped around four central shared areas, each providing a working base for children in the Early Years, Key Stage One, Lower Key Stage Two and Upper Key Stage Two. We also have an IT Suite, Library Area and Therapy Area. We have a dining hall adjacent to the school kitchen and a large school hall available for P.E., assemblies and out of hour’s activities.

Externally we have a large school field, Forest School, MUGA, hard playing surfaces and adequately grassed areas for general play at break and lunchtimes. We have a separate Early Years play area and garden. The site is completely fenced providing secure grounds for the children. Our Nursery is an integral part of the school but is accessible separately from the main building.

We are looking to appoint an individual who:

• Is committed to helping maintain a clean, safe and welcoming school environment
• Has high standards of cleanliness and hygiene
• Is friendly and able to work effectively as part of a team
• Is reliable, enthusiastic, trustworthy and flexible
• Is proactive and able to work on their own initiative
• Is able to undertake physical tasks, including lifting and bending

The closing date for applications: 12noon, Friday 9th October 2026

The shortlisting selection and invitations to interview the applicants will be completed by close of play Friday 9th October 2026 and interviews are scheduled to be the week commencing Monday 12th October 2026. Exact dates to be confirmed with successful applicants.

Disclosure

This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The school and Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to rigorous pre-employment safeguarding checks, which will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed.

The appointment is in accordance with education and employment legislation, to provide professional leadership to the school which secures its success and improvement, ensuring high quality education for all its pupils and good standards of learning and achievement.

Candidates must only apply via MyNewTerm. Visit Trust Vacancies page for more information.

CV’s or other forms of application will not be accepted.

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.

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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 Barley Fields Primary

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 668 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Barley Fields Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/barley-fields-primary-stockton-on-tees

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