Caretaker

Queen Mary's High School, Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 2AE

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  21 April 2026 at 10am

• Date listed

  20 March 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: £25,989.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4 (SCP 6-11)

Caretaker job summary

Queen Mary’s High School, Walsall
Permanent | Full-Time | 37 hours per week
NJC Grade 4 (SCP 6-11): £25,989 - £28,142 per annum (pending 2026/27 pay award)
Start date: As soon as possible

Queen Mary’s High School is a friendly, high‑achieving and ambitious school community located in the heart of Walsall. We are seeking a hardworking, reliable and enthusiastic Caretaker to join our dedicated estates team.

As part of our school’s support staff, you will play a vital role in maintaining a safe, secure and welcoming environment for students, staff and visitors. You will help ensure that our buildings, grounds and facilities are maintained to a high standard and continue to reflect the pride we have in our school.

About the Role

As our Caretaker, you will:

• Assist with the maintenance, security and efficient operation of the school site
• Act as a key holder, opening and securing the site daily
• Undertake basic repairs, maintenance and decoration
• Support with setting up events, moving furniture and managing deliveries
• Carry out regular health & safety, building and site checks
• Contribute to grounds maintenance, cleaning duties and overall site appearance
• Provide a safe, clean and attractive learning environment for all
• Respond to emergencies such as callouts, alarms, leaks or break‑ins

Training will be provided for key areas such as first aid, legionella monitoring and PAT testing.

About You

We are looking for someone who is:

• Self‑motivated, reliable and flexible
• Able to prioritise workload and work independently
• Practical, organised and solution‑focused
• A strong communicator with good interpersonal skills
• Committed to maintaining a safe school environment
• Keen to learn new skills and undertake relevant training
• Supportive of the values and ethos of Queen Mary’s High School

Experience in a similar role or knowledge of health & safety procedures is desirable but not essential.

Why Join Us?

• A welcoming, supportive and collaborative staff team
• Opportunities for professional development across the Mercian Trust
• Support from experienced central teams within the Trust
• Access to staff wellbeing benefits including the school fitness suite and cycle-to-work scheme
• A vibrant, purposeful working environment where no two days are the same

Key Information

Closing Date: Tuesday 21 April 2026
Interview Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Responsible to: Site Manager
Working Hours:

• Monday-Thursday: 06:30-14:30
• Friday: 06:30-14:00
  (30-minute lunch break)

For further information, please contact Miss Tomkinson, Headteacher’s PA: m.tomkinson@qmhs.merciantrust.org.uk

The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.

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

We are committed to safeguarding at QMHS. Our school’s aims and vision statement very clearly states that we strive to ensure that the individual needs of all our highly able students are met. At QMHS and across the Mercian Trust we recognise that the emotional wellbeing and positive mental health of all members of the community is integral to our continued success. We have built and continue to strengthen a community of support for all stakeholders which includes pupils, staff and parents/carers.

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 Queen Mary's High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 944 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Queen Mary's High School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/queen-mary-s-high-school

Queen Mary’s High School is built upon a well established history of success, shaping exceptional young women for young adulthood. We are one of the top performing state schools in the country, consistently maintaining a high position nationally for GCSE and A Level outcomes. We were inspected by Ofsted in October 2022 and are proud to have been judged as Outstanding in all aspects of our provision.

Today, there are more opportunities for young women to succeed in society than there have ever been before and we firmly believe that there is no limit to the personal, social and academic achievement that is possible for each and every one of our students.

We are a school community passionate about learning and in cultivating an exceptional educational environment in which our young people are enabled to be the very best version of themselves. Our school community is one in which our students are expertly equipped with not only knowledge and understanding but the skills, the attributes and expertise to achieve their ambitions, and to fully realise their potential.

Support, care, and guidance for each young person is at our core and the Queen Mary’s High School values of responsibility, honesty, integrity, respect and tolerance underpin all that we as a school community stand for. We ask that parents help us in supporting their child in demonstrating these values each day, in school, at home and online. Only through working together in partnership will we ensure that we are all, together, incredibly proud of their achievements, progress and growth.

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