Caretaker
Catcliffe Primary School, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S60 5SW25 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
11 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 February 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
- £24,795.00 Annually (Actual) The role is for 37 hrs per week and is a 52 week contract
Caretaker job summary
Catcliffe Primary School
Permanent, 37 hours per week
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About us
Catcliffe Primary School is a welcoming, community focused school where staff are valued, supported and encouraged to grow. We are proud of our positive team culture and commitment to providing a safe, inspiring environment for our children.
About the role
We are seeking to appoint a reliable, proactive Caretaker to play a key role in maintaining our school site. This is a varied and important position, helping to ensure our school buildings and grounds are safe, secure, compliant and well cared for each day.
The role involves:
- Opening and securing the premises
- Carrying out minor repairs and general maintenance
- Completing statutory Health & Safety checks (fire, water, emergency lighting etc.)
- Monitoring cleaning standards and supporting the cleaning team with cleaning duties as and when required
- Liaising with contractors and maintaining accurate compliance records
Working Hours
- 6:00am - 10:30am (Mon-Thurs)
- 6:00am - 10:00am (Friday)
- 3:00pm - 6:00pm (Mon-Fri)
(37 hours per week, split shift)
About you
We are looking for a dependable and proactive individual who takes genuine pride in maintaining high standards and understands the importance of creating a safe, welcoming environment for children, parents and staff.
You will:
- Be reliable, well-organised and punctual
- Have practical DIY and maintenance skills
- Understand Health & Safety responsibilities within a working environment
- Be able to work independently as well as part of a team
- Communicate clearly and confidently, both verbally and in writing
- Be comfortable using basic IT systems for logging and record keeping
- Share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
Our investment in you
At Catcliffe Primary School, you won’t just maintain a building, you’ll help create a safe and welcoming place where children thrive, in return we can offer you:
- A welcoming, supportive and community focussed working environment
- A generous benefits package including 25 days’ annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ continuous service plus statutory public holidays
- Access to an excellent pension scheme
- Access to a wide range of staff benefits such as health and wellbeing support and staff discounts at major retailers
- Investment in your development, with opportunities to grow your career and make a meaningful impact
Context
The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
- Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
- Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
- Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect
How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation
This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person.
Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.
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 Catcliffe Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 188 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Catcliffe Primary School website
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