Caretaker/Cleaner

Hunstanton Primary School, Hunstanton, Norfolk, PE36 5DY

22 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  22 May 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  30 April 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: £13.26 per hour

Caretaker/Cleaner job summary

Tel: 01485 533373

Email: office@hunstanton.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.hunstantonprimaryschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Mrs J Sullivan

NOR: 165

• Salary - Scale C, £13.26 per hour
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 25 hours per week (M-F)
• Term time plus 4 weeks
• Required as soon as possible

About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a friendly, reliable and conscientious Caretaker with to join our team at Hunstanton Primary School.

This is an important role within our school community. We are looking for someone who will take pride in caring for our school premises and helping to ensure that the site is safe, secure, clean, tidy and well maintained for our children, staff and visitors. In addition, the caretaker will be responsible, under the direction of the Headteacher and School Business Manager for the security of the school premises.

Working Hours

The role will be worked Monday to Friday, with hours split between a morning shift, to allow for unlocking and site preparation, and an afternoon shift.

The exact working pattern will be agreed with the successful candidate at interview, but hours will fall within the school’s opening hours of 7.00am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday.

The role includes keyholder responsibilities and may involve responding to emergencies outside normal working hours and supporting occasional lettings, by agreement, in line with the needs of the school.

We Are Looking for Someone Who:

• Has good communication and organisational skills
• Is able to work flexibly and use their own initiative
• Can work effectively both independently and as part of a team
• Is approachable, friendly and professional
• Is trustworthy, reliable and takes pride in their work
• Has a practical, hands-on approach to basic maintenance and site duties

We Can Offer:

· A welcoming and supportive school community

· A friendly and dedicated staff team

· Opportunities for professional development

· A varied and rewarding role

· A workplace where staff wellbeing is valued

Visits and Further Information

For further information about our school, please visit our website at: https://www.hunstantonprimaryschool.co.uk

We warmly welcome visits to the school. To arrange a visit, please contact the school office

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, please click the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed applications should be emailed to: office@hunstanton.norfolk.sch.uk Alternatively, applications may be posted to the school.

Closing date: 22 May 2026, 12 noon

Interview date: To be confirmed

Hunstanton Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be required to comply fully with enhanced DBS and reference vetting checks.

This post comes under the requirements of the Childcare Disqualification Regulations 2009, and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. You will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check, or an Enhanced DBS check with barred list, as appropriate. If you have information to declare, it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and the appropriate pre-employment checks.

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 Hunstanton Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 174 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hunstanton Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hunstanton-primary-school

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