Caretaker

Denewood Academy, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG7 4ES

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  30 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 June 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 - £28,142

Caretaker job summary

The role in a nutshell

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and dedicated caretaker to join our team. You will play a vital role in Academy life, ensuring a safe, clean, and inspiring environment where our pupils and staff can thrive, directly supporting our core ambition to provide an excellent education to all children.

As a member of the Trust’s Caretaking Team, the post holder will work under the direction of the Trust Estate Lead to ensure the efficient and effective management of the Trust’s buildings and will work across the estate in collaboration with colleagues to assist with the delivery of site management duties as and when required.

While each day can be incredibly diverse, the primary role of a caretaker is to monitor and manage the quality of work undertaken by a small cleaning team as well as management of the Trust’s buildings and adherence to all health and safety premises management legislation.

The candidate

The ideal candidate will have or can demonstrate a commitment to undertake professional development. You will need:

• A good standard of literacy and numeracy
• Excellent communication skills
• A commitment to teamwork

We welcome applications from everyone who believes they meet the expectations of the role regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, faith, or disability. To ensure that our staff composition is representative of the communities we serve, applications from groups who are currently under-represented in education including people with disabilities and people from minority ethnic backgrounds are particularly encouraged. 

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 Denewood Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 7 to 16
• School size: 110 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Denewood Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/denewood-academy

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