Caretaker (dual site)

Snape Primary School, Saxmundham, Suffolk, IP17 1QG

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  June 2025

• Closing date

  2 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  9 May 2025

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: £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (Actual) Salary scale: Grade 3, point 4-6

Caretaker (dual site) job summary

We require a caretaker to work between two of our schools, Snape Primary School and Alde Valley Academy (Leiston). This will be a full time role (37 hours per week / 52 weeks per year)

We are looking for a committed, friendly and reliable caretaker to help us keep the two schools clean, tidy and well maintained.

The postholder will need to have their own transportation to travel between the two sites, mileage will be reimbursed accordingly.

Our ideal applicant will: 

• Have site maintenance experience

• Be honest and trustworthy 

• Be reliable, efficient and a good time-keeper

• Be able to form positive relationships within the team and wider school community 

• Have high standards 

We offer: 

• Two very friendly schools with a supportive staff team

• A pleasant working environment

Kingfisher Schools Trust offers a wide range of benefits, including:

• Excellent opportunities for development

• Access to a huge variety of training courses through The National College

• Pension scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contribution

• Employee Assistance Programme for free and confidential advice

• Shopping and leisure discounts

• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme

• Affordable electric car salary sacrifice scheme

Please submit your application as soon as possible, as the closing date for this vacancy may be altered if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Our school is part of Kingfisher Schools Trust. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be part of the pre-employment screening process for this role. An application form must be completed in full; CVs alone cannot be accepted.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Snape Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 81 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Snape Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/snape-primary-school

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