Caretaker

Elmtree Infant and Nursery School, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, HP5 2PA

6 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  20 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 July 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: £26,800.00 - £28,000.00 Annually (FTE) Approximate salary subject to experience.

Caretaker job summary

We are looking for a suitably skilled, well-organised and enthusiastic caretaker to work across a number of our Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST). You will be located at Elmtree but may be asked to provide support to other schools in the Trust to help meet operational requirements.

We are interested to hear from anyone who feels they can make a difference in this role which ultimately helps ensure that pupils and staff can work and grow in the best learning environments possible with the resources available.

Reliability is essential, as is the ability to be adaptable and supportive to colleagues. Manual handing and some basic computer work will be a requirement of the role.

What you:-

Need to use your own car to travel between sites.

Potential for more hours in the future as well as the opportunity for developing within the Trust.

20 to 30 hours per week split between the two sites with some split shift working.

Job Description is attached.

Role to start in on 1st September 2026 (or as soon as possible thereafter).

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 Elmtree Infant and Nursery School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 160 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Elmtree Infant and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/elmtree-infant-and-nursery-school

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