Caretaker
Grasmere Nursery School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU3 2BT9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
4 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
23 February 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £13.47 - £13.47 Hourly
Caretaker job summary
Caretaker Required ASAP
Contract Type: Fixed Term 20 hours per week, Term Time only plus up to 10 days in school holidays
Salary: Spine Point 6 (£13.47 per hour)
Grasmere Nursery School is a happy, vibrant, diverse, family, school in North Luton, where staff are dedicated to promoting high standards for all our pupils.
The school is seeking to employ a conscientious and motivated caretaker, with a high level of attention to detail, to join our school team.
The ideal candidate will be an appropriately qualified, enthusiastic Caretaker who would be responsible for:
- Ensuring the premises are compliant and meet Health and Safety requirements
- Security of the buildings and site, including testing of alarms, fault reporting and opening and locking up premises at the start and the end of the day.
- Grounds maintenance including litter picking and ensuring the grounds and building is safe for children and families to enter and leave.
- Undertake general maintenance of the school building and facilities including minor refurbishment of premises, fixtures and fittings as necessary
- Receipt and distribution of deliveries and the movement of goods and equipment around the building
- Recording electronically Health & Safety activities
We are looking for an individual who is hardworking, active, flexible and able to use their initiative. The successful applicant will become a valued member of our school community. Training and ongoing support will be provided when necessary to keep abreast with changing Health and Safety regulations.
The 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 undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.
Please ensure your application meets all essential criteria. This post is open to applicants of all faiths or none.
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 Grasmere Nursery School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 5
- Education phase
- Nursery
- School size
- 214 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 5
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Grasmere Nursery School website
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