Caretaker

Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School, Swaffham, Norfolk, PE37 7RF

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Mid January 2026

• Closing date

  9 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  23 December 2025

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: Scale C, £13.05 per hour

Caretaker job summary

Tel: 01760 721357

Email: head@heartwood.norfolk.sch.uk

Web: www.heartwood.norfolk.sch.uk

• Salary - Scale C £13.05 per hour
• Permanent
• 25 hours per week – M-F
• Term time plus 4 weeks
• Required from mid January 2026

Heartwood Church of England VC Primary and Nursery school is a warm, happy and friendly school. We have a child centred approach in all that we do. The staff, children and governors are keen to appoint a caretaker who will embrace our vision and values.

The post holder will play a key role in maintaining the appearance of the school site as well as site security. We are looking for someone with energy, drive and enthusiasm. An awareness of health and safety is essential for this role. We may be able to offer flexibility with timings of the hours worked around the best candidate.

We are looking for the ideal candidate who:

• Has a good understanding of how to maintain a building, preferably experience in a school,
• Is dedicated,
• Is trustworthy,
• Is reliable,
• Is a Team Player,
• Has a good understanding of property management and health and safety

We offer:

• Supportive and friendly staff who enjoy working and being together,
• Staff and children who respect the environment,
• Supportive cleaning team,
• A wonderful school to work in

Please visit our website to find out more at www.heartwood.norfolk.sch.uk

For more information or to arrange a visit please email Rebecca Starman, Headteacher, at head@heartwood.norfolk.sch.uk or call (01760) 721357. Please note that the school office will be shut until the 5th January and so there will be no one to answer the phone.

How to Apply:

A Person Specification is available from attachments.

Click apply for job to download a form, and return completed application forms to the school office: office@heartwood.norfolk.sch.uk

Closing date: 9th January 2026

Interview date: TBC

Applications will be considered, and interviews planned on submission so please submit early.

The school is committed to the protection and safety of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and an appropriate Enhanced DBS check. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This post comes under the requirements of the childcare (Disqualification) 2009 regulations and the successful supplicant 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 and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. 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.

Candidates are advised that they may be subject to an online check from information in the public domain.

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 Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 249 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Heartwood CofE VC Primary & Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heartwood-cofe-vc-primary-nursery-school

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