Caretaker

Heronsgate School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK7 7BW

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  4 January 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  27 November 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: £26,824.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (Actual)

Caretaker job summary

The School Caretaker plays a vital role in ensuring the safety, cleanliness, and smooth daily operation of the school site. The successful candidate will be responsible for the general maintenance of buildings and grounds, including routine repairs and decorating, site security, and the supervision of cleaning standards. You will support the efficient running of the school by preparing rooms and facilities for lessons and events, responding promptly to maintenance issues, and ensuring that the premises remain well-presented and fully operational at all times. This position requires a dependable, proactive individual with strong practical skills and a commitment to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for pupils, staff, and visitors.

Key objectives:

1) To be responsible for the routine and non-routine (e.g. emergencies) opening (when appropriate) and closing of the premises. To report trespass, theft or unauthorised parking of vehicles to appropriate person.

2) To be responsible for the heating and lighting of the premises including necessary frost precautions. To report system failures to the appropriate person. To ensure the satisfactory maintenance/repair of equipment and that where necessary adequate stocks of fuel are maintained.

3) Day to day monitoring of cleaning staff, including checking the quality of work carried out and ensure Health and Safety standards are met and maintained.

4) Undertake regular health and safety checks of buildings, grounds, fixtures and fittings, (including compliance with fire safety regulations) and equipment, in line with other schedules.

5) Operate and regularly check systems such as heating, cooling, lighting and security (including CCTV and alarms).

6) Act as school contact in relation to premises related contractors and oversee onsite maintenance contractors, checking that work is completed to required standards and within required timescales.

7) Ensure the operation and maintenance of specialised equipment following training, for example sports/theatrical equipment.

8) Undertake minor repairs to site, furniture and fittings (i.e. not requiring a craftsperson) and maintenance and decorating of the buildings and site.

Schools benefit from a flexible approach to working arrangements - because of this, the tasks and responsibilities listed here are not definitive. Head Teachers may require particular additional duties to be undertaken to suit the specific school’s requirements and these may be incorporated in the role requirements as long as they are at a similar and appropriate level to the other listed duties.

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.

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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 Heronsgate School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 346 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Heronsgate School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/heronsgate-school-milton-keynes

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