Caretaker

Highfield Primary School, Uxbridge, UB10 0DB

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  3 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  12 February 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: £20,829.00 - £21,741.00 Annually (Actual) £29345 to £30630 FTE

Caretaker job summary

School Caretaker

27.5 hours per week, term time plus training days plus 3 weeks (42 weeks)

Part Time, Permanent

£20,829 to £21,741 per annum inclusive of Outer London Weighting, Scale 4

(Full time equalivant salary £29,345 to £30,630)

Location: Hillingdon, Middlesex

8 am to 2 pm with a ½ hour unpaid break

Start Date: ASAP

We are looking for a proactive and committed Caretaker who will help us maintain, develop and enhance our buildings and site and will take a genuine pride in the appearance of the school.

Following satisfactory completion of probation, or earlier by mutual agreement, the successful candidate will be required to live on site in a three bedroom bungalow, with a subsidised rent.

Please note that annual leave MUST be taken every year during the whole Winter (Christmas) break as the school premises closes completely during this time. Highfield Primary School's term dates can be found on our website.

The successful candidate will:

• be able to work effectively as part of a team, and manage relationships with contractors and service providers;
• take pride in the cleanliness and appearance of the school at all times;
• have a solid understanding of plumbing, electrical systems, as well as carpentry and other crafts;
• be well-versed in all maintenance processes, and health and safety regulations;
• commitment to the security and wellbeing of the school;
• ability to work at high levels unsupervised;
• ability to work as a team;
• ability to adapt to changing and conflicting demands;
• have good reading and writing skills.

In return we offer you:

• Extensive support and CPD;
• The opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the School;
• A welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;
• An ambitious and dynamic Senior leadership Team;
• A dedicated Governing Body;
• Supportive parents and children who are keen to learn;
• An employee assistance programme (EAP):
• Family Day

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by appointment; please contact Cindy Langley on 01895 230843 or email clangley@highfield.hillingdon.sch.uk to arrange a date and time.

Requests for references will be taken up once applicants have been shortlisted. References from friends/family will not be accepted. The first must be from your current employer and the second from a professional colleague from a separate establishment.

Further information: To avoid disappointment, please apply ASAP since applications will be considered and interviewed upon receipt. We reserve the right to withdraw this vacancy at any time if there are a high level of applications.

CVs will not be acceptedThe 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 candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

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 Highfield Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 291 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Highfield Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highfield-primary-school-uxbridge (opens in new tab)

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