Caretaker

Holme Hall Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 4RL

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st April 2025

• Closing date

  14 March 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  19 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: £19,481.00 - £19,481.00 Annually (Actual) Please note the salary quoted is the actual salary for 30 hours per week on a 52 week contract

Caretaker job summary

The role is for 30 hours per week over 52 weeks at a small and very friendly North Derbyshire School. Duties will include managing access and maintaining security of the site, basic repairs, maintenance and cleaning, championing health and safety and supervising external contractors. The ideal candidate would have good time management and communication skills and be able to work flexibly with independence within our happy team.
Please see person specification and job description for further details.

Why do we exist?

Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future

Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.

Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.

Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.

How will we act?

We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;

Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)

Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)

Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)

Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)

Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)

Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)

Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)

What is our strategy?

We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;

Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools

Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity

Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children

Holme Hall Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to this post having access to children and/or vulnerable adults, the successful candidate will be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Service check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily prevent an applicant from obtaining this post, as all cases are judged individually according to the nature of the role and information provided.

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 Holme Hall Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 129 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holme-hall-primary-school-chesterfield (opens in new tab)

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