Caretaker

Icknield Community College, Watlington, Oxfordshire, OX49 5RB

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 October 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  17 September 2026

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: £26,472.00 - £27,274.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 5

Caretaker job summary

Caretaker

Full Time | Permanent

Closing date: 5 October 2026, 8am

Interview date: w/c 5 October 2026

Start date: ASAP

Salary: Grade 5 (£26,427 - £27,274 pro rata)

Hours: 37, 52 weeks

Contract: Permanent

Are you practical, reliable and take pride in creating a safe and welcoming environment for children and staff? We are looking for an enthusiastic and dependable Caretaker to join our school team (Watlington Primary School and Icknield Community College) and play an important role in ensuring our school site is safe, secure, clean and well maintained. This is a varied and hands-on role, ideal for someone who enjoys practical work, solving problems and making sure things run smoothly behind the scenes.

What you will be doing

As our Caretaker, you will help to ensure the school buildings, grounds and facilities are maintained to a high standard. Your job description and person specification is attached to this advert. Please do refer to these.

Previous experience in a caretaking, maintenance, facilities or similar role would be advantageous. Relevant practical skills and experience are more important than formal qualifications.

Why join us?

You will be joining a supportive school team where your work will make a real difference every day. As Caretaker, you will play an essential role in creating an environment where children can learn, staff can work effectively and everyone feels safe and welcome.

We offer a supportive working environment, opportunities for training and development, and the opportunity to become an important member of our school community.

You are welcome to contact Lee Warner, Hub Business Manager at Lwarner@acertrust.org.uk to have an informal discussion about the role.

As this role is shared between Watlington Primary School and Icknield Community College, we have posted the same advert on both schools’ recruitment pages. You do not need to apply to both. Applying through either school’s recruitment page is sufficient.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Acer Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any offer of employment with the Acer Trust is subject to verification of ID and qualifications, satisfactory evidence of the right to work in the UK, health clearance, NCTL and Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check. The Acer Trust is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from candidates from all ethnic and community backgrounds.

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

Icknield Community College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All staff must have a full DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) Enhanced Certificate before commencing employment which the school will process on appointment.

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 Icknield Community College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 804 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Icknield Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/icknield-community-college-watlington

At Icknield Community College, we strive for “excellence for all”. In order to achieve this, we aim to:

Create an environment in which all students feel safe and secure
We create a school culture in which all students are valued and in which differences are respected and celebrated. We promote tolerance, mutual respect and kindness. We want all of our students to be thoughtful, considerate and caring towards others both in and out of school.

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