Caretaker

Palterton Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S44 6UN

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  5 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 17.5 hours per week - Permanent - All Year Round
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Actual salary: £11,660.75 - £12,364.39 per annum (FTE: £24,654.16 - £26,141.85)

What skills and experience we're looking for

An exciting opportunity to become an essential part of a small, friendly primary school. This is a key-holder position that demands high levels of responsibility and a deep understanding of school safeguarding and health and safety protocols. The successful candidate will undertake a range of caretaking duties to the agreed quality standards, including security, cleaning, porterage and maintenance of the school site and premises thereby ensuring a safe working environment.

We are looking for a caretaker who takes pride in their work making the school the best it can be through having experience of cleaning and maintenance requirements as well as having a good level of communication with a variety of stakeholders. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and self motivated being willing to undertake professional development.

Palterton Primary School is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities for further information please visit the website.

What the school offers its staff

Benefits

• Access to Local Government Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement increasing with service, plus statutory holidays
• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious team/school
• Recognised continuous local government service for annual leave entitlement, Occupational Maternity/ Paternity pay
• Cycle to work Scheme
• Commitment to employee Health and Wellbeing including Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee benefits platform

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.

For further details regarding this post please contact Ros Horsley on the Academy number. To apply complete our on-line application form, please use the 'apply now' button.

If you have any questions or queries regarding the application process please contact the HR Team.

As Redhill Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children practices, any appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and Child barred list checks, candidate online search and successful references.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

PPS - Caretaker JD.pdf - 242 KB (opens in new tab)

About Palterton Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 91 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Palterton Primary School website
• Email address: HR@Redhillacademytrust.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/palterton-primary-school-chesterfield

Arranging a visit to Palterton Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email HR@Redhillacademytrust.org.uk.

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