Caretaker

Somerlea Park Junior School, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 4JE

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  23 July 2026

• Closing date

  20 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 June 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: £24,795.00 Annually (Actual) The salary quoted is the actual salary for working 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year. The role is permanent

Caretaker job summary

Somerlea Park Junior School are seeking to recruit a caretaker. This essential role in our school involves undertaking duties to ensure the safety, security, cleanliness and maintenance of our buildings and grounds. This is an exciting time to join our school as we look forward to moving into a brand new school building in January 2027.

Key duties include site security, carrying out basic repairs and daily caretaking tasks to help keep our learning environment safe and welcoming. The Caretaker is also responsible for reporting any faults which require more specialist help to the appropriate people. An essential part of the Caretaking role involves ensuring all fire safety and health and safety regulations are adhered to.

The successful candidate will have:

- Good DIY skills and knowledge and basic maintenance

- The ability to work independently and have a proactive approach

- Have good communication skills and be a reliable member of the team

- Be able to work successfully as part of the cleaning and maintenance team.

We welcome visits to the school prior to application. If you have any questions or would like a conversation about the role, please contact SPJInfo@learnerstrust.org or call us on 01773 602258 The role is for 37 hours per week. The working pattern is: Monday to Friday: 7.00 - 10.30am and 2.30 - 6.30pm. SPJCT1

Context

The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.

We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.

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

Seeks continuous improvement and disruptive innovation

This is a fantastic opportunity for the right person.

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.

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

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 Somerlea Park Junior School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 129 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Somerlea Park Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/somerlea-park-junior-school-alfreton

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