Caretaker
The Meadows School, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 6EU24 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
14 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 May 2026
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
- £26,403.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE)
Caretaker job summary
The Meadows School - Caretaker
Grade 5, £26,403 - 27,254 (per annum, pro-rata).
Permanent, whole year, 10 hours per week, Monday to Friday, morning and evening.
The Meadows School is a generic Special School providing high quality education to young people with a range of special educational needs and disabilities. The school has expertise in working with those who have complex needs in terms of their physical and sensory development, communication and interaction, as well as those with more moderate cognition and learning difficulties. The school provides education to over 130 students aged between 11 and 19 from Staffordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire and Stoke on Trent. The school is organised through a combination of chronological age, key stages and learning needs.
The school is part of the Manor Hall Academy Trust and forms a Federation with Springfield School, a generic primary Special School.
We are looking for individuals who have a passion for children with SEN and are:
- Passionate about supporting children’s needs and seeing children make excellent progress in a Special School environment.
- Motivated, with high expectations for learners.
- Committed to working with the whole school community.
- Able to contribute to life beyond their classroom.
- Committed to taking pride in the appearance of the school and ensuring that it remains a safe and healthy environment for the children to learn in.
We would expect the successful candidate to:
- Have experience of working with site security, keyholder duties and maintenance.
- Have knowledge of Health and Safety and Compliance.
- Have a good understanding and ability to use specialist equipment.
- Offer flexibility with working hours.
- Hold the pupils well-being and learning at the centre of all they do.
- Have good interpersonal skills, high standards and expectations.
- Effectively, promote and develop the vision, aims and ethos of the school.
- Have commitment to working in partnership with parents and other agencies.
- Undertake training and implement new initiatives.
In turn we can offer:
- Excellent working environment.
- Happy children who are eager to learn.
- A caring team of colleagues who are committed to providing the best for our pupils.
- Excellent relationships with parents and LAC.
- A commitment to continued professional development.
Visits to The Meadows School is highly encouraged. To arrange your visit or if you would like any further information, please contact the School Office on 01538 225060 or office@meadows.mhat.org.uk
Closing date: Sunday 14th June 2026, Midnight.
Interview date: To be arranged.
To learn more about Manor Hall Academy Trust please follow the link to the website.
Manor Hall Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
By engaging in this recruitment process, shortlisted candidates consent to an online search in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance 2025. This may help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which may indicate that you are unsuitable to work with children, and that we may want to explore with you at interview.
Please note this post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check, online checks and satisfactory references prior to interview. In addition, the successful candidate will be appointed subject to additional pre-employment checks, which include right to work and confirmation of appropriate qualifications.
Please follow the link to access The Meadows School website https://themeadows.manorhall.academy for policies and details of Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment, Online Searches, Data Protection and Disclosure of a Criminal Conviction.
All applications need to be made using the web portal www.mynewterm.com
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The Meadows School
- School type
- Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 19
- School size
- 129 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Meadows School website
School location
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