Caretaker

The Radcliffe School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK12 5BT

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

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: £26,706 - £30,740 per annum, depending on experience and skills
• Additional allowances:

  £26,706 - £30,740 per annum, depending on experience and skills

Caretaker job summary

CARETAKER

37 hours per week, 52 weeks per annum

£26,706 - £30,740 per annum, depending on experience and skills

We are looking for a reliable, energetic and organised Caretaker to join our busy team from January 2026. The ideal candidate will be organised, friendly and a team player and will be willing to work hard around the school site, and use common sense to help keep the site safe, clean and in good repair.

Responsibilities will include caretaking duties, maintenance work (including the grounds), some general and emergency cleaning, emergency repairs, portering and liaising with contractors and school users. Previous experience in a similar role is desirable but not essential. Additional skills, such as DIY, painting and decorating, would be useful.

We are ideally looking for someone who could work Monday to Friday. We currently operate two shifts: 6am-2pm and 8am-4pm. A flexible approach and a willingness to occasionally cover colleagues will be helpful, especially during particularly busy periods, annual leave and absence.

Applicants must be fit and healthy. A clean driving licence would be useful, but not essential.

If you are a team player with a flexible approach and a positive, can-do attitude, and would like to find out more about this role, please go to www.radcliffeschool.org.uk to apply. The deadline for applications is 9am on Monday 3 November 2025.

The Radcliffe School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS disclosure. We are an equal opportunities employer.

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 The Radcliffe School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1210 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Radcliffe School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-radcliffe-school

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