Caretaker
Tring School, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23 5JD5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
June 2025
Closing date
17 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
27 February 2025
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
- £14,103.00 - £14,789.00 Annually (Actual) Herts Payscale H4
Caretaker job summary
We are looking to recruit a Caretaker to work as part of a team under the guidance of the Business and Estates Director ensuring that the school premises and associated facilities are maintained at all times. Day-to-day duties will include the maintenance of premises, equipment and plant, litter-picking, receipt and distribution of deliveries, security of the buildings including testing of alarms and fault reporting, setting up of facilities and ensuring the premises meet Health and Safety requirements.
Main Areas of Responsibility:
To work as part of the site team, responding to day-to-day requests from stakeholders
Undertake scheduled maintenance of equipment, including the testing and operation of water systems, residual current devices, fire and security alarms and the visual checks of light switches, plug sockets, etc. reporting faults.
Carry out minor repairs and general maintenance tasks, commensurate with experience and level of responsibility.
Report to the Premises and Facilities officer any repairs and/or maintenance work required at the premises which cannot be undertaken as part of the above duties.
Undertake site portering of supplies and equipment, set-ups, transportation, lifting, handling tasks and litter management duties
Carry out security procedures for grounds, premises and their contents including the routine and non-routine opening and closing of premises as required
To work within the schools’ policies and procedures
See Job Description/Person Specification for further details
We will offer you a positive and innovative learning culture supported by students, staff, parents and governors. We have enthusiastic students who are willing to learn and behave well in and around the school, and a professional, hardworking and supportive team of staff with capacity and commitment to raise student achievement even further.
Tring School can offer the successful candidate:
Training for school specific systems as required
Children of staff have second priority admission after 2 years’ service or recruited to fill a post with a demonstrable skill shortage
Free and confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
Cycle to Work scheme and free on-site parking
Free flu vaccinations
Dedicated wellbeing team who are extremely passionate about ensuring our staff are well looked after
Discounted membership to our onsite Sports Centre, offering swimming and exercise classes
Tring School is very popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England comprehensive school with over 1500 students on roll including 330 in the Sixth Form. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’ Staff wellbeing is incredibly important to Tring School and we have a wellbeing team who organise events and surprises to support staff, as well as links to external support via our Employee Assistance Program. All staff receive high quality CPD opportunities provided to the whole school and within the department.
We are proud to be joined by two local Primary schools in our closely formed MAT, The Ridgeway Learning Partnership, where we create a seamless educational journey from ages 3-19.
We warmly welcome visits.
“The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.”Safer recruitment Policy , Child protection Policy KCSIE 2024
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 are not accepted.
About Tring School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1568 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Tring School website
Tring School is popular and over-subscribed, serving the town of Tring and the surrounding villages. It is a mixed Church of England all-ability school, 1500 on roll, over 300 Post-16. Academic attainment is well above average and improving year on year. The school strives to support and encourage individual growth within a caring community. We have a talented team of staff who are ambitious to become outstanding in all areas of our work. Ofsted Inspection November 2017 stated: ‘Pupils are highly motivated to learn.' ‘Teaching is good overall with outstanding features.’
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