Cleaner

Alston Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B9 5UN

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  11 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  29 April 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: £24,413.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Annually (FTE)

Cleaner job summary

Alston Primary School, an academy within Leigh Trust, are looking to appoint a reliable, hardworking and experienced cleaner to work 15 hours per week. The role will involve a variety of general school cleaning duties, from 3.30pm to 6.30pm daily, Monday to Thursday and 3.00pm - 6.00pm on Friday, all year round. All necessary training will be provided.

Alston is a vibrant, busy school in a changing landscape and the Governors and Leadership team are looking for staff who:

Help maintain the fabric of the school building.

Provide a clean and pleasant environment in order to facilitate the effective teaching of pupils and its full use by those who occupy it.

To maintain cleanliness in order to prevent any health risk from occurring.

We can offer you a supportive working environment with an experienced team and full training will be given.

Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding & Child Protection

Alston Primary believes that its workforce should reflect the local community and that all groups within the community should have equal access to the Trust’s employment opportunities. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Alston Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks including: Enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable reference. An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2023. This means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account."

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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 Alston Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 634 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Alston Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/alston-primary-school

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