Cleaner

Gorsefield Primary School, Manchester, M26 4DW

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  12 October 2026

• Closing date

  18 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 September 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: £13.28 per hour

Cleaner job summary

Join our Team as a Cleaner!

TITLE: Cleaner

SCHOOL:  Gorsefield Primary School, Robertson Street, Radcliffe, Manchester, M26 4DW.

DIRECTORATE: Forward as One Multi Academy Trust

REPORTING TO: Headteacher

GRADE: NJC 03- £13.28 per hour                  

CONTRACT: Permanent

HOURS: All year round, 15 hours per week / 3.30pm – 6.30pm, Monday - Friday

                                          

PURPOSE OF POST: Assist in the provision of a clean and safe working environment for the school.

MAIN DUTIES

To deliver a cleaning service against an agreed specification in the school.

To keep cleaning equipment in a safe and clean condition and to report any unsafe electrical equipment to the office immediately.

To store chemicals/consumables in a safe and secure place and to ensure efficient and effective usage.

To order chemicals/consumables as necessary either through the Cleaning Supervisor ensuring that stock levels do not fall to an unacceptable level.

To inform line management of problems actual or potential relating to delivery of cleaning service.

To promote customer relationship with on site clients.

To carry out any other duties as management may require.

Develop oneself and others – To make every effort to access development opportunities and ensure you spend time with your manager identifying your development needs through your personal development plan. To be ready to share learning with others.

Valuing Diversity –To accept everyone has a right to their distinct identity. To treat everyone with dignity and respect, and to ensure that what all our customers tell us is valued by reporting it back into the organisation. To be responsible for promoting and participating in the achievement of the departmental valuing diversity action plan.

Closing date: 18th September 2026 – 12 noon

Start Date: 12th October 2026

Please send any queries to: HR@fa1.uk

Safeguarding Statement:

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025, as part of our recruitment process we will carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to identify any comment, image or other content that could cause reputational damage to the trust and/or give rise to a safeguarding concern. If we discover anything during our searches this will be passed on to the recruitment manager and discussed during interview.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS plus Children’s Barred List Check.

Pre-employment checks will be undertaken before appointment is confirmed.

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 Gorsefield Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 332 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Gorsefield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gorsefield-primary-school

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