Cleaner - 2 days per week

Winhills Primary Academy, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2DX

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  22 October 2026

• Closing date

  8 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  23 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: £2,703.88 Annually (Actual) Hours will be Thursday and Friday 3.15-5.30

Cleaner - 2 days per week job summary

We are looking for a reliable and hardworkingPart-Time Cleaner to join our school team. The successful candidate will help maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment for our pupils, staff and visitors. The role involves carrying out a range of daily and weekly cleaning duties across the school, including classrooms, shared areas, toilets and staff areas. Attention to detail, a good standard of cleanliness and the ability to work independently are important.

Daily Tasks

• Sweep and mop all hard floors in classrooms. shared areas, public and staff areas and then toilets.
• Clean toilets, sinks and surrounds, taps, mirrors, door handles, flush handles, towel holders, with authorised disinfectant and descale WC pans. Replenish all toilet rolls, soap and paper towels as required.
• Empty all waste bins.
• Vacuum all carpets/doormats in classrooms and shared areas, public and staff areas.
• Place rubbish in main waste and recycling bins.

Additional Weekly Tasks

• Descaling sinks
• Dusting ledges, doors, radiators, shelves and other surfaces
• Cleaning/dusting all blinds, computers and interactive whiteboards.
• Clean sinks in shared areas and damp wipe cupboard doors and surfaces/ledges.

Deep Clean: Half Term and Holidays (7 times a year)

• In addition to normal cleaning covered above:
• Clean (damp wipe) plug sockets and pipes in all areas.
• Clean (damp wipe) light fittings (use of ladder required so must have completed Safe Ladder Training).
• All sinks scrubbed around taps and inside, and all cupboard doors scrubbed. Vacuum all edges of carpeted areas.
• Clean/dust walls and black posts etc. Remove all marks and black spots and shampoo/vax one classroom as directed.
• Clean hard floors with hard floor scrubbing machine, when directed.
• Movement of furniture to clean and vacuum out of reach areas.

The headteacher reserves the right to vary the duties depending on school requirements.

If you would like to discuss the role before applying, we would be delighted to welcome you. To make an appointment, please contact the school office on: 01480 211626 or office@winhills.cambs.sch.uk

Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants are thanked for their interest in this post. Please note that only the candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

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 Winhills Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 227 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Winhills Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/winhills-primary-academy

We have an excellent opportunity for a Nursery Manager to join us at Winhills Primary Academy.
Job purpose:

• To manage the day to day running of the Nursery to include co-ordinating the provision of a caring, safe, secure and stimulating environment, meeting the minimum Ofsted requirements.

• To plan a range of activities based on an observation and assessment cycle for children aged 2 – 4+ years.

• Managing a staff team, working under the direction of the EYFS Leader and the Headteacher to ensure policies and procedures are implemented at all times.

• To fulfil legal and statutory requirements

Benefits include;
• Collaborative approach to working;
• Opportunities to train/work with other academies within the
Diamond Learning Partnership Trust to share best practice and resources;
• A friendly and professional team;
• Local Government Pension Scheme;
• A caring and supportive working environment.

The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is a charitable multi-academy trust. We are building a thriving community of schools that succeed on behalf of their children. The Family of Academies within the Trust currently incorporates two hubs; St Neots and The Fenlands.

The St Neots hub has nine academies; Middlefield, Winhills, The Round House, Wintringham Great Staughton, Kimbolton, Roman Way, Braybrook and King James Academy. The Fenlands hub has five academies; Thomas Eaton, Glebelands, Leverington, Murrow, Gorefield and Burrowmoor. As such, joining our MAT means joining an organisation with an array of career opportunities that span fifteen different locations.

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