Cleaner (20 hours per wekk)
West Kirby Grammar School, Wirral, Merseyside, CH48 5DP18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
16 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday - all year round 20 hours per week (split morning / afternoon shifts) Holiday allowance of 15 days per annum plus bank holidays
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Actual salary
- £12,733 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
Cleaner
Fixed term, initially for one year and may be extended
20 hours per week – Monday to Friday (split morning / afternoon shifts)
Actual salary £12,733 per annum
Fixed term role
We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and able cleaner to join our in-house cleaning team with immediate effect. Prior experience in a similar role is desirable but not essential.
West Kirby Grammar School is a highly successful selective girls’ school with a coeducational Sixth Form. There are approximately 1,200 students on roll, and results are exceptional. In 2025, at GCSE 22% of all grades were at grade 9 and 44% at grades 9–8. At A-level, 65% of grades were A*–B, with the average grade being a B. The school was ranked 23rd nationally among state schools in the Telegraph’s annual rankings, placing us 1st among all state schools in Wirral, Merseyside and Chester.
Further information and an application form are available to download from the School’s website (www.wkgs.org) or by contacting the School on 0151 632 3449.
How to Apply
Complete the support staff application form and supply a letter, of no more than two sides, explaining why you wish to join our Site Team and what skills and experience you can bring to the school.
WKGS is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Please note that we do not accept CVs or approaches from Recruitment Agencies.
Closing date: Monday 3rd November 2025 at 9:00am
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 3rd November
Key Role/Function:
To provide high standards of cleanliness throughout the school – working individually as well as part of a team.
Specific Duties
Cleaning
- Be responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of your designated areas and for maintaining high and consistent standards
- Take initiative to perform cleaning and tidying tasks that are not specifically contained within the rota but require attention as part of maintaining overall high standards.
- Liaise with the Site Manager and Housekeeper and other members of staff as required to ensure the cleaning rota operates smoothly.
- Report cleaning supplies requirements and stock levels to the Housekeeper.
- Ensure Health & Safety, quality and general procedure compliance.
- Work as part of a team to meet standards and school objectives, report any Health and Safety issues to the Site Manager and Housekeeper.
- Report any obvious defects such as blocked toilets, broken fixtures and fittings etc to the Housekeeper during the completion of his/her duties.
- Any other reasonable requests made by the Site Manager or Housekeeper.
What we would like from you:
1. Qualifications
Good general education (E)
2. Experience
Ability to prioritise work and work in an organised manner (E)
Able to communicate clearly and follow instructions (E)
Experience of cleaning (E)
Experience of working as part of a team (D)
3. Knowledge
Ability to communicate with a wide range of people (E)
Initiative and the ability to work without supervision (E)
Be flexible to changing demands of the post (E)
Take pride in a job well done (E)
Knowledge of Health & Safety within the workplace (D)
4. Special Requirements
Ability to maintain confidentiality (E)
Must be in good health (E)
Professional approach to conduct, attendance and dress (E)
Enhanced DBS clearance and identity checks (E)
Excellent References (E)
What the school offers its staff
- Deadlines well publicised and staff consulted on the annual calendar
- Headteacher ‘Open Door’ Policy at all times
- Opportunities for professional development always considered
- Access for all staff to self-referral Health & Wellbeing Support package
- In-house Wellbeing Manager available to all staff, and Staff Wellbeing Committee that monitors and responds to staff needs.
- A flexible and generous approach to family appointments and child events
- On site car parking available
- Complimentary tea and coffee
- Regular social events organised by the Social Committee
Further information about the job
CV's or approaches from agencies are not accepted
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About West Kirby Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1186 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- West Kirby Grammar School website
- Email address
- office@wkgs.net
- Phone number
- 0151 632 3449
A selective, all-girls grammar school with co-educational sixth form, providing Wirral and the wider region with an outstanding education since 1913.
Every student arrives at West Kirby Grammar School with a unique combination of talents, skills and aspirations – it’s our job to help each of our students to discover and nurture theirs.
We do this by providing pupils with a wealth of opportunities and choices, enabling everyone to find out what they enjoy and are good at. We create a caring and supportive environment, whilst at the same time allowing students to solve problems for themselves, ensuring that we develop resilient and enterprising learners.
We don’t believe that anyone is born with fixed abilities and intelligence. With the right teaching, support and motivation, children can grow and thrive in subjects they never considered themselves to be cut out for. And whilst our academic record speaks for itself, we know that students learn and develop both in and out of the classroom. That’s why we offer such a broad range of extra-curricular opportunities, through which pupils develop vital life skills and forge lasting friendships.
Because of all of this, our students leave us equipped to thrive in a complex world, ready to make a positive contribution locally and globally as tomorrow’s leaders.
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