Cleaner

Waterside Academy, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL7 1NZ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP, depending on availability

• Closing date

  28 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  15 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: £25,614.00 Monthly £8,723 (Actual, based on 15 hours/week, term time only)

Cleaner job summary

About Waterside Academy

Waterside Academy is a 1 form entry primary school located in the heart of Welwyn Garden City. We are a warm and welcoming school community, committed to providing an exceptional education for all our pupils from Nursery through to Year 6.

At Waterside Academy, we pride ourselves on our supportive and collaborative staff team, who are dedicated to the professional development of all our colleagues.

Importantly, we are committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance for all our staff, recognising the vital importance of wellbeing in delivering high-quality education.

The Role

We are looking for a dedicated cleaner to support our existing cleaning team, to keep the school clean and tidy for 3 hours a day during the week from 3pm - 6pm.

What We Offer

A supportive and collaborative staff team

A term-time only role

A commitment to maintaining a healthy work-life balance

The Waterside Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. To support this, successful candidate will be subject to safeguarding checks, and shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search prior to interview.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early, should an outstanding candidate be appointed before the deadline.

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 Waterside Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 166 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Waterside Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waterside-academy

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