Cleaner

Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care, Plymouth, Devon, PL2 2NJ

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  23 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: PCC pay scale Grade A

Cleaner job summary

You will work as part of the team, undertaking various cleaning duties throughout the school to ensure our children’s learning environment and staff work place is always clean.

Successful candidates will have:

Essential:

• Experience in cleaning duties and knowledge of best practices in cleaning
• Ability to work under own initiative with limited supervision
• Awareness of the importance of providing a quality service and satisfying the cleaning requirements of the school
• Awareness of the importance of hygiene in the work place
• Ability to work on your own and to work as part of a team
• Reliable

Desirable:

• Level 2 cleaning qualification
• Understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education and their responsibilities for Safeguarding
• Understanding of Health and Safety regulations as they relate to the operation of cleaning equipment and materials
• Awareness of Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
• Understanding of the School’s ethos and values
• Understanding of school policies and willingness and ability to work within these
• A ‘Can do attitude’

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

A positive working environment within a well-resourced school

Training to ensure you can fulfil all aspects of the job description

The support of a highly professional, committed and happy staff team

Applying for the job

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

https://teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/jobseekers/50190831-dd47-4f4c-ace8-e61ea1a211ea/job_application/new

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.

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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 Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 0 to 5
• Education phase: Nursery
• Size: 89 pupils enrolled
• Age range: Not given
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ham Drive Nursery School and Day Care website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ham-drive-nursery-school-and-day-care

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