Cleaner

Central England Academy Trust, Nuneaton, CV11 4QH

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 2 hours per day Monday to Friday - to be worked between 3.30pm - 7pm . 40 weeks per year
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £5795.00 - £5886.41

What skills and experience we're looking for

Central England Academy Trustprovides excellent education to learners in Nuneaton and the surrounding areas. We have six schools: Oak Wood Primary School, Oak Wood Secondary School, Jade School, Higham Lane School, Higham Lane North School and Micheal Drayton Primary School. Together, we offer a comprehensive education to students aged 4 to 19 in both mainstream and SEND settings. We are a diverse Trust that celebrates individual learning needs, including profound, severe, and complex learning needs.

Oak Wood Primary Secondary School are successful specialist settings for children and young people aged from 4 to 19 with a broad spectrum of special educational needs and learning disabilities. We are seeking to recruit a cleaner to cover cleaning duties across the two schools.

Please see the job description for details of the full requirements for the role.

What the school offers its staff

At Central England Academy Trust, our staff are our most precious resource. Our offer to staff includes:

• A wonderful school with the most rewarding pupils and families.
• Competitive remuneration package;
• A generous defined benefit pension scheme;
• Excellent continuous professional development;
• Bespoke training and support from the Trust team to meet your needs;
• We provide a supportive Employee Assistance Programme, providing practical and emotional support
• Employee benefits scheme, offering discount on everyday and lifestyle essentials.
• Free, onsite parking
• Subsidised eye care for extended users of VDU.
• Health Cash Plan
• Gym memberships scheme
• Cycle to work scheme

• A nurturing group of staff who are committed to helping pupils to achieve their potential.
• A strong ethos and collaborative working.
• Dedicated teaching assistants and pastoral support.
• A rigorous induction programme and opportunities for quality, professional development.
• Close links with the local community

The successful applicants will also be expected to undergo core training.

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 and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment. All successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and will be taken through the Trust's vetting procedure.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks:
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced DBS
Medical
Online and social media
Prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must let us know about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

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About Central England Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Central England Academy Trust website
• Email address: vsheppard@oakwoodschools.co.uk
• Phone number: 02476 740 901
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/central-england-academy-trust

Thank you for your interest in joining Central England Academy Trust. Our diverse Trust serves families in Nuneaton and the surrounding areas, and currently consists of 5 schools: a primary special school, a secondary special school, two mainstream secondary schools and a mainstream junior school. We are also delighted to be opening a brand-new mainstream primary school in September 2026.

Our Trust’s core values summarise what is important to us and what we actively promote:

Collaboration: To work closely and productively with others for the greater good of everyone involved. To be positive, thoughtful and supportive towards others through showing appreciation and respect of own and other cultures, values and beliefs. We want everyone in our Trust to feel as though they are an important part of a large family.

Equity: Recognising that we do not start from the same place equity is about providing others with what they need in order to provide an equal access to opportunities. We want our school communities to be happy, empowered and supported through democratic processes and robust systems and structures where the autonomy, strengths and the uniqueness of the individual is supported, promoted and celebrated.

Aspiration: To always be ambitious ensuring that pupils and staff in our schools have the knowledge and skills to progress towards their aspirations and beyond. To support pupils to take their place in society and achieve success in adulthood.

Trust: To feel safe knowing that the reactions of others are well meaning and that systems and structures to support are consistent and predicable. To be well-informed and kept up-to-date and empowered to communicate wishes, concerns and opinions without fear of retribution.

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