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  • Job start date

    9 June 2025

  • Closing date

    11 May 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    28 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 20 hours per week (1:30pm – 5:30pm), with flexible working during school holidays

Contract type

Fixed term - Start: 9th June 2025 - Expected end: 31st December 2025 - Maternity or parental leave cover

Hourly rate

£14.09 per hour (FTE £23,952, Col1 scale)

What skills and experience we're looking for

What We're Looking For

  • Experience in cleaning (any setting)
  • A strong attention to detail and pride in your work
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Reliable, punctual, and self-motivated
  • A positive attitude and friendly approach

What the school offers its staff

Why Join Us?

  • Be part of a supportive and welcoming team
  • A valued role where you make a visible difference every day
  • Flexibility during school holidays
  • On-the-job training and support available
  • Opportunity to work in a rewarding and respectful environment

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.

Cleaner (Maternity Cover)

Hours:20hours per week (1:30pm – 5:30pm), with flexible working during school holidays

Contract:Temporary – maternity cover. Start: 9th June 2025 - Expected end: 31st December 2025

Salary:£14.09 per hour (FTE £23,952, Col1 scale)

Reporting to: Estates Manager

Main Purpose

We’re looking for a dedicated and reliable Cleaner to join our school team on a maternity cover contract. You’ll play a key role in helping us provide a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for our students, staff, and visitors. Whether you’ve worked in a school before or not, if you take pride in a job well done and have a great work ethic, we’d love to hear from you.

What You’ll Be Doing

As part of our site team—or occasionally working independently—you’ll be responsible for:

  • Daily cleaning of classrooms, toilets, corridors and shared spaces
  • Sweeping, dusting, mopping, vacuuming, and polishing surfaces
  • Emptying and sanitising bins
  • Replenishing cleaning supplies (e.g. soap, toilet paper)
  • Reporting any maintenance or damage issues you notice
  • Following health and safety guidance, including safe use of cleaning equipment
  • Carrying out deeper cleaning tasks during school holidays
  • Occasionally, you may help with other duties under the guidance of the Estates Manager.

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.

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Additional documents

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

About Colyton Grammar School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary school
School size
1071 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Colyton Grammar School is a state-funded academy with a selective intake, situated in East Devon.

Arranging a visit to Colyton Grammar School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email mchambers@colytongrammar.com.

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