Cleaner
Colyton Grammar School, Colyton, Devon, EX24 6HNThis job expired on 22 August 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
3 October 2025
Closing date
22 August 2025 at 11:59am
Date listed
5 August 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Casual
Full-time equivalent salary
- £14.09 per hour (FTE £23,952, Col1 scale)
Cleaner job summary
Cleaner (Maternity Cover)
Hours: 15 hours per week (2:30pm – 5:30pm), with flexible working during school holidays
Contract: Temporary – maternity cover. Start: 3rd October 2025 - Expected end: 2nd October 2026
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.
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
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
If you have questions or would like more information, please get in touch with us.
Further information about the job
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.
About Colyton Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1071 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Colyton Grammar School website
Colyton Grammar School is a state-funded academy with a selective intake, situated in East Devon.
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