Cleaner
St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5LH6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP or September 2026 - subject to clearances
Closing date
24 August 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 August 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
- £10,384.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 3 SCP 3 (£25,615 FTE) - Hourly rate £13.28
Cleaner job summary
St Augustine’s School is seeking a Cleaner to join our team. Reporting to the School Caretaker, you will play a vital role in providing a high-quality cleaning service that ensures a healthy environment for our pupils and staff.
Hours/ Working Pattern: 15 hours per week - 15:30-18:30 - Monday to Friday - Hours can be consolidated / worked more flexibly in the school holidays agreed with line manager.
Closing Date: Monday 24th midnight
Interview date: TBC
Start Date: September 2026 or ASAP subject to clearances
Are you a reliable, proactive, and thorough individual who takes pride in creating a clean, safe, and welcoming environment? Do you enjoy working as part of a dedicated team to support the daily running of a school community?
What the Role Involves
As a Cleaner, you will maintain high standards of cleanliness across designated areas of the school. Key responsibilities include:
Vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and buffing floor surfaces.
Thoroughly cleaning and disinfecting toilets, washbasins, fixtures, and replenishing supplies like soap and paper towels.
Dusting, wiping down, and disinfecting classroom furniture, desks, doors, handles, windowsills, and computer equipment.
Emptying rubbish bins, replacing liners, and taking waste to external bins following recycling policies.
Carrying out high-level dusting, wall washing, window cleaning, and floor stripping/polishing during holiday periods or following building works.
Reporting property defects or maintenance issues promptly and ensuring areas are secured after cleaning.
What We Are Looking For
Previous experience in domestic, commercial, or school cleaning, including deep cleaning and operating cleaning machinery, is desirable.
Basic knowledge of Health & Safety requirements, safe use of chemicals (COSHH), and assessing risks within a school environment.
An understanding of and strong commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of children.
Self-motivated, punctual, reliable, and capable of following instructions and working well within a team.
Good interpersonal skills to communicate calmly and effectively with children, staff, and visitors.
Basic IT literacy for simple communication/stock requests, a willingness to support our school's Catholic ethos, and suitability to undergo enhanced DBS vetting checks.
St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to enhanced DBS clearance and appropriate vetting procedures.
Before submitting your application, please note: In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and safer recruitment requirements, an online search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates. This search will be carried out by the Human Resources team and will only take place if your application is shortlisted. Its purpose is solely to assess your suitability for the role and to ensure there is no evidence that would call this into question. By submitting an application, you are providing consent for this search to be conducted.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim for our workforce to reflect this diversity. We are equally committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and adults. The school operates a robust child protection policy, and all staff members receive safeguarding training appropriate to their role at induction and throughout their employment. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
Disclaimer
By submitting this application form, you declare that all information provided is accurate and truthful. You further confirm that you have not used any artificial intelligence (AI) tools or software to generate, edit, or enhance any part of this application. Any application found to have utilized AI will be subject to disqualification.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
St Cuthbert’s Roman Catholic Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding children and
young people. All post holders are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and barring disclosure.
The Trust is an equal opportunities employer.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Augustine's Catholic School - a Catholic voluntary academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 610 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
St Augustine’s success over the last 3 years has seen us become oversubscribed, invest heavily in our staff development and celebrate sustained results and outstanding pupil progress. We take from right across the coastal area which makes us a truly diverse school community.
Although we may be a smaller than average school (607 on roll) we certainly think big – and our calm and purposeful ethos of learning is frequently commented on from our school community and visitors. Staff know our students well and together we form a cohesive community.
Due to the quality of CPD, colleagues that support each other and a sense of fun and enjoyment we have seen our staff stay and develop – and as such our school has low staff turnover and high staff retention.
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