Cleaner

Dereham Church of England Junior Academy, Dereham, Norfolk, NR19 1BJ

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  3 October 2025

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: £7,605 actual pa

Cleaner job summary

Part of the Diocese of Norwich Education and Academies Trust

Tel: 01362 693876

Email: office@derehamjunior.dneat.org

• Salary - Scale B point 2, £7,605 actual pa (£24,413 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 12.5 hours per week
• Term Time + 4 weeks
• Required ASAP

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, hard working and conscientious person to join our existing team. To undertake the cleaning of a designated area under the direction of the Headteacher, Caretaker/School Business Manager.

The post will involve you working to ensure the site is cleaned throughout including but not limited to classrooms, corridors, toilets, changing rooms, staff areas and offices with cleaning duties to include:  

• Polishing furniture, cleaning window sills, doors, radiators, shelves, clearing rubbish, emptying bins, washing walls and cleaning floors (Vacuum, Mop, wash/scrub/buff machine)
• Ensure dispensers and cleaning consumables are replenished and available (toilet paper, paper towels and soap)
• To ensure the cleaning equipment is kept in a clean and working order
• Unblocking toilets, sinks, drains and cleaning up hygiene spills such as vomit etc
• Ensure the site is kept clean and tidy at all times and ensure duties are being completed to a high standard, reporting any faults with cleaning equipment or the building to the Caretaker/School Business Manager such as bulbs out, door handles loose or equipment failures 
• To be fully aware and comply with the control of substances Hazardous to Health Regulations (COSHH) and Health & Safety at work Act 1974

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact the school office to book an appointment or speak with the Headteacher or school office on 01362 693876.

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:    10 October 2025, 5pm

Interview date:  w/c  13 October 2025

DNEAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. 

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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, 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 Dereham Church of England Junior Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 387 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dereham Church of England Junior Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dereham-church-of-england-junior-academy

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