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Cleaner

Eckington Junior School, Sheffield, Derbyshire, S21 4FL

This job expired on 13 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  13 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 June 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: £5,358.00 Annually (Actual) The salary quoted is the actual salary for 10 hours per week. The role is term time only and permanent

Cleaner job summary

About this Role

Eckington Junior School is situated in a pleasant and attractive environment. Alongside this, there is a well-informed and talented set of School Champions (Local Governing Board) who provide ‘critical friendship’ in their role. These constructive and productive working relationships at Champions Board level have ensured that Senior Leaders and staff are fully supported in their role, as well as appropriately challenged to bring about the best educational opportunities for all of the pupils within the school.
We are seeking to appoint a cleaner to maintain a high standard of cleanliness within classrooms, corridors, offices and toilets. This will require duties such as vacuuming, dusting and cleaning of washroom areas, tables, chairs, etc.
A good understanding of cleaning chemicals and equipment would be desirable.
Working Pattern
10 hours per week over 5 days, term time only. Hours are to be worked from 4.00 pm until 6.00pm, Monday to Thursday and 3.30pm until 5.30pm on Friday
Context
The descriptions below of our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ define the work we are developing as a Trust. They are an aspiration, and we are always striving to achieve them.
We ensure our ‘why’, ‘how’ and ‘what’ hold us to account for the work we do.
Why do we exist?
Our purpose is to ensure every LEARNER has choices about their future
Our first job is to support and extend learning for pupils to provide them with the skills and knowledge to make those choices.
Our second job is to make sure no child is ignored, no family is unsupported and no life is wasted, by providing intervention at the earliest opportunity.
Our responsibility to education is to provide an environment where practitioners can collaborate, learn from each other, take risks and reflect.

How will we act?
We will use our purpose as a driver for our culture, ensuring we are;
Connected (sharing information openly, broadly and deliberately)
Helpful (embracing servant leadership and use initiative to solve the problem)
Organised (employing efficient strategies and trust colleagues to deliver)
Informed (asking coaching questions to understand what is happening)
Candid (disagreeing openly and compassionately)
Effective (only retaining our best elements and looking for continuous improvement)
Simple (avoiding complexity and increasing clarity)
What is our strategy?
We will use our culture to ensure the work of the Trust;
Focuses on creating capacity (time and resources) for schools
Ensures support is agile, providing intervention at the earliest opportunity
Supports schools to employ and invest in the best educators for children
Eckington Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Eckington Junior School is committed to creating a diverse workforce. We will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, religion, belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, pregnancy, maternity, age, disability, marriage or civil partnership.

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.

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About Eckington Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 136 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Eckington Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/eckington-junior-school

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