Cleaner

Hadrian Academy, Dunstable, Bedfordshire, LU5 4SR

Deadline is today

• Start date details

  Monday 1st September

• Closing date

  15 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 July 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: £5,316.00 Annually (Actual) Level 1A, point 2

Cleaner job summary

Come and join the friendly team at Hadrian Academy!

Days/Hours: 7 hours 30 minutes per week after school spread evenly over 5 days on a permanent contract.

Purpose of the role: To undertake cleaning duties at Hadrian Academy
The cleaning team as a whole are responsible for maintaining high standards of cleanliness throughout the school, with each cleaner being responsible for an area of the school.

Main areas of responsibility:
Cleaning of designated areas (classrooms, offices, receptions areas, school hall, toilets etc.) to ensure they are kept in a hygienic condition including:

• Vacuuming and cleaning floors using appropriate cleaning solutions
• Dusting and polishing furniture and other surfaces
• Cleaning walls and other paintwork, tiling and mirrors
• Emptying and cleaning waste bins
• Cleaning toilets, sinks and basins

Skills / Knowledge / Abilities:

• Ability to carry out general cleaning duties
• Is punctual and reliable.
• Ability to manage time effectively to complete tasks to a high level.
• Ability to prioritise work.
• Able to work with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work both alone and within a team to achieve specified standards.
• Be flexible to changing demands of the post.
• Take pride in a job well done.
• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of why Equal Opportunities are important in employment and service delivery.
• Ability to respect and value the different experiences, ideas and backgrounds others can bring to work and teams.
• Have an awareness of and display a commitment to the relevant legislation and guidance in working practices in relation to the safeguarding of children and young people.
• To undertake any training relevant to your role.
• Must be in good health.

Hadrian Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Enhanced DBS disclosure and Barred List checks are required for this post. You should not apply if you are on the Children’s Barred List.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, on line searches are carried out on successful candidates.

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 Hadrian Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 383 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hadrian Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hadrian-academy

We specialise in the Arts and Sport whilst maintaining high standards in English, Maths and Science. OFSTED 2018 commented that “Pupils’ enthusiasm for learning is tangible” and “Pupils and their parents and carers are very positive about the school”.

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