12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    June 2026 (Potential for sooner depending on availability)

  • Closing date

    1 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    20 May 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,804.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £10,096.58, This is a 41 weeks per year contract (41 weeks per year equates to term time plus 15 shifts at agreed times during the school holidays)

Cleaner job summary

FWS - Cleaner Grade 2 Maternity Leave Fixed Term 12 Months

We are seeking hard-working, dedicated school cleaners with a ‘can do attitude’, to work in our special school. You will work as a part of the team undertaking various cleaning duties throughout the school to ensure our children’s learning environment is always clean.

Start Date June 2026 (Potential for sooner depending on availability)

Salary: Grade 2 £24,804.00 FTE.

Actual salary £10,096.58

This is a 41 weeks per year contract (41 weeks per year equates to term time plus 15 shifts at agreed times during the school holidays)

You will be working 17 hours per week during term time, working 6:00am - 9:30am Monday to Friday, plus a minimum of 34 hours to be worked during school closures.

We would like you to have:

Experience in cleaning duties and knowledge of best practices in cleaning.

Ability to work under own initiative without supervision to ensure work is completed and of the highest standard.

Awareness of the importance of providing a quality service to meet the cleaning requirements of the school.

Reliable

An understanding of Keeping Children Safe in Education and your responsibilities for Safeguarding

An understanding of Health and Safety regulations relating to the operation of cleaning machinery and materials.

Awareness of the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)

Closing date: 01/06/2026

Interview date: 05/06/2026

The Open Thinking Partnership is committed to the safeguarding of children and young people. An enhanced disclosure from the DBS will be required for this post.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to a check being carried out at an Enhanced level by the Disclosure and Barring Service regarding any previous criminal record.

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

Forest Way School is committed to Safeguarding Children and Young People.

As this post is required to work in 'Regulated Activity' an enhanced DBS with a Barred list check is essential.

Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches.

Please see our website for our Child Protection/Safeguarding Policy and Privacy Notice for Job Applicants

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.

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About Forest Way School

School type
Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 19
School size
283 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 19
Ofsted report
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Forest Way is an Area Special School for students aged 3 to 19, with a range of needs including SLD, MLD, PMLD and ASD

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