Cleaner

Knightsfield School, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 7LW

29 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  25 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 May 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: £8,276.00 Annually (Actual) Term time only role

Cleaner job summary

We are looking for a Cleaner to work 3 hours a day term-time only, either before or after school hours [ either 3 hours before 8.30am, or 3 hours in the late afternoon/evening].

You will report into the Site Manager who with the Premises team helps to maintain the cleanliness of the school so that it is a safe, positive environment for our pupils to learn in.

Duties include:

• To clean all surface areas in designated areas as timetabled by the Site Manager
• Vacuuming and cleaning of floors using supplied equipment
• Cleaning walls and other paintwork as required
• Emptying waste bins in designated areas
• Cleaning pupil & staff toilets (as required)
• Replenishing consumables including handwash, tissues, paper towels (as required)

Knightsfield School is a great place to work!

Our wider responsibilities include:

• Complying with Knightsfield School's Child Protection, Safeguarding & Health & Safety policies
• Participating and engaging with training and relevant meetings (as required)
• Being committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.

Knightsfield School will provide rubber gloves to mitigate the risk to employees from exposure to strong cleaning materials.

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 Knightsfield School

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 9 to 18
• School size: 73 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Knightsfield School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knightsfield-school

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