Cleaner

Lawn Primary School, Derby, Derbyshire, DE22 2QR

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  17 March 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: £8,646.25

Cleaner job summary

School Cleaner

Required from ASAP

Part time 15 Hours per week

3.15pm to 6.15pm Monday to Friday

Permanent, Term time only

Salary Grade A point 3 (FTE £24,796 per annum)

£8,646.25 actual salary per annum

 

Lawn Primary School is seeking to appoint a contentious cleaner, our school is an outstanding primary school with 432 pupils.

Main Responsibilities are:

 

·       To undertake the cleaning of the school buildings using the necessary chemicals and equipment.

·       To carry out a range of cleaning duties, including sweeping, vacuum cleaning, floor polishing, dusting, mopping, maintaining sanitary items, etc.

·       To comply with legislation, school procedures and safe working practices.

·       To report faults and hazards to the Site Manager, as soon as possible.

·       To assist members of the school Cleaning staff with other duties, as required.

·       To undertake training relevant to their job, in order to ensure that their work is carried out to the highest possible standard.

·       To work on their own initiative, unsupervised whilst carrying out their duties.

·       To have a helpful attitude towards customers' needs, at all times.

 

 You will:

 

·       Have a basic understanding of different cleaning methods and equipment.

·       Be able to be trained to carry out a range of cleaning duties, including using different equipment and materials safely.

·       Have a basic awareness of Health and Safety.

·       Be able to work as part of a team

·       Be able to work on your own initiative and to ask for help when required.

 

In return we offer:

 

• A welcoming community and a highly motivated, professional staff team that are driven towards continuously raising standards.
• A happy working environment with friendly and well-behaved children,
• Excellent professional development opportunities through an extensive range of network groups and other Transform Trust initiatives
• Calm and purposeful environments
• Excellent partnerships between pupils, staff, parents, governors and community
• Suitable training, including First Aid, where required.
• Career opportunities as part of a successful Multi Academy Trust

Closing date for applications: 13th April 2026 or sooner is a successful candidate is secured.

Interviews will be held on: Thursday 16th April 2026

 

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 Lawn Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 435 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lawn Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lawn-primary-school-derby

We have a very talented and committed teaching and support staff team who offer the children many different ways to excel and achieve. The school curriculum is differentiated to provide challenge for our more able pupils and support for those with any special educational needs. We have an extensive range of extra-curricular activities that provide an extra dimension to the opportunities for learning. We are continually developing our technological facilities to ensure that all of our pupils can access and benefit from the digital learning environment.

Our mission statement “DREAM, BELIEVE, ACHIEVE” reflects our understanding and beliefs. It promotes the spiritual, moral, cultural, mental and physical development of pupils at the school. This leads to a consistently high level of pupil achievement, preparing pupils for the challenges, opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
Mental health and wellbeing plays a vital role in education and impact on our students’ learning. This academic year the school is committed to working towards the School Mental Health Award. This is supported by the Carnegie School of Education at Leeds Beckett University who say:
“The Department for Education recognises the direct link between positive mental health in schools and successful educational outcomes; the Mental Health Award for Schools builds on this link and provides a framework for educational institutions to evidence policies and initiatives that work towards improving emotional health and wellbeing for both staff and pupils.”

for more information about our school please check out our website http://www.lawn.derby.sch.uk/

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