Cleaner

Longtown Primary School, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA6 5UG

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  6 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 October 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: £13,376.39 - £13,376.39 Annually (Actual) Grade 1

Cleaner job summary

• Hours of work: 22
• Working pattern: Mon-Friday
• Term weeks: 38 + 2 weeks school closure, minimum paid weeks 45.797

Longtown Primary School is a school very much at the heart of the local community it serves. It has a long and proud tradition of educating and inspiring the children of Cumbria. The Trustees are seeking to employ a cleaner to undertake the following duties:

• General cleaning duties will include vacuuming, floor mopping, dusting, emptying bins etc.
  
• Ensuring that areas are cleaned regularly and to the highest standards at all times
  
• Maintaining health and safety standards and complying with relevant risk assessments
• Ensuring equipment is cleaned, maintained and stored correctly

The successful candidate will:

• Awareness of Health & Hygiene procedures
• Willingness to attend and participate in training
• Able to identify own training needs and co-operate with means to address these
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to relate well to children

If you have the qualities we require, along with the passion and aspirations to contribute to the success of the School and the MAT, we urge you to hit the "Apply" button.

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, online 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 Longtown Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 182 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/longtown-primary-school

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