Cleaner (Maternity Cover)

Ark Ayrton Primary Academy, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO5 4LS

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Jan 27

• Closing date

  23 November 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  11 November 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: £13.04 per hour - pending pay award increase

Cleaner (Maternity Cover) job summary

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated cleaner.  This role will involve taking responsibility for ensuring that the academy is kept clean, tidy and sanitised to maintain an excellent school environment for staff and pupils. The successful candidate will ensure that their work is carried out to the highest possible standard, monitoring and reporting on the condition of each area daily.

Key Responsibilities

• To work as part of the cleaning team as directed around the Academy, ensuring that it is kept clean, hygienic and safe to the required standard
• To correctly use the cleaning equipment and materials provided, ensuring that all cleaning is undertaken to the required standard and in compliance with health and safety policies and procedures
• To work as part of the cleaning team to deliver a programme of deep cleaning sessions of all areas of the Academy during the holiday and throughout the year as directed by the Site Manager
• Provide cover for other cleaning staff as directed by the Site Manager

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.

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 Ark Ayrton Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 495 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ark Ayrton Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ark-ayrton-primary-academy

Ark Ayrton Primary School and Nursery is a popular school in the heart of Portsmouth. As part of the Ark network of schools, we are committed to making sure that every child has access to a great education and real choices in life.

We have high expectations of our children and for our children of what they can achieve. Our priorities are to ensure all children are here, safe, happy and learning well at all times. We have a strong and dedicated staff team at Ayrton - all ready to provide the best education and environment for the children to thrive in every day. We have a bespoke ‘Horizons’ Curriculum, written by us for our children and we are passionate and relentless in ensuring that there is something for everyone at Ark Ayrton.

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