Cleaner

Old Trafford Community Academy, Manchester, M15 4FL

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Monday 22nd April 2026.

• Closing date

  23 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  5 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: £7,493.00 Annually (Actual)

Cleaner job summary

Old Trafford Community Academy has a vacancy for someone to join our Site Team. If you are someone with an keen eye for detail who clearly understands the need for high standards and ensuring our school is well presented to the whole school and community, you may be the perfect addition to our team. Joining the team at OTCA you will become part of an established and successful primary academy, which is proud to be part of Focus Trust.

The Role:

You will be working:

12.5 hours per week during term time (39 weeks) plus an additional three weeks during holiday periods.

Cleaners at our school need to be flexible and will be expected to work across all areas of the school. You will be responsible for a specific area of the building, but will also be required to support colleagues elsewhere in the school, as required. Interested applicants need to be aware that this is a physical role which involves a lot of lifting and moving of equipment & furnishing.

You will be required to use a variety of equipment and techniques to ensure that our children are greeted by a clean environment that will help to support their learning and development. You will be offered support to learn how to use equipment as well as a variety of training to help with your own personal development.

You will need to develop strong relationships with your colleagues to ensure you can provide the best support possible to them and help the whole school community on our journey to be a great school at the heart of a great community.

Focus-Trust

Focus-Trust was established in 2012. We are a charitable primary trust, based in the North West of England and West Yorkshire and are dedicated to working with our 15 primary schools.

It is the core purpose of Focus-Trust to continually strive to be a learning organisation, where the learning of all children and adults is valued and promoted.

We passionately believe equality of opportunity starts with education; irrespective of where you were born or where you live, a high-quality education in one of our great schools will make a fundamental difference to all our children's lives, career prospects and social mobility.

We are proud to have a great team of people working in our central team and within our schools who always put children at the heart of our practice. We are committed to providing excellent professional development opportunities for all our staff and always aim to be an employer of choice.

We welcome people who share our values and approach to our work and who can help us make our mission a reality; : ‘Learning together, making the difference’ and help us demonstrate our vision; ‘Great schools at the heart of our communities’.

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Additional Reasons to Join Us:

ü Automatic enrolment into a Teachers or Local Government Pension Scheme (albeit employees can opt out if they choose to)

ü Terms and conditions which are in line with national for Teaching staff and a Focus-Trust pay and grading structure which applies to all support staff across the Trust.

ü Access to the employee assistance programme to support with great health and wellbeing for all

ü Cycle to work schemes available

ü Excellent opportunities for professional and career development

Commitment to Safeguarding

Focus-Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. There is an explicit expectation that all staff, trustees, governors and volunteers share this commitment and adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures. Applicants should be aware that the recruitment process will include an assessment of your suitability to work with children and must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Focus-Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.

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

Old Trafford Community Academy is committed to safeguarding children, and this commitment is reflected in our recruitment processes.

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 Old Trafford Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Old Trafford Community Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/old-trafford-community-academy

Old Trafford Community Academy is a very special place. We have a very diverse school community, with an equally diverse range of strengths and needs. We are ambitious for all our children, and committed to going the extra mile to remove barriers to learning. We aim to be a community school in the widest sense of the word, supporting children within the context of their family and their wider communities.

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