Cleaner
River Mead School, Melksham, Wiltshire, SN12 7ED19 days remaining to apply
Job start date
30 June 2025
Closing date
30 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
9 May 2025
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
- £23,656.00 Annually (FTE) pro rata
Cleaner job summary
A bit about us:
EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing each school’s individual and distinctive character. We believe every child has the right to an inspiring and fulfilling education and we seek to improve the life chances of all those we serve; therefore, we make it our mission to give Every Child, Every Chance of success.
At EQUA Mead, we are an inclusive, passionate and forward-looking educational organisation. We are a Trust of seventeen primary schools, two secondary schools and eight nurseries, all based in Wiltshire. In addition, we have three additional schools joining us in September 2025. Across our schools, we also have four Resource Bases that provide specialist education to children and young people with complex needs.
We believe in the power of education to transform lives and shape a brighter future. We are dedicated to fostering a strong sense of community where everyone works together to achieve their very best. At all of our schools, we do all we can to enable each child and young person to realise their full potential and to develop positive social and moral values.
We understand that successful schools are rooted in their local community. We respect and value the individual nature and ethos of each school while knowing we are more effective when we work together and support each other. We are a mixed Trust that benefits from both church and non-church-based schools and we actively celebrate this diversity. We are highly inclusive and collaborate closely to promote a culture of openness and integrity.
We thrive on providing a wealth of support to schools and seek to empower school leaders. Our CPD, NPQs, ITT, networks, training, research programmes and range of courses underpin a comprehensive development programme for all staff, whilst ensuring wellbeing is at the centre of all decision making.
Inclusion is the beating heart of our organisation, and we cherish it in our staff just like we do in our children. We are committed to creating a workforce that is reflective of our communities and welcome applications from anyone with the skills and experience to do the role they are applying to, regardless of their gender, sexual orientation, disability or any other protected characteristic. We recognise the value and contribution every member of our staff makes to our schools, and in return for their dedication and commitment we provide:
A clear vision with purpose and values that are supported by all our staff
An ambitious and vibrant place to work, with enthusiastic staff and children in all of our schools
A highly organised and very supportive team
A clear, comprehensive induction process
Generous employer contributions to the Local Authority Pension Scheme
All about the role:
The purpose of the job is to support the housekeeping team to ensure the school is kept clean and sanitary
The duties and responsibilities of the post will include:
Hoovering and mopping
Polishing and dusting
Emptying and recycling of litter bins
Cleaning staff and children’s facilities, including toilets
Using powered equipment (e.g. vacuum cleaners and polishers) where appropriate
Detecting and reporting premises defects
Undertaking necessary action in event of severe weather or emergency (e.g. putting down salt and clearing paths in winter)
Reporting any potential hazards on the school site
Clearing spillages, cleaning tables and chairs, and sweeping floors
Attending in-service training when required
Taking part in job review meetings and housekeeping team meetings when requested
Supporting the aims, ethos, and values of the school and ensuring they are followed by children in line with school policy
The post holder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role.
For further information about the role please view the candidate briefing pack, job description and person specification attached.
Commitment to safeguarding
This role involves contact with children. The post-holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and subject to an Enhanced DBS check before appointment is confirmed. We submit DBS applications upon position acceptance. We follow Safer Recruitment procedures. Interviews include safeguarding questions. Our Safeguarding Policy is on our website.
Posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013/2020) provide certain spent convictions/cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure and cannot be taken into account. Guidance is on the Ministry of Justice website.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About River Mead School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- River Mead School website
We strive to ensure that the school is the centre of our community and with the support of an excellent staff team we do our utmost to develop children into respectful, well-mannered individuals with a passion for learning. The school environment should provide every child with the very best opportunities available, to achieve their potential both academically and in their wider skills; our children are happy, polite and enthusiastic learners. In 2019 OFSTED recognised this passion for excellence stating “River Mead is a nurturing haven of aspiration. Pupils feel safe to make mistakes and are eager to learn from them. They demonstrate pride in their learning and show an appetite to learn”. Working as part of The Mead Trust, we are very proud to be part of a forward-thinking and creative family of schools. These close, supportive links and a shared vision of shaping inspirational learning for all, help enable our school to strive for excellence in all we do.
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