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  • Start date details

    Monday 4th November 2024

  • Closing date

    11 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    23 September 2024

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

£5,176.00 Annually (Actual) NJC England & Wales 37, SCP 2, -10 hours per weeks - Mon-Fri -39 weeks per year (Term time plus 5 days)

Cleaner job summary

As a school cleaner at Scientia Academy, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment for our children and staff.

Your hard work ensures that our facilities are sanitised and ready for learning every day, and there’s nothing more important than that!

Just so you know, our teachers are very mindful of the work of our school cleaners. They don’t get the glitter out unless it is absolutely necessary!

We are seeking a hard-working and dedicated school cleaner to work in our friendly school. You will work as part as a team, undertaking various cleaning duties throughout the school to ensure our children’s learning environment is always clean. For the successful candidate we can offer a permanent contract working on a part-time basis. 

In particular, successful applicants should have:

Experience of similar work

Ability to work constructively as part of a team

Ability to relate well to children and to adults

Good organising and prioritising skills

Ability to keep accurate cleaning records

Evidence of a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people

Ability to work flexibly to suit school needs

You should:

Have good communication skills

Have the ability to use initiative

Be willing to undertake direction and guidance

Be ready to work as part of a team

Use time effectively to ensure all spaces are ready for learning

For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.

Why work with us

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:

▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.

▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development

▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing

You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.


Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

All information is stored securely and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.

The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.

Commitment to safeguarding

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
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About Scientia Academy

School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
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School size
461 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

Scientia Academy is a purpose built primary school for children aged 3 to 11 years old. The school opened in 2013 and has continued to grow year on year.

We are now a popular, over-subscribed school, with a thriving nursery which offers 30 hour provision for working parents. We offer Wrap Around Care with a busy Breakfast and Afterschool Club.

The aim of Scientia Academy is to raise standards of achievement by providing a secure, caring and stimulating environment in which children are enabled to become independent, responsible and enthusiastic learners.

The provision of equal opportunities, effective planning, teaching and assessment is intended to encourage all individuals to have high expectations and to recognise their own successes and improvements.

We are very proud of the social and cultural diversity of our school. The children and staff come from a variety of different countries and we aim to celebrate the richness that this brings to the school. This diversity is reflected in our curriculum, our policies and procedures and our school environment.

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