6 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    20 June 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    13 June 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

£9,048.00 - £9,190.00 Annually (Actual) Band A - Full Time Equivalent salary range: £23,656 to £24,027 per annum. Actual salary range is £9048-£9190 for 15 hours per week, 43 weeks per year.

Cleaner - Secondary School job summary

Hours of work: 15 hours per week. Monday to Friday. 6am – 9am or 3.25pm to 6.25pm. Term time plus 4 weeks during school holidays (total 43 weeks per year)

Henley in Arden School are looking for a Cleaner to join our friendly school and provide an efficient support service to the school by ensuring a clean, safe and secure environment.

We are proud to be part of the Arden Multi-Academy trust, partnered with five other schools in the local area. This support mechanism ensures that leaders collaborate and innovate together to provide an outstanding educational experience for our school, and provides continuous opportunity for further development for our staff.

We promise to offer you both a stimulating and highly rewarding experience in return for your motivational skills and good practice. Opportunities don’t arise very often to work in a vibrant school like Henley in Arden and we are delighted to be offering the chance for someone to join the team.

The key responsibilities for this post are as follows (a comprehensive job description and person specification is available):

  • Daily cleaning and deep cleaning
  • To keep all areas of the school clean and tidy, e.g. mopping, vacuuming, dusting, floor polishing, toilet cleaning
  • Use of mechanical equipment, e.g. floor polishing
  • Ensure equipment is in good working order
  • First aid
  • Safeguarding the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults

Qualities & Qualifications required :

  • A reasonable standard of literacy and numeracy, with a willingness to undergo future training and development
  • Ability to carry out manual handling and other physical tasks
  • Good communication skills with the ability to talk with school staff, pupils, parents and contractors
  • Basic understanding of IT
  • Daily cleaning and deep cleaning experience
  • Basic knowledge of relevant Health & Safety legislation relative to the post

In return we can offer you:

  • a positive and innovative learning culture supported by pupils, staff, parents and governors
  • enthusiastic pupils who enjoy learning and engage positively in all aspects of school life
  • a collaborative and supportive attitude amongst staff which promotes a sense of teamwork and unity
  • a Senior Leadership Team who is committed to promoting the best environment and outcomes for staff and pupils
  • opportunities for CPD and progression as part of a Multi Academy Trust
  • Local Government Pension
  • Free flu jabs
  • Cycle to Work scheme.

Henley in Arden School (Arden Multi Academy Trust) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

Click here to see more about working in our school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzd-sZRAGaw

And what makes us special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqa3r-I9aQE

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 are not accepted.

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About Henley In Arden School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
699 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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School location

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