Cleaner

Shillington Lower School, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 3NX

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  4 May 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  15 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 - £12.85 Hourly

Cleaner job summary

Please note, this position involves medium level lifting/carrying/physical exertion. Therefore, you must be physically fit and able to lift chairs and tables, with the assistance of another staff member as required. The ability to work under pressure is also essential as this position involves differing tasks within a limited timescale.

- The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the school building and facilities are clean, tidy and well maintained to a high standard at all times. Duties include polishing, emptying bins, cleaning toilets, cleaning surfaces and floors, hoovering and ensuring dispensers and cleaning consumables are replenished and available.

Applicants should possess excellent attention to detail and organisational skills along with a flexible approach and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

This position is for 1.5-2 hour per day and can be completed anytime between 3.30-5.30pm.

The schools are committed to stringent safeguarding procedures (including the PREVENT agenda), therefore, this position will include full adherence to safer recruitment guidelines.

This will include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check prior to commencement of employment and we will also apply for references prior to interview from your current/most recent employer.

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

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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Shillington Lower School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 2 to 9
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 104 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 9
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Shillington Lower School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/shillington-lower-school

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