Cleaner

St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN16 0JH

13 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  29 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 October 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: £5,942.45 Annually (Actual)

Cleaner job summary

This role will be ideal for someone who is passionate about ensuring that our school is maintained to a high standard of cleanliness at all times, in order to provide our pupils and staff a clean, safe and welcoming environment.

What we want from you:

• The ability to work as a part of a team
• Punctual, hardworking and reliable.
• A positive attitude and a firm commitment to Child Protection and a safe school environment
• Awareness of Health and Safety at work, particularly whilst using and storing machine, equipment and cleaning products
• Ability to meet and maintain the school's expectations for high standards of cleanliness and hygiene
• Ability to lift and use cleaning equipment, e.g. vacuum cleaners

We can offer:

• A positive, friendly, and supportive working environment.

• A school community dedicated to achieving the best for every child

This is a great opportunity to become part of a wonderful team of staff who want nothing but the best for our pupils. We welcome visits to our school to have a look around and meet the team.

The position is for 5 days a week (Monday - Friday), 3.00pm - 5.00pm, term time + training days (39 weeks)

St Mary’s CE VA Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Any successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks to ensure their suitability for safeguarding children. Shortlisted candidates will have online searches carried out prior to interview.

Appointments are excluded from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applications must declare any convictions which for other purposes are “Spent” and in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the school. Applicants must provide the information requested on a questionnaire sent at the time of short-listing and understand that the provisionally selected candidate for such posts will be required to apply for a Criminal Records Bureau Disclosure at the appropriate level. Any information will be treated confidentially.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to DBS checks along with other relevant employment checks to ensure their suitability for safeguarding children.
Appointments are excluded from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Applications must declare any convictions which for other purposes are “Spent” and in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the school. Any information will be treated confidentially.

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 St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 257 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Mary's Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-voluntary-aided-primary-school

Would you like to work in a kind, caring and loving Church School Family? We have an opportunity for an enthusiastic, vibrant and dynamic teacher to join our passionate and supportive team in September.
We are looking for an engaging, fabulous teacher who wants to create an imaginative, structured and successful learning environment to ensure high quality outcomes for all our children. We have strong values throughout the school and have excellent pastoral care for all our children and staff. Experienced teachers will drive a subject area to ensure that the whole curriculum is valued and fully embedded. ECTs will benefit from a committed program of support from the school.
We are an Ofsted ‘Good’ school – September 2019, and a SIAMS "Outstanding" school - July 2016. "The school lives and breathes their values in everything they do". Our philosophy is child centred and we seek to enrich their lives through every activity and learning opportunity that they are given.

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