Cleaner

Story Wood School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B23 5AJ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  11 September 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: £23,656.00 - £24,027.00 Hourly

Cleaner job summary

About this Role

Cleaner

Permanent Position - Term Time only plus 3 weeks - to start ASAP

Support Staff Pay Range NJC Grade 1 scp 2 - 3 £23,656 - £24,027 pro-rata or £12.43 per hour

10 hours per week Monday - Friday 6:00am - 8:00am (holiday hours may vary)

Could you join our hardworking team?

We are looking for an experienced Cleaner to join us at Story Wood School ASAP. You will have responsibility for providing a clean environment for our staff, students, and visitors. Duties will include sweeping /mopping and vacuuming floors, cleaning, and dusting surfaces, plus any other associated tasks as required.

We are looking for someone who could undertake:

Routine cleaning of premises and furnishings in all room types during term time, to include vacuuming, damp dusting, mopping, machine cleaning floors, polishing and emptying of litter bins.

Cleaning of premises and furnishing during periods of school closure, to include scrubbing/stripping of floors, wall washing, carpet shampooing and cleaning of internal glass.

Use of all types of electrical cleaning equipment, e.g. scrubber/polishers, carpet extraction machines subject to appropriate training.

Cleaning of toilets and sanitary areas to include where necessary the removal of body emissions to maintain the required standard of hygiene.

The successful candidate will:

Work at all times under the direction of the site manager.

Inspect and report any defects to the site manager or Head Teacher.

Replenish all consumables as and when required e.g. soap, toilet paper etc.

Clean areas in line with a safe system of work.

For informal enquiries, please contact Mrs L Cox, Office Manager enquiry@storywoodschool.co.uk

CV’s will not be accepted. The successful candidate will need to meet the requirements of the person specification in order to be offered the post and will be subject to an enhanced DBS check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 Story Wood School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 225 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Story Wood School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/story-wood-school-birmingham

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