Cleaner

The Links Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees, TS16 9ES

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  8 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 10 hours per week, term time plus 5 days (Monday to Friday)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Actual salary: £5,790 to £5,921
• Pay scale: Grade C, SCP 3

What skills and experience we're looking for

We seek to appoint a Cleaner with a commitment to achieving our high standards of cleanliness and hygiene, with experience of working as part of a team and the ability to work to deadlines.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Wiping down surfaces to the required standards

• Vacuuming carpeted areas to the required standards

• Dusting surfaces to the required standards

• Sweeping hard surfaces to the required standards

• Emptying bins to the required standards

• Cleaning toilets, basins and sinks to the required standards

• Mop and bucket floor areas, and buff floors

• Use of step ladders to clean up to a height of 11 feet

• Securing the premises in the caretaker’s absence

What the school offers its staff

● A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere

● Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve

● An aspirational curriculum for all students

● A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team

● Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers

● Opportunities for career development

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Cleaner Candidate Pack - Updated June 2026.pdf - 398 KB (opens in new tab)

About The Links Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 169 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Links Primary School website
• Email address: office@thelinksprimary.org.uk
• Phone number: 01642 785950
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-links-primary-school

Arranging a visit to The Links Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@thelinksprimary.org.uk.

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