Cleaner

Widey Court Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL6 5JS

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  May 2026

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday 10 hours per week / 41 weeks per annum (AM or PM – can be negotiable for the right candidate)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: £12.75

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking to appoint a cleaner to join our team, responsible for maintaining a consistently high standard of cleanliness across our school premises.

Duties will include cleaning, washing, sweeping, vacuum cleaning, emptying of litter bins, polishing and dusting of the designated areas, which may include toilets, shower areas, fixtures and fittings, using where appropriate, powered equipment. External cleaning duties in playgrounds, paths and drains. You will also be required to undertake thorough deep cleans during half terms.

The successful candidate will:

• Be able to complete a range of cleaning duties to a high standard.
• Be able to operate a range of cleaning equipment including vacuum cleaners and floor polishers.
• Have knowledge of health and safety and is aware of COSHH regulations.
• Be willing to complete training where required.

What the school offers its staff

Connect Academy Trust

Connect is a family of 9 large, successful, and happy primary schools. The Trust now educates over 3500 children with 550 staff, in Plymouth, Torbay and Newton Abbot. Connect formed in 2016 as a values-based Multi Academy Trust of 5 schools in Plymouth. Since then, we have worked closely to support a number of schools and Trusts in the South-West and our family has grown to 9 like-minded schools. We rebranded in 2022 and developed our 4 Anchors: Empowering, Principled, Nurturing and Trail-blazing. Connect is an inclusive Trust and 3 of our schools have specialist support centres, for deaf children, those with an ASC diagnosis and for those with a developmental language disorder.

We can offer you: 

• A highly supportive school and Trust invested in your growth and professional development.
• A Trust culture that promotes diversity, equality and social justice.
• A supportive approach for all staff and an innovative approach to appraisal.
• An opportunity to be part of a forward focussed and growing Trust, author of the UK’s first ocean conservation curriculum with European Blue Schools and national winner of the Community Impact of the year Trust award 2023
• Comprehensive induction and wide-ranging opportunities for professional 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.

To apply please complete an online application form.

If you have any questions relating to this post, or any issues accessing the application form, please contact Miss G Dingley, School Operations Lead, on 01752 773909 / gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk

Closing Date: Friday 27th March 2026 (12pm)

Connect is fully committed to equal opportunities, safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An on-line check of publicly available information will be completed to assess the successful candidate’s suitability to work with children.

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 will be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
Childcare disqualification
Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service
Medical checks
Online and social media checks
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 Job Description.pdf - 284 KB (opens in new tab)

Cleaner Advert March 2026.pdf - 352 KB (opens in new tab)

About Widey Court Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 605 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Widey Court Primary School website
• Email address: gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk
• Phone number: 01752 773909
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/widey-court-primary-school-plymouth

Arranging a visit to Widey Court Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email gdingley@wideycourt.plymouth.sch.uk.

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