Cleaning Assistant
Highlands Primary School, Hull, HU7 5DD3 days remaining to apply
Job start date
9 October 2025
Closing date
13 October 2025 at 8am
Date listed
9 October 2025
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
- £24.413 Full time equivalent, £12.65/hr
Cleaning Assistant job summary
HIGHLANDS PRIMARY SCHOOL
CLEANING ASSISTANTS X 2 ROLES
Grade & Scale point: 1, scp 2
Salary: £24,413 Full time equivalent, £8,247 Actual Salary (12.5hrs), £12.65/hour
Hours of work: Role 1: 12.5hrs/wk, Monday – Friday 6am – 8.30am
Role 2: 12.5hrs/wk, Monday – Friday 3.15pm – 5.45pm
Contract: Permanent, All year round
Start date: ASAP following pre-employment checks
Would you take pride in keeping our school environment clean, attractive and safe?
We are seeking to appoint a reliable and dedicated Cleaning Assistant to join our cleaning team. Under the direction of the Site Manager, you will be required to undertake duties in accordance with cleaning schedules, ensuring the provision of clean and hygienic facilities for students, staff and visitors. We are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic person who is reliable and hardworking.
Highlands Primary School is a large primary school situated on North Bransholme. Part of Humber Education Trust, the school is rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted and continually strives to improve further. We offer a happy, caring and safe environment where expectations are high and where learners are encouraged, challenged and supported to be the best they can be.
Applications are invited from experienced cleaners, although full training will be provided. A knowledge of COSHH and school experience would be advantageous but are not essential.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Daily classroom and shared area cleaning
• Mopping hard floors and vacuuming carpeted areas
• Damp wiping all furniture, fixtures and fittings, emptying bins
• Maintaining toilet / washroom cleanliness
• Liaising with the Site Manager for larger seasonal projects
• To undertake relevant Health & Safety training
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL:
• Have previous experience or a general knowledge of cleaning and cleaning methods
• Ability to manage time effectively to complete tasks to a high level.
• Be organised and show initiative
• Be able to work both independently and as part of a small cleaning team.
• Take pride in a job well done
AS A MEMBER OF HUMBER EDUCATION TRUST, WE OFFER:
• Commitment to securing the very best provision and outcomes for all children.
• A Trust with expertise in every area of the curriculum, both in primary and special settings, through our Teaching & Learning Ambassadors and peer networks
• Outstanding individually tailored continual professional development for staff at all levels.
• Staff who feel valued and supported in their roles.
• A caring and safe environment where we recognise the diverse needs of our community, ensuring our young people from all backgrounds thrive.
• Ethical working with mutual respect and collaboration.
If you believe you are the right person for the job then we would love to hear from you.
Visits to our school are welcome by appointment.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please complete an application form and submit via ETeach. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Early application is encouraged. We will review applications throughout the advertising period and therefore reserve the right to close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.
Closing date for completed applications: 8am, Monday 13 October 2025
Interview date: TBC
If you have any queries regarding the role or application process, please contact: Kirsty Whiteley at Highlands Primary School.
CONDITIONAL OFFER:
Any offer of employment to this post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure Barring Service, Children’s Barred List Check, Section 128 check where applicable, identity checks, medical clearance, proof of qualifications, satisfactory references and eligibility to work in the UK checks.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Humber Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Highlands Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 438 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highlands Primary School website
Highlands Primary School is situated on North Bransholme in Hull. It has 420 places for children in Reception – Year 6 as well as a 39FTE place nursery; it also provides funded places for 2-year-olds. Highlands Primary School is an outstanding school (Ofsted April 2012). It provides a happy welcoming, caring and safe environment where expectations are high and where learners are encouraged, challenged and supported to be the best they can be. Highlands converted to academy status in April 2013 and joined Humber Education Trust in September 2020.
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