Cleaning Assistant
Mount Pleasant Primary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
12 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 December 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
- £12.65 Hourly
Cleaning Assistant job summary
Cleaning Assistant
Grade 2 point 2 - £12.65 per hour
12.5 hours a week
Monday to Friday - 3.15pm - 5.45pm
Term time plus 3 weeks
Permanent Contract
Are you looking for a rewarding and essential role in a supportive school environment? We are seeking a dedicated and reliable Cleaning Assistant to help us maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming space for our students, staff, and visitors. As our Cleaning Assistant, you will play a vital part in ensuring the cleanliness and hygiene of the school premises.
Your main duties will include:
Cleaning classrooms, offices, and communal areas.
Cleaning and restocking toilets.
Vacuuming and mopping floors.
Emptying bins and disposing of waste.
Following health and safety guidelines, including COSHH regulations.
We are looking for candidates that are :
Reliable and Punctual: A strong work ethic is essential.
Attention to Detail: The ability to clean to a high standard.
Proactive Attitude: Taking initiative to ensure all areas are tidy.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Prior cleaning experience (desirable but not essential, training provided).
A commitment to safeguarding and working within a school setting.
It’s a lovely place to work. We can offer you a positive and thriving school environment, a
great team of staff, and some pretty fantastic children too!
The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and will follow a safer recruitment policy. Should you be shortlisted, further information relating to criminal records, sanctions and disqualifications will be requested to be considered and discussed at interview.
To Apply
All applications should be made online through MYNEWTERM. Please refer to the vacancy page on the school website www.mountpleasant.shropshire.sch.uk and click onto the vacancy where you will be able to apply directly.
Closing Date : Monday 12th January 2026 9.00am
Interview Date: Wednesday 21st January
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Mount Pleasant Primary
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 363 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Mount Pleasant Primary website
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