Cleaning Operative

Wigmore Primary, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU2 9TB

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  23 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  15 January 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: £12.65 Hourly

Cleaning Operative job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic cleaner to join our friendly and dedicated team.

We are looking for someone who is kind, caring and who can use their initiative to ensure the school is a clean and safe environment for our pupils and staff. Experience is desirable, although training will be given to clean classrooms, toilets, corridors, cloakrooms and outside. What is required is a willingness to work hard with a keen eye for detail.

10 hours per week (Monday to Friday), either mornings 6.30am to 8.30am or afternoons between 3.30pm and 6.00pm

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service

CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools.

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 Wigmore Primary

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 609 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wigmore Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wigmore-primary

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