Cleaning Technician - Maternity Cover

Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School, Morpeth, Northumberland, NE65 7RJ

37 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  30 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Term time + 9 days (£8451 per year actual)

Cleaning Technician - Maternity Cover job summary

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic self-motivated cleaner to join our team and provide the highest standards of cleaning for our building. .

We expect this maternity contract to run for until 31 August 2026. During this time, you will work every week day from 3.30- 6.30pm (can be negotiated) with 27 hours additional cleaning during summer holiday.

,The successful candidate must:

• Flexible, motivated, supportive and enthusiastic

• Able to work effectively with a team

• Able to relate to a wide range of tasks

• Have high cleaning standards

• Have a sense of humour.

We firmly believe we offer a fantastic school to work in, with wonderful pupils, brilliant colleagues and a strong and supportive senior team.

In return, we can offer you:

• A caring, nurturing, supportive, dedicated and hardworking team of individuals with a common vision and set of goals.

• Delightful children who are eager to learn and exceptionally well behaved.

• A strong school and Trust which is outward looking and forward thinking.

• A strong commitment to your continuing professional and leadership development.

  A challenging and exciting professional opportunity in a highly successful school.

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 Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 9 to 13
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 184 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 9 to 13
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dr-thomlinson-church-of-england-middle-school-morpeth

Dr Thomlinson Church of England Middle School is situated in the beautiful rural setting of Rothbury on the edge of Northumberland National Park and provides for 232 children from Years 5-8. 
Our school’s mission is to provide a broad, balanced and relevant education which caters for the whole child in a secure and caring Christian environment.

As individuals and as a community it is our aim to do our best and we are very proud of the high achievement of our pupils. In July 2022 Ofsted judged the school as continuing to be Good.

Our strong ethos strives to ensure each child achieves their very best; academically – through a knowledge rich, focused and sequenced curriculum (that has the scope and ambition of the national curriculum); culturally – through both the work in our classrooms and an extensive programme of extracurricular activities and visits; spiritually – through an ethos of interdependence that flows through the life of both our school and wider community.

The broad content of our curriculum is enriched by covering a wide range of subjects, talents and future careers. We realise that in order for our children to be leaders in tomorrow’s world they will need to demonstrate positivity, teamwork and a belief that everyone can improve through dedication and hard work. 


Success, progress and celebration are very much at the heart of what we do; we look forward to sharing this ever-evolving learning journey with you.

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