Evening Cleaner

Cirencester Deer Park School, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 1XB

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Monday 3 November or as soon as possible after that date

• Closing date

  24 October 2025 at 12:59am

• 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: £12.26 Hourly Plus a holiday pay allowance of £1.87 per hour giving a total hourly rate of £14.13 per hour.

Evening Cleaner job summary

We are seeking to appoint a new permanent Evening Cleaner to join our Cleaning and Caretaking team responsible for cleaning the school to ensure a safe environment for staff and pupils. The post is required to start from 3 November or as close to that date as possible subject to the necessary employment checks. The post is for up to 20 hours per week, ideally 4 hours per day., working Monday to Friday each week during term time only. The hours will be worked at the end of the school day between 3.30pm to 7.30pm.

Specific responsibilities will include:

• Empty waste bins and transport waste to designated collection points
• Sweep floors with brushes or dust control mops
• Mop floors with wet or damp mops
• Suction and spot clean carpeted areas
• Use electrically powered scrubbing and polishing machines to clean floors after receiving proper instruction and training
• Dust, damp wipe or polish furniture, ledges, window sills and external surfaces of cupboards, radiators, shelves and fitments
• Replenish consumable items (soap, toilet rolls, paper towels etc)
• Clean staff and pupil toilets, urinals, hand basins, sinks and drinking fountains
• Use chemical agents as directed after receiving proper instruction and training
• Periodically undertake wall washing and inside window cleaning to a height no greater than body height plus an arms extension from floor level
• When working in food technology areas, clean cookers and work surfaces
• Maintain confidentiality and observe data protection guidelines where appropriate
• Any other reasonable request as directed by the Cleaning Manager

An ability to interact with teaching staff, members of the public and pupils is essential, as well as an ability to work as part of a team and independently using your own initiative. Full induction and training in the use of all cleaning equipment and procedures will be provided. Flexibility to work additional hours when needed to cover for absent colleagues would be an advantage, but not essential.

Employment will be subject to enhanced clearance by the Disclosure and Barring Service, receipt of references and completion of a satisfactory 3 month probationary period. Cirencester Deer Park School is a no smoking site and all staff are required to comply with a Code of Conduct for school staff.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to the safeguarding of our pupils and employment is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and the receipt of satisfactory references.

Our Ofsted Report in January 2023 confirmed: "Leaders have established a strong culture of safeguarding. Appropriate checks are made on adults working in the school. Staff understand the priority that should be given to safeguarding. They receive effective training and report concerns about pupils or adults appropriately."

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 Cirencester Deer Park School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1017 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cirencester Deer Park School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cirencester-deer-park-school-cirencester

As a high performing comprehensive school with 1000 pupils in the South Cotswolds, Cirencester Deer Park School is committed to providing outstanding education and developing our staff. Having initially converted to an Academy in April 2011, we are now a leading member of The Corinium Education Trust, the first ‘mixed’ Multi-Academy Trust in Gloucestershire which brings together a large secondary, community primary and church schools; the leaders of which are ambitious for their pupils’ learning and life chances and are committed to continuous school improvement.

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