Facilities Assistant- Cleaner
Forest Moor School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2RA9 days remaining to apply
Closing date
21 August 2026 at 9am
Date listed
11 August 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
- £12,827.42 Annually (Actual) SCP 3 , £24,796 FTE, £12.85 hourly rate, working Monday to Thursday (3pm to 7pm), Friday (3pm to 6pm)
Facilities Assistant- Cleaner job summary
Join Our Team and Help Create a Safe, Clean Learning Environment
Wellspring Academy Trust is looking for a reliable and dedicated Cleaner to join our friendly team. This is an important role where you’ll help ensure our schools remain clean, safe and welcoming places for children, staff and visitors.
If you take pride in your work, have a strong sense of responsibility, and enjoy working as part of a supportive team, we would love to hear from you.
We currently have a role working 20 hours per week, 43 weeks per year based at The Forest School (North Yorks)- Park Lane, Knaresborough, HG5 0DQ
Successful applicants will work as part of a team to ensure a high level of customer service, and adhere to procedures such as; health and safety, COSHH and risk assessments.
As a Cleaner, you will carry out a full range of cleaning duties across teaching spaces, offices and communal areas, ensuring the highest standards of cleanliness are maintained.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Cleaning classrooms, offices and communal areas using appropriate equipment (mopping, sweeping, buffing, suction cleaning and machine scrubbing)
- Cleaning internal surfaces including walls, windows, worktops and sanitary facilities
- Emptying bins and removing waste safely
- Carrying out specialist cleaning tasks such as carpet cleaning, stain removal and descaling
- Replenishing hygiene supplies (soap, hand towels, toilet rolls)
- Conducting routine equipment safety checks and basic maintenance
- Reporting damage, faults or concerns promptly
- Locking and unlocking school premises and ensuring site security
- Maintaining confidentiality and safeguarding standards at all times
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking someone who:
- Can work independently and as part of a team
- Has an awareness of health and safety practices
- Is able to carry out physical tasks including lifting and climbing
- Follows instructions carefully and works to high standards
- Demonstrates integrity and professionalism
- Is flexible and willing to undertake relevant training
- Is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion
- Has previous cleaning experience (desirable, not essential — full training provided)
No formal qualifications are required — we value attitude, reliability and a willingness to learn.
Why Join Wellspring?
- Be part of a supportive and collaborative team
- Contribute directly to a safe learning environment for young people
- Access to relevant training and development opportunities
- Work within an organisation that values equality, diversity and inclusion
If you are dependable, take pride in maintaining high standards, and want to make a difference in an educational setting, we encourage you to apply.
Apply today and become part of the Wellspring team.
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. As this role involves working with children in regulated activity, please note that it is an offence to apply for the role if barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.
References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview. Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
We are committed to equal opportunities and to promoting diversity. We want our people to reflect the diversity of our communities, and we welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, especially from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.
Safeguarding Statement
Wellspring Academy Trust - Estates, Operations, Cleaning and Catering - Yorkshire region are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Wellspring Academy Trust - Estates, Operations, Cleaning and Catering - Yorkshire region ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.
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 Forest Moor School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 9 to 16
- Size
- 128 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Forest Moor School website
Forest Moor is an SEMH special based at Menwith Hill, just outside of Harrogate. It is a Key Stage 2 – 4 provision with around 96 students on role in beautiful surroundings and now with a lovely building that is continuing to be refurbished to suit the needs of our students.
Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Unconditional Positive Regard is at the centre of what we do and we are creating an academy that is welcoming, caring, safe, warm and believes that all its pupils can be supported and empowered to succeed. We are creating individual and personalised pathways for our students that are built around their varied needs which will help them achieve positive outcomes and prepare them for their onward destinations into continuing education, work or training. In order to achieve this, we have developed a curriculum that provides opportunities for academic progression as well as vocational learning, whilst being engaging, creative, and innovative.
We see strong relationships as the key to our success – with students, parents, carers and the wider community and we ensure that our school is a welcoming safe place for children to learn and prosper. We believe in working closely with our families and carers and welcome their support, but also realise that at times they will need our support too. We work closely with other agencies and schools to make sure we do all we can to make learning and life the best it possibly can be.
Forest Moor and the wider Trust places a huge emphasis on professional development and invests significantly in staff training at all levels. This means that, although experience of working in an SEMH setting would be an advantage, specialist support and training will be provided for outstanding candidates wishing to make the career fulfilling move into special education.
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