Janitor

Hempstalls Primary School, Newcastle, Staffordshire, ST5 9LH

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  17 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 October 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: £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Janitor job summary

We are looking for someone who:

• Provide a safe, secure environment for our pupils, staff, parents and visitors
• Maintain the school’s swimming pool
• Carry out basic maintenance of site
• Oversight and secure the building at the start and end of the day
• Supervise lettings and be available in the evening and at weekends (paid at overtime rate)
• Undertake some cleaning duties and supervise the work of our existing cleaners, janitor and site supervisor
• Oversee health and safety aspects within the school
• Liaise and deal with contractors
• To be on call as a designated key holder for emergency access to the premises

At Hempstalls we are proud of:

• Our wonderful, friendly children and their achievements
• Our positive and nurturing ethos and our clear values and vision
• Our dedicated team of staff
• Our inclusion policy for all
• Our excellent relationships with parents and the wider community
• Our very supportive governors
• Our commitment to professional development.

• Our Trust motto is ‘Come as you are and Leave as a Champion’. We are looking for someone who will willingly support this ethos.

Hempstalls Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment.  This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.

It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

A copy of the schools Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here: Safeguarding (hempstalls.staffs.sch.uk)

If you are successful in being shortlisted for this post, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence.

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 Hempstalls Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 501 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Hempstalls Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hempstalls-primary-school-newcastle

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