Part Time Caretaker

The Sweyne Park School, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9BZ

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  7 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 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: £14.36 - £14.59 Hourly

Part Time Caretaker job summary

The Sweyne Park School is a thriving academy school located in Rayleigh, Essex, providing educational experience for the local community and the lead school within the Rayleigh Schools Trust. We are seeking a proactive, dedicated, and highly organised Caretaker with hands-on caretaking skills to maintain the school's buildings and grounds to a high standard, ensuring the smooth running and upkeep of our site. While the role is primarily based at The Sweyne Park School, some ad hoc work may take place across the Trust. The current Premises Team includes Duty Caretakers, Groundsman, evening and weekend staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance tasks, including repairs and general upkeep of the premises and reporting faults.
• Maintain the cleanliness and general appearance of the school site, including litter picking and keeping external areas tidy.
• Ensure the school premises are safe, secure and well maintained.
• Provide site maintenance and security.
• Respond and resolve maintenance issues as they arise, ensuring any problems are addressed in a timely, professional manner.
• Set up and clear rooms and areas for school activities, meetings, events, examinations and lettings as required.
• Work closely with other team members, contractors, and the school management team to ensure the smooth running of operations.
• A flexible, team-oriented approach with a commitment to delivering a high-quality service to the Trust.

Key Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to identify and resolve issues quickly.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work collaboratively with staff and external contractors.
• The role involves manual handling, working at height, and operating in varying environmental conditions.
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks effectively.
• Basic IT skills.
• Full UK driving licence for potential travel between sites or to collect materials.
• Experience of working within a school or education environment is desirable but not essential.

Salary, Benefits, and Working Pattern

• Salary between Scale 4, Point 8 and 9 (£14.36 to £14.59 per hour) dependent on experience.
• Monday to Thursday 2pm to 5pm, and Friday 7pm to 10pm. 15 hours per week.
• Flexibility is required to cover ad hoc late night lettings, annual leave, and sickness absence when required.
• Responsibility as a designated Emergency and Alarm response staff member is required on a rota basis.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Generous local Government pension scheme.
• Employee Assistance programme.

The Sweyne Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant's appointment will be subject to satisfactory referencing and an enhanced clearance by the Disclosure & Barring Service.

To apply, please submit an application form to HR@rayleighschoolstrust.com.

If you require further information, please contact Kelly Gelder at HR@rayleighschoolstrust.com.

We reserve the right to withdraw this advert prior to the closing date should we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

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 The Sweyne Park School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1429 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Sweyne Park School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-sweyne-park-school-rayleigh

Welcome to The Sweyne Park School. We are a larger than average mixed, 11-18 comprehensive school. The School became an academy on 1st April 2013 and opened its Sixth Form in September 2014.

Our school is a safe and happy environment and central to our school is a belief in respect - respect for yourself, respect for others and respect for the environment. We believe that our focus on respect leads to high expectations and excellent discipline, and this in turn leads to the highest possible achievement for each individual pupil. In December 2018 we were the first Secondary School in the East of England to achieve the prestigious Rights Respecting Gold Award.

At Sweyne Park we are determined to provide first class teaching and learning for all our pupils. This aim is supported by our commitment to recruiting and retaining the very best staff, and our nationally recognised programme of staff training. We do our utmost to ensure our pupils achieve strong examination results and progress on to high quality destinations. We provide a broad and balanced academic curriculum with a wide range of cultural, artistic, sporting and social opportunities.

We are committed to very strong partnerships between home, school and community members. We believe that the whole community can contribute to motivating and supporting pupils’ progress.

In October 2017, the Sweyne Park School and Glebe Primary formed a Multi-Academy Trust, the Rayleigh Schools Trust (“The RST”).

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