School Caretaker
Highfield Primary School, Uxbridge, UB10 0DB28 days remaining to apply
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
4 June 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
- £20,829.00 - £21,741.00 Annually (Actual)
School Caretaker job summary
School Caretaker
27.5 hours per week, term time plus training days plus 3 weeks (42 weeks)
Part Time, Permanent
£20,829 to £21,741 per annum inclusive of Outer London Weighting, Scale 4
(Full time equalivant salary £29,345 to £30,630)
Location: Hillingdon, Middlesex
8 am to 2 pm with a ½ hour unpaid break
Start Date: ASAP
We are looking for a proactive and committed Caretaker who will help us maintain, develop and enhance our buildings and site and will take a genuine pride in the appearance of the school.
Following satisfactory completion of probation, or earlier by mutual agreement, the successful candidate will be required to live on site in a three bedroom bungalow, with a subsidised rent.
Please note that annual leave MUST be taken every year during the whole Winter (Christmas) break as the school premises closes completely during this time. Highfield Primary School's term dates can be found on our website.
The successful candidate will:
- be able to work effectively as part of a team, and manage relationships with contractors and service providers;
- take pride in the cleanliness and appearance of the school at all times;
- have a solid understanding of plumbing, electrical systems, as well as carpentry and other crafts;
- be well-versed in all maintenance processes, and health and safety regulations;
- commitment to the security and wellbeing of the school;
- ability to work at high levels unsupervised;
- ability to work as a team;
- ability to adapt to changing and conflicting demands;
- have good reading and writing skills.
In return we offer you:
- Extensive support and CPD;
- The opportunity to work with other professional colleagues across the School;
- A welcoming school, with friendly, enthusiastic and supportive staff team;
- An ambitious and dynamic Senior leadership Team;
- A dedicated Governing Body;
- Supportive parents and children who are keen to learn;
- An employee assistance programme (EAP):
- Family Day
Please ensure ensure you had read the job description and cover all areas in your personal statement.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed by appointment; please contact Cindy Langley on 01895 230843 or email clangley@highfield.hillingdon.sch.uk to arrange a date and time.
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 are not accepted.
About Highfield Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 291 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Highfield Primary School website
School location
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