School Caretaker

Liskeard School and Community College, Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 3EA

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  15 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 July 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year Monday to Friday in Term time and School Holidays
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: Grade E - £25,185 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

The role requires someone with a flexible approach and the ability to carry out basic maintenance and caretaking duties across the school. You will be responsible for ensuring that daily tasks relating to the operation, maintenance and cleanliness of the buildings, grounds and equipment are completed effectively. The ability to work within a small team and to work on your own initiative as required are important.

We are looking for candidates with:

• good building/maintenance experience
• excellent interpersonal/communication skills
• a desire to complete all jobs to the highest of standards

What the school offers its staff

Liskeard School & Community college is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed candidate who has maintenance skills and experience. You will be supporting the maintenance, refurbishment and caretaking of our school.

This is a support staff role with SMART Trust, working all year including working time within the school holidays. It comes with the benefits of generous paid annual leave, local government pension, training and development, and a welcoming and supportive working environment.

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Liskeard School and Community College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1148 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Liskeard School and Community College website
• Email address: hr@Liskeard.net
• Phone number: 01579342344
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/liskeard-school-and-community-college-liskeard

Liskeard School and Community College is a friendly, caring, supportive school in Cornwall with people and relationships at its heart. It is a unique school of extraordinary staff and students and enjoys exceptional support from parents and the local community. We are proud of our school and we are relentless in our approach to make it even better. We take the education of our students very seriously.

Our school is situated in the historic market town of Liskeard, which is central to Cornwall’s outstanding south eastern countryside and coastline, serving the beautiful rural villages and hamlets and is just a scenic, 30-minute drive from Plymouth.

Assessed by Ofsted in March 2020 as a good school, we are an inclusive secondary community school delivering Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 to 1,100 students aged 11-18 and of mixed ability.

We are an academy school and part of the South East Cornwall Multi Academy Regional Trust (SMART), which provides for outstanding local career opportunities, excellent professional development opportunities and access to expert support, advice, guidance and knowledge pooling from fellow practitioners in our partner schools.

Arranging a visit to Liskeard School and Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@Liskeard.net.

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