School Cleaner
Hilltop Infant School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LT6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Asap
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
9 October 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
- £6,415.89 Annually (Actual) £25,142 Full time equivalent including fringe allowance
School Cleaner job summary
Hours: 10 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Hours will be around school hours, to be discussed at interview.
This position is working term time plus inset days and 4 additional weeks (43 working weeks).
Hilltop Infant School is a school where children are at the HEART. Our school provides a happy, caring and safe learning environment for all.
To help us maintain this, we are currently recruiting for a Cleaner to join our friendly team.
The role will involve cleaning our communal areas and classrooms, replenishing stock and emptying bins etc.
We are looking for individuals that are:
- organised and diligent
- friendly and personable with all members of our school community
- confident and able to work on their own initiative
- aware of health and safety, taking responsibility for their personal safety and that of others
- has the interests of children at the heart of what they do
If you have any questions about the role please contact the School Office: hilltopinf.admin@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 762531
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date, should we receive enough suitable applicants.
HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, data protection and child protection please click here
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.
A copy of the Trust Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies
For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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 Hilltop Infant School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 7
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 210 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hilltop Infant School website
Hilltop Infant School is a proud member of the thriving and ever-growing Wickford community and is one of six schools that make up the HEARTS Academy Trust. At Hilltop Infant School, we believe in creating an inclusive, safe and nurturing environment that allows children to flourish. We work as a team, in partnership with our parents and community, aiming high to be a ‘beacon of excellence’. We cater for children ages 2-7, ensuring that all of our children feel valued, achieve well and reach their full potential.
One of our unique selling points is that all of our pupils, and staff, are recognised as 'eco warriors', focused on our shared mission of saving our precious planet - together - and regularly take part in our bespoke outdoor learning lessons and contribute positively to society. We are the only setting in Wickford that has a qualified teacher leading the provision in our Hilltots Pre-School, as we recognise the crucial learning and development that takes place in the Early Years, laying the foundation for lifelong curiosity and success.
Hilltop Infant School is part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a Trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality. The Trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 days contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.
We can offer you:
- an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights throughout the year
- a two-week October half-term
- supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
- a highly effective learning environment
- a responsive and involved leadership team
- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)
- a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
- access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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