School Cleaner
Desford Community Primary School, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE9 9JH7 days remaining to apply
Start date details
August 2025
Closing date
26 June 2025 at 3pm
Date listed
18 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 11.25 hours per week, 42 weeks per year
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- £6,788
What skills and experience we're looking for
Experience
Desirable
Experience of working in a cleaning environment.
Knowledge of Health and Safety (H&S) and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH).
Ability to identify H&S issues and risks within a school environment.
Personal Attributes
Essential
Evidence of good humour, excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility and effective teamwork.
Ability to work calmly under pressure and with minimum supervision.
Able to work independently.
Ability to understand the needs for confidentiality and to understand policies.
A willingness to work within and contribute to the school’s ethos and values.
Relationships
Essential
The ability to interact positively with staff, pupils and parents.
Ability to work effectively as a member of a team.
An empathy with and understanding of children.
Communication
Essential
Evidence of good communication skills.
Working practice
Essential
Ability to deal with changing priorities in a working environment.
Knowledge of basic cleaning techniques.
Ability to follow and understand instruction and relevant procedures.
Willingness to take part in training when required.
Attendance
Essential
Evidence of regular attendance at work.
What the school offers its staff
Central to everything that we do at Desford is our school rule Be Kind to Yourself, Others and the Environment. This
Principle forms the spine of our school values and ethos that
have been developed in collaboration with all pupils and staff,
whilst also driving the core values of our school curriculum. It also
links closely with the promotion of the British Values, something that we believe are crucial for promoting an understanding of equality, diversity and the importance of respecting the values and beliefs of others.
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs are not accepted.
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About Desford Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 384 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Desford Community Primary School website
- Email address
- kbarnett@desford.leics.sch.uk
Desford Primary School is a vibrant and flourishing school at the heart of the village community. We have around 400 pupils in fourteen classes and are in the midst of significant growth due to large-scale house building in the village. We were awarded "Good" school grading in the Ofsted Inspection of July 2017. The report describes very high standards in all aspects of the school's activities. All school staff are dedicated and capable practitioners and the quality of teaching is at a consistently high level. Outcomes for pupils are consistently good throughout the school. Our children are nurtured, kept safe and are well cared for (Ofsted 2017).
Our school building is modern, attractive and well-maintained and includes an exceptional purpose-built 60-place Foundation Stage unit for Reception children, opened in September 2015 and a two classroom Upper Junior unit opened in May 2018 . All classrooms are spacious and well-equipped and the school prides itself on the quality of the classroom displays.
Our school is one of ten schools in the LiFE Multi Academy Trust. This collaborative school network currently comprises of 4 primary and 6 secondary schools and enables us to keep abreast of current developments in education and continually to develop and improve all aspects of our practice. We work within a group of local schools to the same end.
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