School Cleaner

Discovery Academy, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 3LE

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  22 September 2025

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 9pm

• Date listed

  22 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £6,208

School Cleaner job summary

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Cleaner at Discovery Academy, Porlock Avenue, Hattersley. SK14 3LE.

To start: 20th October 2025

Cleaner Full-time Salary £23,656

This is a permanent, part-time role, 10 hours per week, Term Time Only plus 4 weeks with an actual salary of £6,208 (TMBC Grade A, Points 2)

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our Academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

The purpose of a cleaner is to undertake cleaning duties under the supervision of Site Manager / Caretaker within the premises to ensure high standards of premise care in accordance with cleaning specifications and current Health and Safety Legislation.

You will take part in maintaining the cleaning of a designated area of the Academy.

You will:

• Be responsible for cleaning certain parts of the Academy site as allocated by the Site Manager / Caretaker (this may vary from time to time).

• Use cleaning materials as instructed by the Site Manager / Caretaker.

• Operate cleaning machinery in cleaning soft and hard surfaces e.g., vacuum cleaners and polishers.

• Understand and follow cleaning schedules and instructions.

• Carry out a variety of cleaning duties.

2. You will maintain Health and Safety procedures at all times. You will:

• Ensure security of the building., e.g., check windows and doors are closed/locked.

• Report any faults to electrical cleaning equipment, do not use until fault is repaired.

• Ensure correct policy and procedures are maintained, including Health and Safety COSHH, Manual Handling etc.

• Only use authorised cleaning materials, ensure the correct dilution rates as directed and used for the purpose indicated.

• Ensure all PPE issued is worn at all times, including tabards and rubber gloves.

• Display wet floor signs when cleaning floors.

3. You will be an effective part of the Academy team. You will:

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

• Participate in training sessions as required.

The hours associated with this Cleaner role therefore include:

• Weekdays – 4pm – 6pm 10 hours per week.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

•Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 10th October 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.

• Shortlisting will take place on Friday 10th October 2025

• Interviews will take place w/c Monday 13th October 2025

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

Please note we may close the advert as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so if you are interested in applying, please do so as soon as you are able.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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 Discovery Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 220 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/discovery-academy-hyde

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