School Cleaner

Hollingwood Primary School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 2JG

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  13 April 2026

• Closing date

  4 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  11 February 2026

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: £24,413.00 - £24,413.00 Annually (FTE)

School Cleaner job summary

At Hollingwood Primary School, we are proud to be a community built on the core values of Respect, Resilience, and Responsibility—principles that shape everything we do and guide the way we care for our school environment. Our vision is to provide outstanding opportunities for all children in a happy, inclusive, and nurturing setting where everyone feels valued and ready to learn.

Reporting directly to the Site Manager, the ideal candidate will have knowledge of health and safety procedures and precautions and awareness of COSHH regulations and health and hygiene procedures or be willing to undertake training as required.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is interested in education and its impact on the lives of children.
• Is willing to contribute fully to the life of the school and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Takes pride in keeping our learning spaces clean, safe, and ready for use each day.
• Has an understanding of cleanliness and hygiene standards essential in a primary school environment.
• Shows reliability, consistency, and a positive attitude, even during busy periods or challenging tasks.
• Has attention to detail, ensuring high cleaning standards.
• Has the ability to work independently, using initiative to identify what needs doing without constant supervision.
• Understands that we work together as part of a supportive and inclusive team, contributing to a shared goal of giving every child the best possible experience.
• Is willing to roll up their sleeves and get stuck in.

We can offer you:

• A fantastic working environment, in a team that works together for the benefit of children in our school
• Support to develop you within this role, to be the best you can be, and to help you develop for your next career step
• An opportunity to be part of a supportive, developmental partnership
• A varied job where no day is the same!
• Pensions scheme with generous employer contributions.
• An organisation committed to supporting and enabling all staff

You would be joining an exceptional and supportive team of professionals, who are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and our mission to make every day count for the children. We are looking for somebody to join our Hollingwood family, who will promote our school values of Respect, Resilience and Responsibility. Each of our individual roles has an impact on the future of our children and so, we put them at the heart of the decisions we make and the services we provide.

Hollingwood Primary School is part of The Flying High Partnership which consists of two distinct parts: Flying High Trust and Flying High Futures. Flying High Trust is a Multi Academy Trust of 30 primary schools across Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire and Nottingham City. Our Flying High family work hard to deliver the best possible opportunities to our children. Through this partnership, we are proud of our achievements and are recognised as one of the highest-performing Multi Academy Trusts (MAT) in the country. Flying High Futures provides professional learning internally for staff across the Trust, and externally through Department for Education national programmes. Forming part of Flying High Futures is the Flying High Teaching School Hub, Flying High English Hub, and the Flying High cohort of Inspiring Leaders teacher training.

For further information about Flying High Partnership, visit our website or have a look at our Recruitment Information Booklet where you can hear from our CEO, Staff, and Children from across the Partnership.

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to close the advert ahead of the closing date.

We welcome applications from both internal and external candidates. Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post-holders to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

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 Hollingwood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 316 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hollingwood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hollingwood-primary-school-chesterfield

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