9 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    June / July

  • Closing date

    11 May 2026 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    2 May 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

£12.85 - £12.85 Hourly Plus 2 weeks required in the summer holidays

School Cleaner job summary

Join Our Team: School Cleaner (Term Time Only)

Are you looking for a local role that fits perfectly around family life or other commitments? We are seeking a reliable, hardworking, and thorough School Cleaner to help keep our learning environment sparkling and safe for our students.

The Details

- Hours: 12.5 hours per week (2.5 hours per day).

- Shift: Monday to Friday (e.g., 3:15 PM - 5:45 PM

- Contract: Term Time Only (additional hours available during school holidays)

Salary: £12.85 per hour (pay award is pending)

Location: Witney Community Primary School

What You’ll Be Doing

You will play a vital role in the daily operation of our school. Key responsibilities include:

- Cleaning classrooms, hallways, and common areas.

- Emptying bins and disposing of waste.

- Sanitising high-touch surfaces (desks, door handles, etc.).

- Ensuring restrooms are stocked and hygienic.

- Mopping, vacuuming, and dusting to a high standard.

What We’re Looking For

- Reliability: You show up on time and take pride in your work.

- Attention to Detail: You don’t miss a spot!

- Team Spirit: You can work independently but are happy to be part of a friendly site team.

- Experience: Previous cleaning experience is a plus, but full training will be provided.

This role is due to start in early July, with 2 weeks worked in the school summer holiday for a ‘deep clean’ for which overtime will be paid.

Note: As this role is based in a school, the successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone.

Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning

and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with The Operations Manager, about the role, prior to application, then please email office@witneycp.org or telephone 01993 702388.

The River Learning Trust and Witney Community Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions

Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

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.

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About Witney Community Primary School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
232 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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