As a school cleaner at Scientia Academy, you’ll play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and healthy environment for our children and staff.

Your hard work ensures that our facilities are sanitised and ready for learning every day, and there’s nothing more important than that!

Just so you know, our teachers are very mindful of the work of our school cleaners. They don’t get the glitter out unless it is absolutely necessary!

 

We are seeking a hard-working and dedicated school cleaner to work in our friendly school. You will work as part as a team, undertaking various cleaning duties throughout the school to ensure our children’s learning environment is always clean. For the successful candidate we can offer a permanent contract working on a part-time basis.  

 

In particular, successful applicants should have: 

 

·       Experience of similar work 

 

·       Ability to work constructively as part of a team 

 

·       Ability to relate well to children and to adults 

 

·       Good organising and prioritising skills 

 

·       Ability to keep accurate cleaning records 

 

·       Evidence of a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people 

 

·       Ability to work flexibly to suit school needs 

 

 

 

You should: 

 

·       Have good communication skills 

 

·       Have the ability to use initiative 

 

·       Be willing to undertake direction and guidance 

 

·       Be ready to work as part of a team 

 

·       Use time effectively to ensure all spaces are ready for learning 

 

 

 

For further information about the role come and visit our school!  To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office.  School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.

 

 

 

Why work with us

 

There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:

 

▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally. 
  
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development 
  
▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing 
 

 

You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.

 

 

Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection 

At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.  

 

We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.

 

For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.

 

All information is stored securely and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy. 

 

The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.