Cheney School is committed to fostering a positive and healthy environment where every child can thrive. We pride ourselves on our supportive community and high standards. As a School Cleaner, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our school premises are clean, hygienic, and well-maintained. This role has an hourly rate of £12.85, plus 12.07% holiday pay, therefore the actual hourly pay is £14.40. 

Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Cleaning classrooms, offices, halls, corridors, and communal areas.
• Vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, and dusting various surfaces.
• Cleaning and restocking washroom facilities to a high standard.
• Emptying and cleaning bins, and managing waste disposal.
• Spot cleaning spillages and responding to unexpected cleaning requirements.
• Adhering to all health and safety regulations and COSHH guidelines.
• Reporting any defects, hazards, or maintenance issues to the Site Manager/Caretaker.
• Undertaking periodic deep cleans, particularly during school holidays.

Our ideal candidate will have previous cleaning experience, be friendly, reliable and take pride in their work.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate, and to close the advert before the closing date if an offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation about the role with Dylan Davies, Premises Manager, prior to application, then please email dda@cheneyschool.org or telephone 01865 765726.

Cheney School is part of the River Learning Trust (RLT)

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.

The River Learning Trust 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. 

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.