Assistant Caretaker at Wistaston Church Lane Academy

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Job Reference #

EDV/2026/WCLA/46820

Location

Church Lane, Wistaston, Crewe, Cheshire, CW2 8EZ

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£24,796.00 - £25,186.00 Annually (FTE)
Actual Salary £13,403

Closing Date

11:59pm, 26th Feb 2026

Start Date

April 2026

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

Interview Date(s)

Tuesday 3rd March 2026

Interview Date(s) Tuesday 3rd March 2026

About this Role

The Learning Partnership along with the Principal at Wistaston Church Lane Academy wish to appoint a motivated, committed and highly effective Assistant Caretaker to join our hard working and enthusiastic team.

Key duties will include:

Ensuring that the site and its buildings are locked and secured at the end of the day.
Maintaining and cleaning parts of the school daily.
Acting as a designated key holder for the school premises.
Undertaking minor repairs and maintenance, including painting and decorating.
Undertaking general portage duties, including moving furniture and distributing items to the appropriate place.
Taking action where Health and Safety hazards are identified.
Basic grounds maintenance – snow clearing, gritting, litter picking, bin emptying.
Emergency attendance in case of alarms.

Other duties as required

Please note that this position is full year, which means that you will be in attendance at work all year round (52 weeks a year) and will have an annual leave entitlement.

(Hours can be flexible during the summer holidays. We may request that, on occasion, the post holder is flexible during term time, to help manage the building during later evening events in school).

The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets
Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme
Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral
Flexible working offered as a day 1 right of employment
Free parking
Access to high quality CPD and secondment opportunities

To learn more about the trust please visit www.tlptrust.com

Hours of work: 20 hours -working hours are 2pm to 6pm Monday to Friday or 4 working days working 1pm- 6pm including a Friday.

Weeks: 52

Contract: Permanent

Salary Range: Grade 3 £24,796-£25,186

Actual Salary: £13,403

Closing date: Thursday 26th February 2026

Interviews: Tuesday 3rd March 2026

To learn more about the role please contact Jackie Hulme on officemanager@wistaston.cheshire.sch.uk or on 01270 663619 You can also learn more about the school on www.wclacademy.co.uk

The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.