Cleaner

Join our dedicated team at Castle Wood, a vibrant special needs school supporting 167 pupils aged 3 to 11 with a range of needs, including PMLD, SLD, ASD, and complex behavioural challenges. We're passionate about making a meaningful difference in the lives of our students.

What We Offer:

• Friendly, enthusiastic, and well-behaved children who are a joy to work with
• A happy, welcoming school environment with a supportive team
• Personalised opportunities for continuing professional development
• A strong focus on staff wellbeing, including access to occupational health and counselling services
• Staff workwear provided
• Complimentary tea and coffee

• Free on-site car parking

Our vision, "Together, children first," reflects our belief that everyone plays a vital role in helping our pupils reach their full potential.

Our values drive everything we do at Castle Wood. The school values are honesty, integrity, trust, empathy, respect.

As part of the team, you will help keep our school clean, safe and welcoming by carrying out a range of cleaning duties, including:

• Mopping, sweeping, buffing and vacuuming floors
• Dusting and polishing surfaces
• Emptying bins
• Cleaning toilets and washrooms
• Using powered cleaning equipment in designated areas, following the school’s standards

Working pattern:

• 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 3:15pm – 6:15pm)
• Term time only, including teacher training days
• Plus one additional week during school holidays for deep cleaning tasks

Please note that, due to the expected high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to all applicants. If you have not heard from us within one month of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Hardworking, reliable and enthusiastic, committed to maintaining high standards of cleanliness and presentation
• Able to work independently and as part of a team, showing flexibility and a positive attitude
• Ideally experienced in cleaning within a similar environment
• Possesses good communication and interpersonal skills, and can build positive working relationships with colleagues and the wider school community

If you take pride in your work and would like to help create a clean, welcoming environment for our staff and pupils, we would love to hear from you!

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal record check via the DBS.

Following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) for an additional pre employment check with effect 1 Sept 22, please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process.