Job details

Salary: £12.65 per hour, £8,909 pa

Employer: Isambard Kingdom Brunel Primary School

Location: Wellington, Somerset,

Contract type: Permanent

Working pattern: Part time

Closing date: 20 April 2026 9:00 am

About the job

Key information

15 hours per week, term time plus all insets and two weeks in the school holidays (41 weeks)

Monday to Friday 3.30pm to 6.30pm

£12.65 per hour, £8,909 pa

What will I be doing?

We are looking for a motivated happy person to join our wonderful cleaning team. As a School Cleaner, you will play a vital role in maintaining a clean, safe, and welcoming environment for our pupils, staff, and visitors. This will include:

  • Daily cleaning of the classrooms.
  • Daily clean of the staff and pupil toilets and associated areas.
  • Daily clean of the communal rooms and any addition areas as required.
  • Daily clean of all touch points e.g. door handles, door panels, window catches etc.

What is in it for me?

  • A welcoming and supportive working environment where every member of staff is valued.
  • Training as required.
  • Free parking
  • Uniform
  • Pension scheme (if applicable)

Supporting documents and information

The closing date for this post is 9am on Monday 20 April 2026.

Interviews will be held on Friday 24 April.

All applications should be made by completing the online application form via E- teach. CVs are not accepted, please complete the application form in full.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 under the Exceptions Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). This means that both spent and unspent convictions and cautions may need to be disclosed. However, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ under filtering rules and do not need to be disclosed. Guidance on what should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website

Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.

The successful candidate will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure Barring Service (DBS). As part of our due diligence process when shortlisting, we may carry out an online search of publicly available material to identify any incidents or issues which we might want to explore with the applicant at interview.

References: References will be taken up on short-listed candidates that will include questions about past disciplinary actions or allegations in relation to behaviour with children, previous employers may be approached for information to verify particular experiences or qualifications before interview.

Data Protection Act: Information held by Blackdown Education Partnership complies with and is stored in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. If your application is successful, the information you have provided in the ‘Personal Details’ section will be used for payroll purposes and may be disclosed to the Inland Revenue. It will be disclosed within the school for security and administration.

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