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Caretaker

Job details
Posting date: 06 June 2025
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 25 June 2025
Location: Manchester, M19 1DR
Company: Teaching Vacancies
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 1440e15f-6efd-4232-8d7f-2da25e703948

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

Kingsway Community Trust wishes to appoint an enthusiastic and hardworking caretaker to be based at Ladybarn Primary School who will have responsibility for school premises and grounds including:

• Daily checks and tidying
• Health and safety checks
• Bin management for weekly refuse collection
• Daily cleaning
• Undertaking adhoc practical odd jobs as required.
• They will also be responsible for the opening and locking up of the school each day.

The successful candidate will be trustworthy, very well motivated, positive, able to manage own workload, be able to communicate well with pupils and staff and take a real pride in the work they do.

Working hours would be 37.5 hours per week, all year round with 26 days holiday to be taken in the school holidays. Hours of work, 7.00am to 11.00am then 3.30pm – 7.00pm, Monday to Friday working during term time and school holidays.

Interview date: 1 July 2025

What the school offers its staff

Kingsway Community Trust is a Multi Academy Trust made up of Ladybarn Primary School, Cringle Brook Primary School and Green End Primary School. This provides the staff and children of both schools with enhanced development and networking opportunities.

The Trust is led and managed by one Executive Headteacher and a Trust Board. In each school there is a full time Head of School who lead and manage alongside the Executive Headteacher.

Kingsway Community Trust can offer you:-

A thriving learning community with a positive ethos and innovative approaches

• A supportive and empowering environment, supported by a National Leader of Education
• The support of a well-established, highly successful and forward thinking Trust
• A culturally rich and diverse urban community

Further details about the role

Candidates should download the application form and complete full, making sure yto address the person specification. Submissions received without a completed application form will not be considered. Photographs of application forms will not be accepted. We cannot accept CVs as an application. Completed application forms should be emailed to jobs@kingswaycommunitytrust.co.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

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