Cleaner at Christchurch Junior School

Job description

About the role

Start date

ASAP (subject to pre-start checks)

Contract term

Permanent

Working hours

10 hours per week;

2 hours per day to be worked 3.00pm to 5.00pm, Monday-Friday

Weeks per year

School term-times, Trust Training Days, INSET days and 2 weeks in the summer holidays

Grade

Grade 1

Salary (per annum)

£24,796 (FTE)

£6,061 (pro rata)

With a pay award pending

Location

Christchurch Junior School

About the Post

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is hardworking, enthusiastic and keen to join our excellent team as soon as possible. The working hours are Monday to Friday 3.00pm - 5.00pm.

About our School

Christchurch Junior School is a large, popular community school, which caters for almost 500 children aged between 7 and 11 years. The children spend four years here. The classes are organised in year groups hosting four classes each. We are an inclusive school and welcome children from all walks of life and all faiths. The children enjoy excellent facilities in modern premises. Our facilities include two halls, two libraries with computer technology, a multi-purpose room where cooking, art and science can be taught, and a specialist Music Room.

Who we are looking for

• A cleaning professional who is willing to undertake cleaning duties to provide a clean, hygienic and safe environment for teaching and other school activities

What we can offer you

• By working at our school, you will be making a positive contribution to our local community
• Automatic membership of the Dorset Local Government Pension Scheme
• Free, confidential access to our Employee Assistance Programme, which offers a range of counselling services plus financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues and access to online health and wellbeing resources
• A trust-wide intranet, where we share our news, information and resources
• Local discounts negotiated on behalf of our staff e.g. gym memberships, hair and beauty salons, chiropractic care, cycle shops, restaurants, motoring services, and retail/DIY stores
• Access to national discounts on a wide variety of huge brands
• A welcoming staff room with complimentary tea and coffee available throughout the day
• Free on-site parking
• The opportunity to work within Twynham Learning; a progressive multi-academy trust

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Are able to work with limited supervision to an established work pattern
• Are able to observe health and safety requirements
• Are able to ensure that work undertaken complies with stated requirements and undertake appropriate training, as required
• Can maintain good working relationships with other school staff
• Will embrace our highly supportive and professional culture
• Will promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people in accordance with our Safeguarding and Child Protection policies.

You will also be keen to live our Twynham Learning employee values which are:

• Aim high
• Keep improving
• Don't leave anyone behind
• See the bigger picture

Any questions?

To discuss the post or your application, please contact Emma Barton on 01202 026065 or email us at [email protected]

How to apply

To apply for this vacancy, please submit a Job Application Form and Diversity Questionnaire by email to: [email protected]

Only applications made using our own official application form will be accepted. You can download the form and questionnaire here: https://twynhamlearning.com/vacancies

The closing date is Friday 25 September 2026 at 8am.

Further Information

Twynham Learning values diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote diversity throughout our whole workforce. We want our workforce to be representative of all sections of our community, so we give equal opportunities to all job applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability status, gender reassignment, marital/partnership status, pregnancy/maternity, race/colour/national origin, religion/belief, sex or sexual orientation. Only people who can evidence their right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy. We are committed to robust Safer Recruitment processes as part of our strong commitment to safeguard children and young people. An enhanced criminal records check will be undertaken on the successful candidate. Candidates must disclose all unprotected spent and unspent cautions and convictions. It is an offence to apply for this post if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity with children.

Christchurch Junior School values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ's guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

Christchurch Junior School will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

About Us

Our vision:

We will do all that is possible to enable pupils to reach the highest levels of academic achievement, staying true to our school values of Belonging/Achieving/Growing.This will be achieved through a truly broad curriculum which provides rich experiences and by engaging fully with our community.

Children will graduate into secondary education as motivated young people who have maintained a love of learning.