School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter - Pipers Corner School

Overview

We are looking for a School Cleaning Supervisor and Porter to support all aspects of school housekeeping, supervise the cleaning of the School and complete daily porter/cleaning tasks as necessary

Salary: £25-29k dependent on skills and experience

Contract type: Permanent. 

Hours: 40 hours per week. Five weeks’ annual holiday

Closing date: Sunday 9 November 2025

About us

Pipers Corner is a Girls’ School Association Independent School for girls aged 4-18. Set in 96 acres of beautiful Chiltern countryside, the school is four miles north of High Wycombe and two miles from Great Missenden. In its most recent ISI inspection (March 2023) the school was graded as “excellent” in all categories.

www.piperscorner.co.uk

About the role

• Check daily to ensure that rooms are ready for school exams, functions and events.
• Monitor the work of the externally-contracted cleaning operatives, liaising closely with their Cleaning Supervisor.
• Respond to service requests for porter/hospitality jobs.
• Perform cleaning tasks based on a schedule produced by the Estates Manager (including outside cleaning)

 Further details regarding the job role can be obtained from our website  https://www.piperscorner.co.uk/our-community/staff/job-vacancies 

About you

The post holder will benefit from the following attributes and experience:

• Ideally the candidate will enjoy working as part of a team, but will also be able to take the initiative, particularly when events and activities are in progress.
• This is a demanding role which requires a level of physical fitness.
• The successful candidate should be able to evidence their reliability and be amenable to some flexibility in working hours, according to the needs of the school calendar.
• Punctuality is an important part of the function.
• The post holder will need to keep abreast of the school programme in general and the weekly programme in detail.
• The post holder will be a responsive individual, with very strong communication skills, forming an essential part of our busy Estates team.
• A willingness to assist and deal confidently with staff. Must be professional, courteous and helpful to students, parents and other visitors at all times.

The working week will comprise a ‘core hours’ approach with a standard start and finish time, but with flexibility to ensure that the Cleaning Contractor is supervised sufficiently during the evening cleaning periods and also that school events are appropriately supported. Where necessary, TOIL or overtime will be available.

Other information

An application form and further information regarding the role can be obtained from the HR Department, email [email protected]  or downloaded from the vacancies section of our website www.piperscorner.co.uk  

Completed application forms and a covering letter should be addressed to the Headmistress and returned to HR via the email address above.

Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and Pipers Corner School reserves the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.

Closing date | Sunday 9 November 2025

Pipers Corner 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 applicant will be subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.