School Cleaner - Booker Park School

Overview

An opportunity has arisen at Booker Park School for a School Cleaner to join our team, taking pride in maintaining a safe and secure environment for our learners by keeping cleanliness to a high standard and undertaking necessary procedures to assist with day-to-day maintenance. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who takes pride in maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment. You will play a vital role in ensuring our school remains clean, hygienic and well presented. Duties will include cleaning classrooms, offices, corridors, toilets and other school facilities, using a range of cleaning equipment and materials.

Monday - Friday, 2.5 hours per day, 39 weeks per year (see Job Description & Person Specification for further information)

Why join us?

You'll have the opportunity to join a committed team of support staff, taking pride in upholding high standards to ensure all staff can enjoy working within a safe and clean environment, with training opportunities available and the ability to make a positive difference within the overall team.

Term time only: Yes

Salary type: Bucks Pay

Salary Details: Bucks Pay Range 1A, Point 5 £7,037 (FTE £8,320)

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Part-time

Closing date: 31/10/2026

Interviews to be held: To be conducted as suitable candidates apply

About us

At Booker Park School we look for all our young people to be successful learners enabling them to achieve in a caring and supportive environment. The school is a member of the Vale Federation of Special Schools, together with the secondary school Stocklake Park, and its post-16 site Harding House.

Website: www.thevalefederation.com

About the role

Job overview

• As part of our wider school team, you will be reliable.
• You will carry out daily cleaning duties including sweeping, hoovering, mopping, dusting, and emptying bins across areas of the school.
• Clean classrooms, offices, toilets, training rooms, and corridors to a high standard.
• Undertake specialist cleaning tasks in designated areas at specific times of the year (e.g. deep cleaning during holidays), ensure cleaning supplies are used efficiently and report any maintenance or health & safety issues.

Job requirements

• Previous cleaning experience
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Good attention to detail and a commitment to high standards of hygiene
• Reliable, punctual, and trustworthy

Please see attached Job description for further information.

About you

We are seeking an individual who:

• Has experience of general cleaning duties.
• Takes pride in delivering high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
• Is reliable, punctual and able to work independently.
• Has excellent attention to detail and a strong work ethic.
• Works effectively as part of a team and is willing to support colleagues when required.
• Is physically capable of undertaking the duties of the role.
• Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Experience working within a school environment or with children and young people with SEND would be advantageous, but is not essential.

Please see attached Person specification for further information.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below.

Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

Tel No: 01296 427221

Email: [email protected]

The Vale Federation of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to provide two satisfactory references, undertake pre-employment checks including a health check and have a cleared Enhanced Disclosure & Barring check. An online search (including social media checks) will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates as part of our recruitment process

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.