Job Title: School Cleaner
Job Purpose: To maintain a clean and hygienic learning environment. Duties may include working in all types of rooms, including offices, classrooms, laboratories, home economics rooms, showers, halls, corridors, workshops and toilets.
Line manager: Headteacher’s PA
Salary: Grade G01 (4.6 Cleaner) £10.50 per hour
Hours of work: 12 hours 30 minutes per hours a week during term time + 5 training days.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS: The normal duties of the postholder will usually include the following:
1. To be responsible for cleaning certain parts of the school site as allocated by the Caretaker (this will vary from time to time).
2. To use cleaning materials as instructed by the Caretaker.
3. To operate cleaning machinery in cleaning soft and hard surfaces, e.g. vacuum cleaners and polishers.
4. Duties to include the following:
. Vacuum cleaning hard and soft floors
. Spot cleaning of spillages
· Wiping furniture, ledges, pipes, paintwork, doors and polishing door glass
· Emptying and cleaning bins
· Cleaning toilets including sanitary fittings and surrounds
· Mopping and spray cleaning hard floor surfaces
· Wiping and polishing and straightening furniture
· Replenishing janitorial supplies in toilets, etc.
· Checking and closing windows, switching off lights after work
· Such other duties as may be allocated from time to time
All defects/hazards must be immediately reported to the Caretaker or Headteacher
During periods when the school is closed, routine cleaning is undertaken throughout the school. This may include stripping and sealing floors, high level dusting, wall washing, etc.
The appointment is subject to a successful DBS application.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 12.5 per week
Salary: £10.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- On-site parking
Schedule:
COVID-19 considerations:
Face masks are currently optional however may change according to Welsh Government Guidance.
Experience:
- cleaning: 1 year (preferred)
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 22/08/2026
Reference ID: GS 2026 011
