Cleaner

• Cleaner_JD_and_Person_Spec_Jan_26

Thank you for your interest in our job vacancy. Please complete the application as fully as possible and explain any gaps in your employment history. We would like to understand more about how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the job description and person specification for the role.

Role: Cleaner

Location: Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School

Salary: Grade 2 SCP 2

FTE: £24413 Actual Salary Pro-Rata: £8,038

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 12.5 hours per week // 3.30pm – 6pm // 44 weeks of the year

The Governors and Headteacher at Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School wish to appoint a dedicated cleaner to join our committed and enthusiastic team. This position is to commence as soon as possible.

We are looking for a friendly, caring and motivated person with plenty of energy who can join our hardworking team in supporting teaching and learning across our school. The main role of the job is to provide a high standard of hygiene and cleanliness throughout the school.

At Barnton Community Nursery and Primary School, we can offer you:

• A welcoming and vibrant school,
• A friendly, hardworking team of staff,
• Happy, well-behaved children who enjoy learning.

The successful candidate should:

• Have some experience of cleaning but not essential
• Have good organisational and interpersonal skills,
• Be enthusiastic and motivated and able to use their initiative and also under direction,
• Demonstrate a commitment to our high standards,
• Be able to work in close partnership with the whole school community.

If you have the skills, energy and enthusiasm to successfully do this job, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Please complete an application form, and provide a supporting statement outlining your interest, expressing how you feel you could contribute to our school on no more than 1 side of A4.

Please email your application for the attention of our Headteacher, Sara Albiston, on

head@barnton.cheshire.sch.uk

Closing date: Monday 9th February 2026

Interviews: W/C Monday 9th February 2026

Our school and Weaver Trust place the highest priority on keeping our children safe. Applicants will be subject to a stringent vetting, including an Enhanced DBS check and induction process.