Cleaner - St Michael's Middle School

About the role

St Michael's CE Middle School is looking for a Cleaner to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £8,123 per annum (Grade 1)

This job is Part Time - Term Time Only for 14 hours per week and 38 weeks per year.

It is offered on a Temporary basis until 31.08.2027.

Approximate start date October 2026.

St Michaels Middle School is looking to recruit a dedicated individual to undertake general cleaning duties within our school. We are looking for someone who takes pride in creating a clean, hygienic and safe environment and who is able to work well as part of our existing team.

You will be required to take responsibility for an allocated area, to carry out cleaning tasks set out in the school’s cleaning schedule. This will be inclusive of the swimming pool area and studio gym set within our school grounds.

There will be a requirement to work with limited supervision, and to take responsibility for unlocking the school grounds.

This role can be split into 2 positions, or the roles can be combined if preferred. The details of hours required for each role are listed below.

Role 1

A total of 4 hours per week.

Hours to be worked Thursday and Friday, 3:30pm - 5:30pm

Role 2

A total of 10 hours per week.

Hours to be worked Monday - Friday, 7am - 9am

Both roles can be combined to offer a total of 14 hours per week.

Key responsibilities:

● To carry out cleaning tasks set out in the school's cleaning schedule.

● To use all cleaning materials and equipment in a safe and proper manner and in accordance with any

instructions and specifications provided.

● To report the breakdown of any cleaning equipment or any perceived hazards in the workplace to the

Headteacher/ Site Manager (or other nominated supervisor).

● To observe health and safety and security requirements.

● To complete any appropriate records or documentation required by the Headteacher/ Site Manager.

● To maintain good working relationships with other school staff and to cooperate with reasonable

changes to daily work routines to assist the smooth operation of the school.

● To ensure that work undertaken complies with stated requirements and undertake appropriate

training, as required.

● Promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people in accordance with the Trust’s

safeguarding and child protection policy.

Essential knowledge and skills:

• Experience of following processes and procedures

• To be able to understand and communicate clearly with members of the cleaning team and throughout the school.

• Fluency in English - to be able to take cleaning instruction and communicate across the school.

• Positive attitude

• Ability to stay focussed/ on task

• Flexible and adaptable

• Quick Learner

• Team player

• Collaborative and respectful

It would be desirable if you have experience of a cleaning based role and experience of working within a school environment.

Closing date: 11th October 2026

Interview Date: Week commencing 19th October 2026

If you have any further questions, please contact Jodie Phelps on 01202 883433 or by emailing [email protected]

Further Information

St Michael's Middle 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.

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

The 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 is 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

Founded in 1971 St Michael’s Middle School is a Church of England school set in stunning grounds in Colehill, on the outskirts of Wimborne Minster, Dorset. With around 600 pupils, our school covers year groups 5-8 (ages 9 to 13) and is consistently oversubscribed on first choice applications.

Middle schools have the advantage of being able to blend together the best parts of primary school teaching with subject specialist teachers and facilities. Pupils study a full breadth of subjects over their four years at the school. Our facilities include science laboratories, product design and cooking workshops, specialist music rooms, ICT suites and PE facilities, including an indoor swimming pool.

We are also proud to offer a wide range of clubs and activities. Each year there are activity weeks, with both residential and day trips available to the pupils. Our school benefits from a strong relationship with the wider community, with local businesses helping deliver our careers provision and charitable groups working with some of our more vulnerable pupils.

St Michael’s achieves high standards and has a robust self-review procedure to explore ways of maintaining and improving these standards. We do not, however, believe in change for change for change’s sake, so we constantly challenge ourselves first with the question, “Is this going to be better for our pupils?’.

We have had our efforts recognised by Ofsted 2018, graded as a good school ,and by SIAMS who judged the school ‘excellent’ in 2019. We have also achieved a number of awards including the Platinum Level School Games Award, the National Music Mark and accreditation as an Eco-School.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.stmichaelsmiddle.org/

We welcome visits to our school - if you would like to arrange a visit or require more information, please refer to the contact details above.

Initio Learning Trust provides:

• A supportive and welcoming environment with a genuine commitment to professional development.

• A flexible, equal opportunities workplace.

• Access to the local government or teachers pension scheme.

• Employee benefits including a Health Cash Plan and Cycle to Work scheme.

About Initio Learning Trust

Initio Learning Trust is a multi-academy trust based in Dorset. We are responsible and accountable for the education of over 7000 pupils from 3 to 19 years of age and for the employment and support of over 1000 staff in 19 schools across Dorset, from Bridport in the West of the county to Verwood in the East.

We believe in enabling every person to thrive within their role, and our core values of Ambition, Collaboration and Respect underpin the pride we take in offering genuine professional development opportunities for all our staff; and in our focus on staff wellbeing.