Cleaner St Jude's Church of England Primary School

St Judes Church of England Primary School

Cleaner

Hours: 3.30pm-5.30pm Monday to Thursday and 3.30pm-6.00pm Friday with locking up duties. Term Time + 3 weeks blocked hours over Easter & Summer Holidays 42 weeks per year

Permanent:Starting as soon as possible

Salary: Band 1 Actual 6448-6475 (FTE )

Closing date:Friday 23 January 2026

Interview Date: You are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as shortlisting and interviews may be carried out prior to the closing date.

St Judes CE Primary School is a popular friendly school in the heart of Old are looking for an enthusiastic energetic and motivated cleaner to join our team. Ideally you will have some experience of cleaning in a school environment. Having a clean and tidy school environment is extremely important to us and helps us to ensure the well-being of everyone who attends the school.

A certain level of English is required for the role as you will need tocomplete essential safeguarding training Health & Safety training and to understand and comply with the requirements of COSHH (Control of Substances Hazardous to Health) regulations. If you have high expectations and can work positively within a team setting then we would love to hear from you.

St Judes CE Primary School is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce that represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of United Kingdom Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage and disabled people are currently under-represented among our staff and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation. The appointment will of course be based on merit alone.

St Judes CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS Disclosure at Enhanced level and any other background checks including overseas checks will be required prior to any offer of employment.

To apply please read the job description and complete the attached application form and return it to hellis@. Alternatively you can post your application to Mrs Helen Ellis HR & Admin Manager St Judes CE Primary School St Nicholas Street Portsmouth PO1 2NZ.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

As part of any recruitment process St Judes CE Primary School collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. St Judes CE Primary School is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations under the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR). Completing and sending an application in for a vacancy is your consent for us to process your data for the purpose of recruitment. Your data is not used in any other way and you can withdraw your consent at any point in the recruitment process and we will destroy or delete your information. For more detailed information on what we collect how we use store delete data and your rights you can access a privacy statement on our web site.

You will need to demonstrate that you have a Right to Work in the UK. No post will be offered without it.

We would like to thank you in advance for your application however please note we will only contact those applicants shortlisted for interview.

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