Caretaker

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortis Academy in Birmingham is seeking a reliable Caretaker to join the site team. You will help maintain a safe, clean, and welcoming environment for students, staff, and visitors, and work closely with the Site Manager to keep buildings and grounds fully operational.

Key duties include opening and closing the academy, carrying out routine maintenance and minor repairs, monitoring facilities, ensuring health and safety compliance, and preparing rooms for lessons and events.

Responsibilities

• Open and close the academy buildings, ensuring the site is secure at all times.
• Carry out routine maintenance, minor repairs, and basic decorating tasks.
• Monitor the condition of the buildings and grounds, reporting and responding to maintenance issues promptly.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and academy policies.
• Assist with planned preventative maintenance and statutory compliance checks.
• Prepare rooms and facilities for lessons, examinations, meetings, and academy events.
• Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of external areas, including pathways, car parks, and green spaces.
• Liaise with contractors and support the monitoring of their work on site.
• Assist in responding to emergencies, including alarm activations and unforeseen maintenance issues.
• Support the academy in maintaining a positive, safe, and welcoming environment for the whole school community.

Job description

Fortis Academy is seeking a reliable, proactive, and enthusiastic Caretaker to join our dedicated site team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who takes pride in maintaining a safe, clean, and welcoming environment where students, staff, and visitors can thrive. As our Caretaker, you will play a vital role in ensuring the academy buildings and grounds are well maintained, secure, and fully operational. You will work closely with the Site Manager and wider academy team to provide an outstanding learning environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Open and close the academy buildings, ensuring the site is secure at all times.
• Carry out routine maintenance, minor repairs, and basic decorating tasks.
• Monitor the condition of the buildings and grounds, reporting and responding to maintenance issues promptly.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations and academy policies.
• Assist with planned preventative maintenance and statutory compliance checks.
• Prepare rooms and facilities for lessons, examinations, meetings, and academy events.
• Maintain the cleanliness and appearance of external areas, including pathways, car parks, and green spaces.
• Liaise with contractors and support the monitoring of their work on site.
• Assist in responding to emergencies, including alarm activations and unforeseen maintenance issues.
• Support the academy in maintaining a positive, safe, and welcoming environment for the whole school community.

Fortis Academy is more than a school. It is a thriving community where ambition, hard work, and opportunity come together. With a brand new, state of the art campus opening in 2030, Fortis is on track to become the largest academy in Birmingham, educating over 2,000 students from Year 11 to Sixth Form. Our mission is simple: Enriching Lives. We develop confident, capable young people guided by our core values of character, resilience, and aspiration, which shape everything we do. We offer a challenging, well-structured curriculum from GCSE to post 16 pathways, preparing students for further education, employment, and life beyond school. Every student is equipped with an iPad to support modern, flexible learning in school and at home. Our success is driven by over 200 dedicated staff who are fully committed to supporting students and improving practice. Student wellbeing is central to life at Fortis, with strong support for mental health, confidence, and personal development. Our Sixth Form is one of Birmingham’s strongest, with a Value-Added score of 0.36 in 2026, enriched by opportunities that broaden horizons and build real world skills. With outstanding facilities ahead and a growing community, Fortis Academy continues to inspire, support, and challenge every student to succeed.

Shaw Education Trust, we believe every role has the power to transform a life.

Whether you’re supporting behind the scenes, inspiring in the classroom, or

leading with vision, you will be part of something truly meaningful. Our

values—opportunity, integrity, community, and equity—guide everything we

do. Our vision is “Opening doors to the world through the power of learning.”

We bring this to life through our mission: working

together to inspire communities where every school is valued, every voice

matters, and every learner thrives. We

are a dynamic and growing family of primary, secondary, and special schools,

proudly serving communities from Birmingham to Bury. Our

people are our greatest asset, and we are deeply committed to their development

through high-quality training, apprenticeships, talent development programmes,

and research opportunities, we empower our staff to thrive as skilled,

confident professionals. We champion wellbeing, value every voice, and foster a

culture where you feel supported, motivated, and inspired to make a real

difference. You

will join a collaborative network of schools where shared expertise and a

strong professional community drive success. Every academy within our Trust has

an equal voice, and every colleague plays a vital role in shaping tailored

learning experiences that raise aspirations and build brighter futures. If

you have the passion, dedication, and drive to help shape lives and create

futures filled with promise, we would love you to join our team. Together,

let’s make the remarkable happen. We

believe every child has the potential to be extraordinary. In

our secondary schools, we pride ourselves on our innovative approach to

curriculum design, to ensure all our schools have breadth and ambition for all

students, regardless of their starting points and barriers. Standard curriculum

models don’t always engage all students, so we constantly seek to innovate and

provide better opportunities to develop both knowledge and skills for life. We

want our students to believe their curriculum is bold, exciting, purposeful,

and ultimately leads to something meaningful for them. Some examples of our

innovation include moving towards a trust wide approach to enrichment and

competitions, to provide a world class enrichment programme and more opportunities

for essential skills like reading and cultural capital. We are also introducing

vocational and technical pathways, which run through the normal school

curriculum but attract support from leading employers and universities to

develops work-readiness in our students, so that they can progress onto T

Levels and apprenticeships. Shaw Education Trust offer the following employee benefits with your Teaching or Support Staff employment:

An excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (Support

Support Staff only based on working full time,

all year - Generous holiday entitlement from your first day of

employment (37 days holiday rising to 39 days after 5 years’

service including Bank Holidays)

Access to Medicash Health & Wellbeing Plan: Enjoy

health services designed to support your well-being.

Free DiscountForTeachers Scheme for all staff (Support

and Teaching), Exclusive discounts to save money with a wide selection of

discounts and exclusive offers from hundreds of the biggest brands.

Free Eye Tests

Cycle to work scheme

Access to our Institute of

Education and fantastic opportunities to help you grow, contribute and

flourish in your role and in the Trust. We

know our people are the key to our success and so we’re committed to

ensuring the employment experience at Shaw Education Trust is a rewarding

one. Colleagues

within the Trust benefit from: Access to a full range of courses both in-house and

professionally accredited. These courses include a variety of the National

Professional Qualifications and the Early Carer Teacher Programme delivered by

Shaw Education Trust as a delivery partner for Ambition Institute. Experienced

leadership and subject-specific support. Guidance

from former HMIs and serving Ofsted Inspectors within the Trust. Access

to the Trust’s Institute of Education and SCITT. Opportunities

to work with different schools within the Trust as a Professional Advocate. Participating