Caretaker

Woodcote Primary School; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Woodcote Primary School in Greater London is seeking a committed caretaker to join our site team. The role offers a 36-hour week, working with our experienced site manager across a split shift pattern.

Hours are 07:00-11:00 and 13:45-17:00, Monday to Friday, all year round. The post is part of The Pioneer Academy Trust, with responsibilities spanning safety, maintenance, and safeguarding of pupils and staff on site.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the premises and grounds are safe, warm, clean and properly maintained.
• Movement of heavy goods, duties including heavy items, taking delivery and distributing supplies, moving furniture and equipment.
• Promote and protect safeguarding of all pupils, staff and visitors to site and premises.

Job description

We are looking to recruit a committed caretaker to join our school site team, working 36 hours a week working alongside our experienced site manager as part of a site team.

This role involves a split shift pattern, working to the hours of: 07.00-11.00 & 13.45 - 17.00 Monday - Friday throughout the year.

Key responsibilities

• Ensure the premises and grounds are safe, warm, clean and properly maintained.
• Movement of heavy goods, duties including heavy items, taking delivery and distributing supplies, moving furniture and equipment.
• Promote and protect safeguarding of all pupils, staff and visitors to site and premises.

Woodcote Primary School is an oversubscribed school is Ofsted graded Outstanding. Our school motto is ‘Inspire, Challenge, Engage’ and is at the heart of everything we do. We value each child as an individual and work hard to foster resilience, creativity, responsibility, self-belief, respect and truthfulness. We pride ourselves on our continual drive to provide exceptional care and education. We have a dedicated and enthusiastic team striving for the best for all children.

Woodcote Primary School is part of The Pioneer Academy Trust which is an academy trust with schools across London and the South East. At The Pioneer Academy, we put children first, pioneering excellence and championing each and every child. All our schools, ranging from small infant schools to large primary schools, work collaboratively, sharing resources and expertise. Find out more at: https://www.woodcoteprimary.croydon.sch.uk and www.thepioneeracademy.co.uk

At The Pioneer Academy, we take the wellbeing and mental health of our staff seriously which is why we are committed to regular reviews of staff well-being and reducing staff workload. We create bespoke career pathways for every member of staff, identifying and growing talent, with outstanding professional development opportunities at every stage of your career. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with a range of resources to support wellbeing which is available to all employees and their immediate family members 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.

What we offer you:

• A friendly, dedicated staff team who believe in teamwork and building positive relationships across the school, the Trust and in the local community.
• High quality development programme with induction programmes for all new staff.
• Excellent CPD opportunities,
• A supportive and collaborative working ethos, including support from the Trust’s Central Executive Team and a range of experts, such as specialists in estates and grounds.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling.
• Access to discounted wrap around childcare for staff.
• Free academy-wide social events throughout the year.

Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a criminal disclosures and declarations form prior to interview. References will be requested for those shortlisted only and prior to interview. In line with Keeping children safe in education 2026 online searches will be completed as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates, searching online content that is publicly available for inappropriate online content that may suggest that a shortlisted candidate may not be suitable to work with children, or that may harm the reputation of the school. If any issues of concern come up in online searches, shortlisted candidates will have an opportunity to address these at interview. An Enhanced DBS certificate will be required on provisional offer, including a check of the Children’s Barred List. Further vetting checks, in line with the requirements of Keeping children safe in education 2026 will be completed following a provisional offer of appointment. Where applicable, if an applicant with a provisional offer of employment has lived and/or worked outside the UK, they will be required to obtain a Certificate of Good Conduct or other overseas police check. Candidates will be required to arrange this themselves if they do not already have the necessary certificate. We recommend that those applicants who have lived and worked abroad read the Gov.uk information ahead of interview to familiarise themselves with the vetting checks that will be required: Criminal Records Checks for applicants who have lived overseas - further information

The Pioneer Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Offers of employment are subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure and other employment checks. Our Academy Safeguarding Policy can be viewed via the following link: TPA Safeguarding Policy 2026

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