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Fierté Multi-Academy Trust is seeking a flexible Caretaker to support Heathfields Infant and Wilnecote Junior Academy. This 35-hour-per-week, part-time role across two sites offers an actual salary of £24,975 per annum and a permanent contract.
The split is 14 hours over 2 days at Heathfields and 21 hours over 3 days at Wilnecote, with potential to tailor hours. The successful candidate will contribute to a safe, well‑maintained environment and uphold safeguarding commitments.
Caretaker
Heathfields Infant and Wilnecote Junior Academy
GradeGrade 5 (SCP 7)
Actual Salary - £24,975 per annum (£26,403 FTE)
Permanent
Part Time,All-year contract
Monday to Friday
35 hours a week (7 hours per day)(10:15am – 18:15pm with 1 hour lunch)
Start Date30th November 2026
At Fierté, all employees are expected to wholeheartedly commit to the Trust values and associated behaviours-We care, We are brave, We leave no one behind and We celebrate individuality.
Fierté Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint a Caretaker at Heathfields Infant (14 hours over 2 days) and Wilnecote Junior Academy (21 hours over 3 days). We are flexible and will consider part-time applications for a specific school, or 1 application for the whole 35 hours, working across both sites.
Heathfields Infant and Wilnecote Junior Academy are at the heart of the Wilnecote community. We are a highly nurturing schools who offer excellent facilities and opportunities to its pupils and staff. We are committed to understanding every child as an individual and meeting their needs effectively so that they can realise their limitless possibilities.
We are seeking to appoint a flexible, hardworking and conscientious individual who has an eye for detail to ensure our schools environment is the best it can be. If you have a passion for excellence and share our vision of “Pride” we would love you to be part of our highly cohesive mutually supportive team; part of our “Fierté Family”. Visits to the schools are highly recommended.
In addition to fulfilling the Person Specification, the successful candidate will be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.
See Job Description/Person Specification
Fierté Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.
It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.
A copy of Heathfields Infant Academy Safeguarding Policy can be found here https://www.hiwj.fierte.org/attachments/download.asp?file=718&type=pdf and Wilnecote Junior Academy Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here https://www.hiwj.fierte.org/attachments/download.asp?file=717&type=pdf, respectively.