Cleaner

Teaching Vacancies; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced DBS cost coverage

Employee Assistance Programme

Training and career progression

Job summary

Cascade Multi Academy Trust is seeking a dedicated Cleaner to join Whiteways Primary School. The role focuses on maintaining sanitised, safe and welcoming environments across the site, following health and safety rules and procedures.

A successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You will be organised, work to high cleaning standards, use appropriate equipment and materials, and report any damage or issues to site staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in keeping schools or similar environments clean.
• Ability to follow health and safety rules and procedures.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene across allocated areas.
• Follow health and safety rules and processes for cleaning operations.
• Use appropriate cleaning equipment, materials and machinery as required.
• Carry out a range of duties including cleaning, washing, sweeping, sanitising, vacuuming, polishing and dusting.
• Support with specialist cleaning where appropriate.
• Report damage or defects to the appropriate person.
• Sign off checklists and liaise with site staff and managers as required.

Skills

Cleaning

Organised

Health and safety awareness

Job description

What skills and experience we're looking for

Cascade Multi Academy Trust is seeking to appoint a Cleaner to join the Trust.

Our vision at Cascade MAT is to transform the life chances of our children; ensure safe and secure learning environments; create inspirational places for our staff to work and to be an influential part of the local community.

Across the Trust we inspire our children to aim high and succeed, equipping them with the necessary skills and knowledge for the future. We promote understanding, respect and tolerance for each other. This is an exciting time to join Cascade Multi Academy Trust with each of its six schools judged as good by Ofsted.

Whiteways Primary School is a collaborative, multicultural and vibrant place to work. We pride ourselves on working together as a staff team to ensure we give our children the best starting points in life. Our curriculum is what excites the children for learning, and we strive to be innovative in our teaching approaches. We continually celebrate our uniqueness and diversity through our curriculum and community cohesion; making learning purposeful, immersive and challenging.

At Whiteways, we strongly believe in the importance of positive and respectful relationships amongst all members of the school community. Our families play an unprecedented role in ensuring children are happy and safe at school, so we create strong links between home and school learning, no matter when children start their journey at Whiteways Primary. Our curriculum is purposeful and fun; we provide unique learning opportunities, fostering the children’s interests, and challenging them to become the best that they can be.

The role

This position will suit an organised individual with exceptional cleaning standards. The main purpose of the role is to ensure sanitising duties are carried out regularly throughout the site and that their allocated area is cleaned to the required specification whilst adhering to defined procedures and health and safety regulations. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure DBS check.

The successful candidate will:

• Maintain a high standard of cleanliness and hygiene in the area/sites allocated
• Be aware of the conditions associated with the cleaning of your allocated areas related to the school/site users and to work to the appropriate Health and Safety rules and processes.
• Use the appropriate equipment, materials, tools and machinery to ensure the job is done effectively
• Be responsible for a wide range of duties, including: cleaning, washing, sweeping, sanitising, vacuum cleaning, polishing and dusting of designated areas within school
• Support with specialist cleaning where appropriate
• Report any damage/defects to the appropriate person
• Ensure all checklists are signed off as required
• Liaise with site staff, supervisors and line managers as required.

Closing Date: 5th November 2026 @ Midnight

Interview Date: 16th November 2026

What the school offers its staff

For all your hard work, we provide:

• A successful and visionary team to support you
• The opportunity to work with a supportive, established team
• We cover the cost of your enhanced disclosure check
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Commitment to your ongoing training and career progression
• Employee benefits including Westfield Health and Cycle to Work

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.