Cleaning Assistant

Applefields School; Northallerton; On-site; GBP 9,000 - 13,000; Part time

Job summary

Arete Learning Trust is recruiting for a part-time cleaning role at Northallerton School & Sixth Form College. The post requires 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday from 3.15pm to 6.15pm, during term time (41 weeks per year) with permanent status.

Training and safeguarding checks will be provided and you will maintain high cleaning standards across classrooms and facilities. You will work independently or as part of a team, following health and safety guidelines while delivering a reliable

Qualifications

• Hard-working and dependable; able to follow health and safety guidelines.
• Good time management and ability to meet cleaning deadlines.
• Willing to undergo safeguarding checks; training provided where needed.

Responsibilities

• Clean classrooms, corridors, toilets and communal areas.
• Sweep, mop, vacuum and dust surfaces.
• Empty bins and manage waste responsibly; replenish supplies.
• Report issues or damages promptly; training will be provided.

Skills

Hard-working

Team player

Ownership

Organisational skills

Health and safety

Positive attitude

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only

Location: Northallerton School & Sixth Form College, Brompton Rd, Northallerton DL6 1ED

About this Role

This role will provide a high quality, effective cleaning service to ensure a clean and hygienic environment. The post is required to work with cleaning equipment and products which contain chemicals, but the necessary protective clothing will be provided.

Hours of Work: 15 hours per week (Monday-Friday 3.15-6.15pm) Term Time only, including

Training Days, plus 2 weeks (41 weeks per year)

Position Type: Permanent

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

This is a physically demanding role that requires a "can do" attitude, attention to detail, and strong time management skills. You'll need to be self-motivated, efficient, and able to take pride in maintaining high cleaning standards – even when working independently.

What we’re looking for:

• A hard-working, dependable team player
• Someone who takes ownership of their tasks and works with purpose
• Good organisational skills and the ability to meet cleaning deadlines
• The ability to follow health and safety guidelines and procedures
• A positive attitude

Your duties will include:

• Cleaning classrooms, corridors, toilets, and communal areas
• Sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, and dusting
• Emptying bins and managing waste responsibly
• Replenishing supplies and reporting any issues or damages
• Previous cleaning experience is desirable, but not essential – training will be provided.

All applicants must be willing to undergo safeguarding checks in line with the school’s safer recruitment policy.

About the Trust

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.

At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

• Health, happiness and wellbeing
• A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
• A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
• High standards and expectations
• Integrity, kindness and good manners
• Respect for individuality and difference
• Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.

We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.

In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work. We want our staff development opportunities to be first class and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

• Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
• Are committed to our Trust values.
• Show initiative and are responsive to change.
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
• Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
• Are team players.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds; for more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy statement (https://www.arete.uk/careers). If you are ready for the next step in your career and you feel that your skill set makes you a good fit for this very exciting opportunity, then we look forward to receiving your application.

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process. Applications via agencies will not be considered.

Key Dates:

Closing Date: 30 th September 2026

Interviews will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.