Domestic Cleaner

Uppingham School; Uppingham; On-site; GBP 13,000 - 16,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Westfield Healthcare

Free Sports Centre membership

Free staff lunches

School fee discount for staff children

Retail, gym, discounts

Cycle to work

Employee Assistance Programme

Occupational Health Services

Free annual flu jabs

Job summary

Uppingham School is seeking a part-time Cleaner to join a warm, friendly team dedicated to maintaining a welcoming, well-kept environment for pupils and staff at the boarding and day school in Uppingham.

Role hours are 9.15am–2.25pm, 36 weeks per year with additional shifts and central cleaning options. A daily hot lunch is provided; extensive benefits include Westfield Healthcare and staff discounts.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of cleaning procedures.
• Reasonable numeracy and literacy.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, and with others.
• Good communication skills, and the ability to deal with colleagues, pupils and parents in a pleasant and helpful manner.
• Ability to organise workload and balance priorities to meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards of work.
• Good timekeeping.
• Knowledge of health & safety requirements (desirable).
• Understanding of COSHH (desirable).
• Previous experience of using industrial cleaning equipment (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Clean and maintain pupil homes and communal areas.
• Dust, sweep and vacuum, refresh carpets and shared spaces.
• Assist with meal service and laundry as part of daily routines.
• Support central cleaning tasks across buildings when needed.

Skills

Cleaning procedures

Numeracy

Literacy

Teamwork

Time management

Health & safety

COSHH

Industrial cleaning

Job description

Location: Uppingham, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 9QE
Interested in this role You can find all the relevant information in the description below.
Salary: £13,469.79 – £16,032.38 per annum (actual)
Hours: 23.35 – 28.35 hours per week, 9.15am – 2.25pm, 36 weeks per year
Contract: Permanent, Part Time
Closing Date: 9.00am, Friday 9th October 2026
Job Reference: EDV/2026/US/12673

About This Role

Uppingham Boarding and Day School is looking for Cleaners who want to be part of a warm, friendly team dedicated to making our school feel welcoming, well-kept, and homely. Your work will have a genuine impact on the daily life of our pupils and staff — helping to create calm, comfortable spaces where our community can thrive.

Your working day runs from 9.15am to 2.25pm, offering a predictable daytime routine that fits seamlessly around family life, studies, or other commitments – ideal for those seeking meaningful work within family friendly hours. A daily hot lunch is also provided throughout term time. Extensive added benefits include free Westfield Healthcare, discounts, and free membership of our Sports Centre.

You’ll play an important and valued role in keeping our pupil homes looking their very best. Whether you’re brightening communal spaces with dusting, sweeping and vacuuming, refreshing carpets and shared areas with deeper cleaning, or supporting daily routines through meal service and laundry, everything you do contributes to a caring, well‑maintained environment that feels like home for our pupils.

Hours Available

• 5 days per week, 36 weeks per year plus an additional 105 annual clean down hours. The hours of work are expected to be 9.15am – 2.25pm
• 6 days per week, 36 weeks per year plus an additional 105 annual clean down hours. The hours of work are expected to be 9.15am – 2.25pm
• Additionally, we have morning central cleaning positions across our teaching and office buildings available from 6am. Many of our staff combine various House and Central Cleaning roles.

What We’re Looking For

• Knowledge of cleaning procedures
• Reasonable numeracy and literacy
• Ability to work with minimum supervision, and with others
• Good communication skills, and the ability to deal with colleagues, pupils and parents in a pleasant and helpful manner
• Ability to organise workload and balance priorities to meet deadlines
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards of work
• Good timekeeping
• Knowledge of health & safety requirements (desirable)
• An understanding of COSHH (desirable)
• Previous experience of using industrial cleaning equipment (desirable)

What We Offer

Benefits

When you join us, you become part of a community that appreciates and supports its team members. You will enjoy a range of benefits that reflects our appreciation:

• Free Westfield Healthcare
• Free membership of dual-use Sports Centre (£25 annual joining fee)
• Free staff lunches in term-time
• School fee discount for children of Uppingham staff (pro‑rated for part‑time staff)
• Retail, gym, supermarket, cinema and restaurant discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health Services
• Free annual flu jabs
• Recognised as a "Disability Confident" employer
• Recognised as a "Mindful" employer
• Favourable rates and terms with local nursery
• Complimentary staff ticket to selected School performances
• Discount at local coffee shop for Uppingham staff

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy early once we have received an adequate number of applications, therefore we encourage early submissions.

Uppingham School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Successful candidates must be willing to undergo full screening in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSiE), including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Issues relating to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils will be explored at interview.

You may have experience in the following

• Cleaner
• Domestic Cleaner
• Domestic Assistant
• Housekeeper
• Housekeeping Assistant
• School Cleaner
• Cleaning Operative
• Domestic Services Assistant
• Boarding House Assistant
• Catering and Cleaning Assistant
• Janitor
• Caretaker
• etc