Nursery Cleaner

Family First; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

24 days annual leave plus bankolidays

Birthday off

Employee wellbeing programme

Tailored learning and development

Refer a Friend bonus

Supportive team environment

Opportunities to grow within Family?

Job summary

Kids Play - The Childcare Hub in Milton Keynes is seeking a reliable Nursery Housekeeper. The role focuses on keeping playrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and communal areas clean, safe and inviting for children, families and staff. We offer flexibility for right candidates, including school hours and community perspectives.

Responsibilities include daily cleaning, laundry support, and adherence to health, safety and safeguarding protocols while maintaining a welcoming environment for all.

Qualifications

• Reliable and punctual.
• Previous cleaning or housekeeping experience.
• Knowledge of safe cleaning practices and COSHH procedures.
• Experience in nursery, school, healthcare, or similar environment.

Responsibilities

• Cleaning and maintaining playrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and communal areas.
• Sweeping, mopping, dusting, sanitising surfaces, and emptying bins.
• Cleaning and disinfecting children’s bathrooms, nappies changing areas, and high-touch surfaces.
• Supporting laundry duties, including washing, drying, folding, and organising nursery linen.
• Assisting with washing up and maintaining cleanliness within kitchen areas.
• Using cleaning products and equipment safely and appropriately.
• Monitoring cleaning stock levels and reporting replenishment requirements.
• Following Health & Safety, COSHH, infection control, and safeguarding procedures at all times.
• Supporting periodic deep cleaning tasks as required.
• Working closely with the nursery team to ensure a safe and welcoming environment.

Skills

Cleaning

Reliability

Punctuality

Independent work

Job description

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom | Posted on 12/10/2026

Kids Play - The Childcare Hub | Milton Keynes

Permanent | 10 hours a week

75% ChildcareDiscount | Birthday Off | Employee Wellbeing Programme

Are you looking fora part-time role that fits around your day while making a realdifference to children's lives?

Kids Play - The Childcare Hubislooking for a reliable and hardworking Nursery Housekeeper to helpkeep our nursery clean, safe, and welcoming for children, familiesand staff.

You will play avital role behind the scenes, ensuring our playrooms, bathrooms,kitchens, and communal areas are maintained to the higheststandards every day. Your work will help create an environmentwhere children can learn, play, and thrive safely.

We can be flexiblewith working hours for the right candidate, making this roleideal for parents, school-hour workers, students, or anyonelooking for a regular part-time position.

Whether you haveprevious cleaning experience or are simply reliable, organised,and take pride in your work, we would love to hear fromyou.

What weoffer:

• 24 days annualleave plus bank holidays and your birthday off
• Employeewellbeing and assistance programme
• Tailoredlearning and development opportunities
• Refer a Friendbonus scheme
• Supportive andwelcoming team environment
• Opportunities togrow within the Family First Group

The role:

As NurseryHousekeeper, you will help maintain the highest standards ofcleanliness and hygiene throughout the nursery. Responsibilitiesinclude:

• Cleaning andmaintaining playrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, and communalareas
• Sweeping,mopping, dusting, sanitising surfaces, and emptyingbins
• Cleaning anddisinfecting children's bathrooms, nappy changing areas, andhigh-touch surfaces
• Supportinglaundry duties, including washing, drying, folding, andorganising nursery linen
• Assisting withwashing up and maintaining cleanliness within kitchenareas
• Using cleaningproducts and equipment safely and appropriately
• Monitoringcleaning stock levels and reporting replenishmentrequirements
• Following Health& Safety, COSHH, infection control, and safeguardingprocedures at all times
• Supportingperiodic deep cleaning tasks as required
• Working closelywith the nursery team to ensure a safe and welcomingenvironment for all

What we're lookingfor:

• Reliable andpunctual
• Able to workindependently
• Takes pride inmaintaining high standards of cleanliness
• Positive andproactive approach to work
• Previouscleaning or housekeeping experience
• Knowledge ofsafe cleaning practices and COSHH procedures
• Experienceworking in a nursery, school, healthcare, or similarenvironment

If you are lookingfor a rewarding part-time role where your work makes a genuinedifference every day, we would love to hear from you.

We are committedto safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children andexpect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. ADisclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required forall posts. This post will be subject to enhanced checks as partof our Safeguarding Duty.

Kids Play - The Childcare Hubispart of the Family First Group where we take great care to treateveryone as a person, with equal rights and responsibilities to any other individual, whether they are an adult or a child. Weare committed to providing equality of opportunity andanti-discriminatory practice for all children and familiesaccording to their individual needs. Discrimination on thegrounds of gender, age, race, religion or belief, marriage orcivil partnership, disability, sexual orientation, genderreassignment, pregnancy or maternity, ethnic or national origin,or political belief has no place within the Family FirstGroup.