Primary School Caretaker

Teaching Personnel Ltd.; Burgh Heath; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Job summary

Teaching Personnel is recruiting an experienced School Caretaker for a mainstream primary school in Chobham, Surrey. The role focuses on maintaining the building, grounds and facilities to a high standard, ensuring a safe and well‑ordered environment for pupils, staff and visitors.

The successful candidate will undertake general maintenance, minor repairs, room preparation and health and safety checks, with occasional liaison to contractors and the school team. Start ASAP.

Qualifications

• Experience in school, commercial premises, facilities or maintenance environments is advantageous.
• Practical, organised and proactive
• Able to use initiative to handle day-to-day issues

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the school buildings and grounds
• Completing general maintenance and minor repairs
• Carrying out regular checks around the site
• Preparing rooms and moving furniture when required
• Supporting with health and safety procedures
• Monitoring the condition of school facilities
• Liaising with contractors and external services where necessary
• Supporting with opening and securing the premises

Skills

Maintenance experience

General repairs

Health & safety checks

Job description

School Caretaker Required

Start- ASAP

Hours- 18.75 per week Monday to Friday (52 weeks)

Location- Chobham, Surrey

School Caretaker – Chobham

Teaching Personnel is looking for an experienced and dependable Caretaker to join their premises team at a mainstream primary school in Chobham. This is an important role within the school, ensuring the building, grounds and facilities are maintained to a high standard and remain safe and suitable for pupils, staff and visitors.

The successful candidate will take responsibility for a range of practical duties throughout the school day, including general maintenance, basic repairs, furniture and classroom setup, health and safety checks and maintaining the external areas of the site. The role may also involve liaising with contractors and reporting any larger maintenance issues to the appropriate member of the school team.

Previous experience working within a school, commercial premises, facilities or maintenance environment would be advantageous. The school is looking for someone who is practical, organised and able to use their initiative when dealing with day-to-day issues.

Key responsibilities include:

• -Maintaining the school buildings and grounds
• -Completing general maintenance and minor repairs
• -Carrying out regular checks around the site
• -Preparing rooms and moving furniture when required
• -Supporting with health and safety procedures
• -Monitoring the condition of school facilities
• -Liaising with contractors and external services where necessary
• -Supporting with opening and securing the premises

This is a varied role that would suit someone who enjoys practical work and takes pride in maintaining a safe and well‑organised school environment.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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