School Caretaker - Waddesdon Village Primary School

Buckinghamshire Council; Waddesdon; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 20,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading primary school in Waddesdon is seeking a proactive and caring School Caretaker. The role is part-time with responsibilities including site maintenance and security to ensure a safe environment for students. The successful candidate will join a dedicated team to support the school's values of perseverance and achievement.

Benefits

20 days paid holiday per year

Qualifications

• Experience in a caretaking or similar role.
• Ability to communicate effectively with pupils and staff.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintenance and security of the school premises.
• Ensure a safe and pleasant environment for students and staff.

Skills

Communication

Maintenance

Organizational Skills

Job description

School Caretaker - Waddesdon Village Primary School

The Governors and Headteacher of our successful and popular school are seeking to appoint a pro-active, caring and practical Caretaker to provide support and join our team from September 2025 (or sooner). This is a part-time position.

There will be 20 days paid holiday per year (as on a 52 week contract).

Salary Type: Bucks pay

Contract type: Fixed Term

Hours: 25 Hours per week. Monday to Friday 7.30am-9.30am and 2.30pm-5.30pm.

Interviews to be held: 18th June 2025

About us

Waddesdon Village Primary School is a friendly village school with high aspirations and we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Caretaker. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a forward thinking staff and wonderful children who live our school motto of; A Pathway to Excellence.

Our School Values are: perseverance, achievement, tolerance, honesty, well-being and aspiration.

We have an extremely strong team of dedicated staff and are looking for someone with experience of a caretaking or similar role, the ability to communicate effectively with pupils and staff, to join our team.

To be responsible for the maintenance and security of the school premises and site, ensuring a safe and pleasant environment.

Please see the attached Job Description.

About you

Please see the attached Person Spec.

Other information

Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expects all staff to share this commitment. We are also committed in promoting community cohesion, healthy school and young enterprise.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:

• All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
• All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.