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Wootton Park School is seeking to appoint a part-time School Cleaner to join our cleaning team. The role covers late afternoon/early evening hours, 3.30pm–7.30pm, Monday to Friday, 20 hours per week, 40 weeks per year (term time plus training days).
The post requires enthusiasm, teamwork and motivation. We offer a supportive environment, professional development, LGSS Pension and staff wellbeing activities, with closing date 2 November 2026 and start date in November 2026.
Job Reference #
EDV/2026/WPS/90890
Location
Wootton Hall Park, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN4 0HZ
Contract Type
Permanent
Contract Term
Part-Time
Salary
£25,615.00 Annually (FTE)
£13.28 an hour
Hours Per Week
20
Weeks Per Year
40
Closing Date
Midday, Mon 2nd Nov, 2026
Start Date
November 2026
Positions Available
1
Wootton Park School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated part-time school Cleaner to grow the schools cleaning team.
The hours of work will cover late afternoon/early evening, 3.30pm-7.30pm, Monday to Friday - 20 hours per week, 40 weeks per annum (term time plus 5 teacher training days and 5 deep clean days to be agreed).
The position requires enthusiasm, team work and motivation.
Wootton Park School (WPS) is the founding school within our Trust and offers a first-rate and unique learning environment, ensuring high levels of academic achievement and personal development for all, while promoting the value of community participation and building a stronger society.
As an all-through (4-19) school, we believe this brings a significant number of benefits to learners and staff, and we seek staff who share this vision with us.
In September 2022, we had our first Year 6 & Year 13 cohorts, so are now operational in every year group. In 2020 we moved into our brand new £20 million state-of-the-art school building.
In July 2019 we were judged to be outstanding in every category by Ofsted. Inspectors noted that "The quality of teaching, learning and assessment is of a consistently high quality" and that "Achievement is outstanding in the early years and at key stages 1 and 3". "Staff morale is exceptionally high" Ofsted 2019.
We have recently achieved the Quality Inclusion Mark and the Wellbeing Award for Schools.
We are very proud of our school and are looking for like-minded professionals to join us on the next stage of our exciting journey.
If you are inspired by this exceptional opportunity to support our team, we want to hear from you!
In accordance with our statutory obligations under Keeping Children Safe in Education Wootton Park Academy Trust is required to conduct an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates and offer of a position is subject to receiving satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.
Wootton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are an equal opportunities employer.
Please note we do not accept CVs and references will be applied for at the shortlisting stage.
Closing Date: Monday 2nd November 2026, 12noon
Interview Date: W/B 2nd November 2026
Position Start Date: ASAP (subject to safer recruitment checks)
We maintain the right to close the application process early or later if necessary.
Applicants need to be available to interview in person