Cleaner

ROLE: Cleaner

SCHOOL: Upton Infant School HOURS: 15 hours per week (Term time plus 2 weeks) SALARY: (GRADE 2/SCP 2/FTE £24,413/PRO-RATA £8,987)

CLOSING DATE: 26 November 2025

INTERVIEW DATE: 3 December 2025

START DATE: 5 January 2026

An opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and experienced Cleaner to join our friendly cleaning team at Upton Infant School, part of Hamwic Education Trust (HET). HET is a large, fast-paced Trust with currently 37 academies across the South Coast.

Linked to 6 community/based partnerships, there are 34 primary academies, 2 secondary and 1 hospital school. Candidates will strive to ensure the highest levels of cleanliness are maintained throughout the school on a daily basis. If you are ready for a new challenge and enjoy working with an organisation where no day will be the same, then please apply.

Upton Junior School 25-26 ‘All about the Child’ At HET, we aim to put the child at the centre of everything we do. We believe that by doing this, it drives our ethos and values to do the best we can for our children. ‘What about Sam’ Sam is the name we have given to the notional Hamwic child. By asking ourselves ‘What about Sam?’ we ensure that we put our pupils at the heart of our decision making.

JOB/PERSON SUMMARY: Upton Infant School is looking to appoint a cleaner working three hours per day, Monday to Friday from 3pm to 6pm. We are looking for a hardworking, reliable and enthusiastic person who has high standards and takes pride in their work, thereby ensuring our children have a clean, safe school in which to learn. The post holder will be required to ensure that school premises are kept in a clean and hygienic condition, working as part of a team under the direction of the Site Manager. Experience would be an advantage; however, thorough training will be provided.

WE ARE SEEKING A PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS:

• good interpersonal skills

• discretion and sensitivity

• very high standards

• is able to work under own initiative

• is organised, flexible and work well under pressure

• is a good team player

• a smile for all situations

WE CAN OFFER YOU:

• Excellent CPD opportunities and Training and Development Programmes

• In-house Teaching School

• An individual induction programme supported by a mentor

• Networking groups for Teachers, Business Managers, Site Teams and IT staff

• Eligibility to join the Teachers’ Pension Scheme or Local Government Pension Scheme

• Generous holiday entitlement for staff working 52 weeks per year which increases with length of service

• Free eye tests up to the value of £25 for users of VDU equipment and contribution up to the value of £60 towards the purchase of glasses specifically for the use of display screen equipment (where all conditions are met)

• Opportunity to become a school workplace Health and Wellbeing representative, meeting with other schools on a termly basis and feeding into the Health and Wellbeing strategy

• Access to the Trust Health and Wellbeing pages

• Access to a staff benefits portal through Vivup

• Free confidential telephone and face to face counselling for staff and family member