Caretaker​/Site Maintenance

Job Title: SCHOOL CARETAKER / SITE SUPERVISOR
School or Organisation: Exhall Cedars Infant Nursery & Pre-school
Number of Jobs: 1
Employment Details Job Type: Non-Teaching
Salary Scale: Scale D
Type of Agreement or

Contract:

Permanent
Working Weeks: 52 weeks
DBS

Required:

Yes
Vulnerable Group: Children
Closing Date: 9TH September 2026 at 12pm
Offers will be subject to satisfactory references, DBS check and medical checks.
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

Due the recent retirement of our current caretaker, our teaching staff, the children, staff and governors of this happy and successful Infant and Nursery School wish to appoint someone with physical stamina and experience of DIY, general maintenance and record keeping to enhance our busy, nurturing and supportive school.
We have a committed team of teaching and non-teaching staff and are keen to recruit someone who wants to give us the best place to be each day!
The successful applicants will be resilient and great team players. They will be committed to providing the very best for the children in our school and for the local community that we serve.
The mental health and well-being of both children, staff and parents is a constant driving force at Cedars.
This role will be subject to a successful 6mth probationary period.

We are seeking a reliable and responsible Caretaker to join our team. As a Caretaker, you will be responsible for maintaining a clean, attractive, safe, secure and welcoming site through a process of regular monitoring of cleaning and routines and both the scheduled and dynamic maintenance of buildings, grounds, fixtures and fittings. This is a crucial role in ensuring a safe and welcoming environment for our children, staff and visitors.

This role has some staff supervisory responsibility and some limited budgetary responsibility.

• Responsibility for others:
  The post has significant impact on the well-being of individuals or groups (ie physical, mental, social, health and safety).
• Responsibility for staff:
  The post supervises, checks work and instructs a small number of cleaning staff.
• Responsibility for budget:
  The post had limited responsibility for financial resources (Placing orders, within a given budget, to maintain adequate stock).
• Responsibility for physical resources:
  The post has considerable responsibility for cleaning and maintenance of equipment or buildings and responsibility for security of buildings and school site.

• Carry out security procedures for the school buildings and grounds.
• Routine and non-routine opening and closing and security of premises and grounds.
• Act to prevent trespass on the premises, ensuring perimeters are secure at all times.
• Ensure unauthorised parking of vehicles does not occur.
• Act as a nominated keyholder and respond appropriately to alarm company, police call-outs and other emergencies outside normal working hours, e.g. evenings or during the day, between shifts.

• Limited cleaning other than during the school holidays.
• Ensure the premises and furnishings are cleaned in accordance with the school’s/authority’s standards, including carrying out regular checks of cleaning standards.
• Carry out holiday-specific cleaning/maintenance tasks and maintaining log sheets.
• Audit and order cleaning materials and equipment as required.

• Respond to the school’s Maintenance Reporting System in a prompt manner, prioritising Health and Safety tasks.
• Responsible for basic tools and equipment.
• Report items, repairs, maintenance work that is required, then responding to this in a timely manner to resolve the issue. If this is beyond your own competence,…