School Cleaner

Responsibilities

• Carry out daily cleaning duties across assigned areas, ensuring all tasks meet required hygiene and cleanliness standards.
• Follow all Health & Safety guidelines to ensure safe working practices at all times.
• Perform routine cleaning tasks including sweeping, vacuuming, dusting, washing, and polishing of surfaces such as floors, walls, and tables.
• Empty and clean bins, safely removing waste to the designated collection area and separating recycling where required.
• Clean and restock toilet and washroom facilities, ensuring essential supplies such as soap and toilet rolls are replenished.
• Participate in scheduled deep cleaning activities, which may include cleaning skirting boards, walls, and internal or external door glass.
• Use cleaning materials correctly, economically, and in accordance with manufacturer instructions and COSHH regulations, reporting low stock levels to the Line Manager.
• Ensure windows and doors are closed and lights are turned off where appropriate after cleaning.
• Report any damage, defects, or potential safety or security concerns – such as broken windows – to the Line Manager promptly.
• Maintain consistency in delivering all cleaning duties to the frequency and standards set out by the school.

The School Cleaner is directly responsible to the Facilities Manager, Headteacher, and Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The Cleaner will carry out all duties detailed above, conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times, adhere to the school's dress code, policies, and procedures, and complete any required paperwork promptly and accurately.

At Outcomes First Group we believe in better work/life balance and are proud to be part of a 4‑Day Working Week (4

DWW) trial, giving you 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay. We are a leading provider of specialist education for children with special educational needs, and we were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the sixth year running in 2025.

We place pupils and vulnerable young adults at the heart of everything we do. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and a fully enhanced DBS.

• Life Assurance Pension scheme with options to increase contributions.
• ‘Your Wellbeing Matters’ – mental health support and physical health checks.
• Flexible Benefits Platform (Vista), including health, wellbeing and insurance benefits.
• Hundreds of UK and international discounts.
• Cycle to Work Scheme & Electric Car Purchase Scheme.
• Critical illness cover.
• Family Growth Support, including enhanced maternity/paternity leave and paid fertility treatment support (subject to successful probation; not a contractual benefit).

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. All stages of the compliance process are subject to necessary safeguarding checks and statutory requirements, which may affect timescales.