Cleaner- Bridport St Mary's CE Primary School

About the role

St Mary's CE Primary School (Bridport) is looking for a Cleaner to join our fantastic team. Could this be you?

Actual Salary £9,533 per annum (Grade 1,SCP 3)

This job is Part Time for 15 hours per week and 43 weeks per year.

It is offered on a Temporary basis until 31 August 2027.

Closing Date: 31 August 2026.

  We are looking for an enthusiastic energetic person who has an eye for detail and is a conscientious cleaner who takes real pride in their work to work in our school. You will work as part of a team, undertaking various cleaning duties throughout the school. 

The position may involve the locking and alarming of the school when all the cleaning activities have been completed.

Working pattern - Monday to Friday - 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm, which may be subject to change according to business needs.  The vacancy is term time including Inset Days and you will be required to do deep cleans during the holidays, your total working weeks will be 43.

Please refer to the attached job description for more details about the role. 

If you have any further questions, please contact the recruiting manager Sarah Elliott on 01308 422846 or by emailing recruitmentwest@initiolearning.org

Please Note: the actual salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and paid annual leave entitlement for an employee with under 5 years' service.

Further Information

St Mary's CE Primary School (Bridport) values the diversity of our workforce and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people; this is a commitment which we expect all staff and volunteers to share. The successful candidate will be required to have a Disclosure and Barring Service check in line with the Governments safer recruitment guidelines.

The pro rata salary shown is based on the number of hours and weeks worked and includes appropriate paid annual leave and bank holiday entitlements.

The salary quoted is the annual salary for the position at the time of advert. The salary will be paid in equal monthly instalments and will be adjusted at the start of employment and again if leaving part way through the school year to ensure the correct salary is received for the work completed in an academic year.

This role is UK based and your Right to Work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. The amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975, (2013 and 2020)) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. The MOJ’s guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions and further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Keeping Children Safe in Education

St Mary's CE Primary School (Bridport) will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. This check will be part of a safeguarding check, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. All aspects of social media and internet searches will be conducted. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

About Us

About our School

St Mary's is located on the edge of Bridport, just a short walk from West Bay and the beautiful Jurassic coastline!  Once located across three sites in the town the current school was opened in 1991 by Dick King Smith.  Visitors regularly comment on the friendly, family feel that is tangible when you spend time in the school.  

Our vision at St Mary's is to 'build a caring community where all can learn and shine!'  We are very blessed to have a highly experienced and dedicated team of staff who care deeply about nurturing and encouraging children to achieve their very best.   We aim to work in partnership with parents, to ensure all the children in our care achieve their full potential.

Each child is unique and our staff work together to deliver a broad curriculum with many varied and exciting opportunities to enable children to learn in different ways, achieve their best and develop their talents and abilities. We want children to be proud of, and enthusiastic about, being part of our school.

We hope that by visiting our school and looking at our website you will feel this is a team that you want to join, bringing your strengths and experience to St Mary's.  If you would like to arrange a visit please refer to the contact details above.

For more information please visit our school website: https://www.stmarybridport.co.uk/

Initio Learning Trust offers a welcoming and supportive environment and can provide:

  • a genuine commitment to supporting professional development

  • a supportive and flexible working environment which offers equal opportunities for all

  • free onsite parking

  • access to the local government or teachers pension scheme 

  • a range of employee benefits including Cycle to Work and Health Cash Plan

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