Vacancy Details
Vacancy Summary
Caretaker
Salary: Grade CD SCP 3-6 £24,796 – £25,989
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours of Work: 37 Hours per week, all year round
Monday to Thursday 6.30am - 10.30am and 3.00pm - 6.30pm
Friday 6.30am - 10.30am and 3.00pm - 6.00pm
Vacancy Information
We are seeking a diligent and proactive Caretaker to assist with the upkeep, safety, and security of our school site. You will be integral to maintaining a clean, orderly, and secure environment for our pupils, staff, and visitors.
Your duties will include:
- To ensure the security of the building and site, undertaking daily security checks
- Act as a designated key holder
- Unlocking of buildings and gates at pre-determined times
- To monitor the heating system and report any faults to the Line Manager
- To ensure outside areas are safe / clean, kept free from litter, debris, leaves and that there is safe access to the building during adverse weather conditions eg. snow.
- To undertake general portering duties whilst on site to include moving furniture & equipment on site
- Receive deliveries to the site
- To support the maintenance of the building by checking and replacing light fittings, fitting shelving and coat hooks, undertaking minor repairs of a range of equipment and buildings
- To assist with cleaning duties as required
- Collect and assemble waste for collection
- Deal with emergencies as required
- Accompany contractors on site as required
About Eastwood Community School
We are extremely proud of our community school. Our main aim is to provide a safe, caring, stimulating, creative and happy environment in which every child in our care is able to thrive and learn to the very best of their abilities. We support them and their families so that they become caring, skilful, confident and well-balanced individuals who have lively, enquiring minds and who can reason and make decisions.
We have an exciting, rigorous and diverse curriculum, and children receive excellent teaching in the basics whilst having fun with their learning. This gives them the skills they need to access the whole curriculum and enables them to go on to further study and high achievement in all areas. We value experiential, hands-on learning facilitated by a wealth of resources including our on-site Outdoor Learning Centre, Family Centre and exciting learning environments.
Northern Star Academies Trust seek to recruit the very best people to work across our Trust Partnership. We are a mission-driven Multi-Academy Trust, with an unwavering commitment to nurture learning in a sustainable environment so that our whole community can thrive, aspire and succeed. We offer access to a professional and supportive community of academies, fellow senior leaders, and mentors to help develop and progress your career. Each school in our Trust is unique and all of our primary and secondary academies are rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy) https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies
If you have any questions, please get in touch with us at recruitment@nsat.org.uk
To apply, go to https://candidates.every.education/Vacancies/Details?advertKey=16896695-f761-4723-b8af-ef4449f76368
Closing Date: Sunday 31st May 2026
Interview Date: Week Commencing 1st June
Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.