Caretaker
Leighton Park School
Reading
- Expired
- Salary:
- Salary is competitive but will depend on your skills and experience
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 2 June 2018
Job overview
Shift rota to include Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays
06:00 to 14:00 / 07:00 to 15:00 / 14:00 to 22:00
This role requires a large proportion of time lone working
Leighton Park School is looking to appoint a Caretaker to join our Commercial and Domestic Team. This is a busy and varied role where you will be required to ensure the safety and security of school buildings and surrounding areas are maintained. The role has various requirements including: cleaning, maintain swimming pool, movement of furniture, set up for school functions and activities, maintenance of school mini buses.
The successful candidate will be flexible and willing to undertake work requests with a can-do approach and positive attitude. You will need to be aware of health and safety requirements and be able to take on physical aspects of the role. Experience of working in a school caretaking environment is desirable but not essential.
Leighton Park School is set in over sixty acres of beautiful parkland near to the heart of Reading. Founded on Quaker values, Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere where we aim to inspire and support each student to prepare for their future by reaching their potential academically and personally. We aim to appoint a candidate who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
To apply, please complete an application form which can be found on our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com.
Leighton Park School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore the successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check as part of our recruitment process.
Closing date for this position is: 3rd June 2018
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for approximately 500 pupils aged 11-18 set in 65 acres of magnificent parkland.
Leighton Park exists to form young people of real character and confidence, with a determined desire to change the world, reflecting the school’s Quaker values. In March 2021 we won the ISA Award for Outstanding Local Community Outreach for the involvement of our students, staff and parents in projects helping those less fortunate and putting our Quaker values into practice.
We are a school that inspires Achievement with Values, Character and Community and academic excellence is the consequence of our approach. Valuing breadth and depth, we are distinguished by excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), Music and Ethical Enterprise. The UK Government’s latest 16-18 league tables reveal Leighton Park to be the best performing School in Berkshire and in the top 1% of English schools. We are one of only eight schools to have always appeared in the top 100.
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