Caretaker
Chulmleigh College
Devon
- £13.47 - £13.69 per hour
- New
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2026
- Apply by:
- 2 September 2026
Job overview
For the permanent role of CARETAKER
30 hours per week all year round
Grade C: £13.47 - £13.69 per hour – depending on experience
(pay award pending)
Start date: September 2026
Chulmleigh Academy Trust is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Caretaker to join the premises team. Duties will include site maintenance, Health and Safety, porterage and keyholder duties. Ideally, the successful candidate will be available to start from September 2026.
The successful candidate will be a strong team player with a ‘can do’ attitude. You will have an eye for detail and an ability to act on your own initiative. The Academy is seeking an individual committed to the provision of high-quality cleanliness, maintenance and security of the school buildings and grounds to ensure a comfortable, well-maintained and safe working environment for all users. The primary location of the role is Chulmleigh College, but the successful candidate will be required to work across all the Academy schools.
Candidates should demonstrate their commitment to high standards of Health and Safety and show their determination to contribute to the future development of the school. The successful candidate will also provide support to the Academy by providing first aid cover.
The working pattern during term time will be alternate weeks 7am to 1.30 pm (week 1) and 1.30 pm to 8pm (week 2) allowing for a 30-minute unpaid break. Flexibility to the work pattern will be possible during the school holidays.
The job involves driving Chulmleigh Academy Trust’s vehicles, including a minibus, and you will be required to hold a full, clean driving licence with D1 privileges. This will be a regular commitment of approximately 1 hour per day during the term time.
Employment benefits include eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme. In addition, employees of the Trust are entitled to 50% off childcare fees at our out of school clubs for children of compulsory school age.
We are committed to promoting equality of opportunity and access for all, irrespective of age, background, race, gender, religion, ability, disability, or sexuality. We welcome applications for employment from the whole community.
A full job description and application form are available on our website. Completed application forms to be emailed to personnel@chulmleigh.devon.sch.uk by 10 am on Wednesday, 2nd September 2026. All applications will be acknowledged.
As employers, we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and in that regard have appropriate policies and procedures. All staff undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and interviews will include questions about safeguarding children.
In line with Government guidance, we may carry out online searches against shortlisted applicants’ names as part of our due diligence checks.
Closing Date: 10 am Wednesday, 2nd September 2026
Interview Date: Friday, 11th September 2026
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About Chulmleigh College
Chulmleigh College is a successful and ambitious rural secondary school with a strong reputation for high standards. The progress of our pupils is consistently amongst the best in the region.. In 2024 our provisional Progress 8 Figure of +0.81 places us in the top 5% of schools nationally.
The College was totally rebuilt a few years ago, with the completed buildings opening in 2017. Numbers have grown substantially in recent years, from 500 to the current roll of 750, and most year groups are oversubscribed; due to both our excellent reputation and the College’s successful transport service, which brings in approximately 25% of our pupils from outside the school catchment area.
We aim to create ambition and inspiration and want our young people to achieve all that they can in a safe, caring and well-disciplined environment. We commit ourselves to providing a learning experience which ensures high challenge, inspires, and provides both the range of qualifications and the start in life which will last forever. We aim for our young people to have the foundation and independence they need to make the progress they are capable of, building resilience for their future lives.
As a school we value courtesy, hard work and respect, and set high standards of behaviour; promoting self-discipline, resilience, responsibility and working together as a community.
We offer a broad and rich curriculum, enhanced by excellent extra-curricular activities; our outdoor education in the form of Ten Tors and Duke of Edinburgh is particularly strong. As well as having high academic achievement, we also have a proud record in sport, music, drama and art.
Our pupils read an astonishing amount of literature and develop themselves by making the most of the array of opportunities available. This is all possible because teaching and support staff create the best opportunities for our pupils. We are very proud of our team, who work hard to make our school a happy place where we learn together in a formal, warm environment. We are also proud of the excellent relationships we have with our pupils, families and friends within the community.
Chulmleigh is a Saxon hilltop market town in North Devon, near the Mid Devon border. It lies near the banks of the Little River Dart, and is surrounded by rolling hills, woods and farmland. With Exmoor and the North Devon coast to its north, and Dartmoor and the city of Exeter to its south, Chulmleigh is in a beautiful part of the county and is easily accessible from all other areas.
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