Caretaker
Leighton Park School
Reading
- £27,144 per year
- Expired
- Salary:
- Competitive salary, with excellent terms, conditions and benefits.
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 30 October 2023
Job overview
HMC Co-educational boarding and day school for students aged 11-18.
Caretaker
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
We are looking to recruit a dedicated and enthusiastic caretaker to join our dynamic Domestics and Caretaking department. 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, maintaining the swimming pool, movement of furniture, set up for school functions and activities, as well as maintenance of school minibuses.
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. Leighton Park offers a distinctive atmosphere that creates achievement with values, character and community. Founded on Quaker principles, we seek to inspire each student to fulfil their academic and personal potential and be reflective, purposeful adults. We appoint candidates who will contribute and thrive in our vibrant community.
The school offers a supportive and professional workplace with excellent terms, conditions and benefits.
To apply, please complete the attached application form or download an
application pack from our website and email it to apply@leightonpark.com. If
you require further information, please call HR on 0118 987 9600.
Applicants are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience as applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Developing kind and compassionate leaders for the future is an important part of how we give our Quaker values currency and purpose. Leighton Park seeks to be a leading school which delights in being diverse, open-minded and with a culture of equitable inclusion. For this reason, we warmly welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
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.
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About Leighton Park School
Leighton Park School is a successful, forward looking independent (HMC) day and boarding school for girls and boys 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 2023 we won Senior School of the Year in the national Independent Schools Association Awards. We were also a finalist in the Independent Senior School of the Year in the TES Schools Awards 2023.
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.
We challenge our students to imagine a better world. We then support them to develop the character, confidence and determination to be changemakers.
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