Cleaner
King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls
Birmingham
- £7,400 - £7,403 per year
- Expired
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- February 2022
- Apply by:
- 7 February 2022
Job overview
Point 1 £9.40 p/hr FTE £17841 Actual £7403
Monday - Friday 15:15 – 18:30 PLUS 10 DAYS IN THE SUMMER
The school is seeking to appoint two part time Cleaners on a permanent contract to join our busy cleaning team starting in February 2022. The successful candidates will show commitment towards the role and the School and be adaptive and flexible in their willingness to work as part of a team to ensure the School runs smoothly and efficiently. They will be expected to be polite, friendly and welcoming, delivering excellent customer care for students, staff and visitors. Previous school experience would be favourable but not essential.
As part of the cleaning team, they will be required to provide a clean and pleasant site environment in order to facilitate the effective teaching of pupils and its full use by members of staff and pupils who occupy it. The job will require frequent cleaning of all facilities consisting of sports and dining areas, corridors, classrooms, staffrooms and offices and also, ensuring the toilets and hand washing facilities are all kept to a very high standard for students, staff and visitors. This is a busy and rewarding role that provides a fantastic opportunity to work as part of an experienced team in an Outstanding school.
Please download the job description and person specification from our website.
Applications can be made by sending a completed application form, covering letter including the names and addresses of two referees, to the Headmistress, Mrs A Whittall.
Closing Date: Monday 7th February 2022 @ 9am
Interviews: 10th February 2022
King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
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About King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls
- King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls
- Rose Hill Road, Birmingham
- West Midlands
- B21 9AR
- United Kingdom
King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls is a secondary grammar school in Birmingham, operating under the Schools of King Edward VI MAT in Birmingham. Since 2011, King Edward VI Handsworth School has held academy status. There are 1287 pupils aged 11-18 on the school roll, 350 of whom are in the sixth form.
The school was founded in 1911 by the merger of three pre-existing schools. Designed by architect PB Chatwin, King Edward VI Handsworth School then cost the very high figure of £50,000 to build.
Extensive renovations have been undertaken on the grammar school’s historic buildings, while new facilities include a library, science building, state-of-the-art sports hall along with a new dining room and Gym facility. A neighbouring church has been transformed into its music centre. The long-running school magazine is known as The Beacon.
Interim Headmistress
Miss C Berry
Values and vision
We are committed to the nurture and development of all those who learn here and seek to inspire all to be their best. We embrace the transformative power of education and value a love of learning and intellectual curiosity. We support all within the school to find, develop and enjoy their interests and passions. Our school offers vibrant extracurricular opportunities and participation is both valued and celebrated. We are a happy and caring school which values and takes pride in diversity and celebrates individuality.
We offer a broad curriculum where academic rigour is enjoyed. We are committed to excellent teaching and learning in an environment where students relish the opportunities they are given to master the subjects they are studying, are willing to take risks and enjoy the intellectual challenges this brings.
This is a school which is proud of its history and tradition whilst simultaneously developing staff and students who are forward thinking, outward facing and willing to rise to a challenge.
We develop staff and students who have the desire and courage, combined with the emotional, intellectual and practical capacities to change the world in ways that might be great or small but are always for the better. Our ideals are firmly grounded in honesty and integrity.
Our purpose is developing students with empathy, understanding and appreciation for other views and opinions. We support the girls to develop friendships which will last long beyond their time here and empower them to grow into independent, strong women who are equipped with the flexibility and moral courage to deal with the challenges of the modern world.
Ofsted report
“Almost all students make expected progress in both English and mathematics and a very high proportion make more than expected progress in these subjects compared to national figures. There is no significant difference between the rates of progress of students from different ethnic backgrounds.”
View King Edward VI Handsworth School’s latest Ofsted report
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