Are you looking for a new challenge in a rewarding job with excellent benefits? If so, we would love to hear from you!
Bedales School is a unique educational establishment, set in the beautiful Hampshire countryside.
We are looking for a new member with excellent cleaning skills to join our highly dedicated Domestic Cleaning Team, delivering outstanding cleaning services for our staff and students in and around the school and boarding houses.
Duties
- Ordering stock
- Support for onsite
- Cover for cleaning any areas that are required
- Disinfecting
- Hoovering
- Mopping
- Emptying bins
- Laundry (daytime only)
- Cleaning touch points
Not all duties will be required and will be based on your shift pattern. Full induction training is given and on-going support is available from the onsite teams.
This post is Regulated Activity.
Hours
This post works all year round both during term-time when the school is open and students are present, and during school holiday and closure periods. You will be required to work 37.5 hours each week, Monday to Friday, from 07:00am to 3:30pm, unpaid breaks will typically be taken as 30 minutes for breakfast at 8:45am and 30 minutes for lunch at 11:50am.
In addition, the post will be required to work a minimum of one in four Saturdays from 07:00am to 11:00am. Where a Saturday is worked the hours on Wednesday will be 07:00am to 11:15am
Salary & Benefits
£24,785 per annum.
Free transport to and from work from designated pick up locations within the following areas:
5.50am Emsworth
6.00am Leigh Park
6.05am Crookhorn
6.08 to 6:15am Waterlooville
6:30am Clanfield
- Free breakfast and lunch provided during term time
- Free on-site parking
- Free uniform
- Funded Healthcare Cash Plan
- Pension with Royal London with an employer contribution
- Life Assurance
- Personal Accident Cover
- Salary Extras Benefits Platform entitling you to discounts and rewards on services, shopping, holidays and much more
- Employee Assistance Programme with access to counselling support, wellbeing services and more
- Beautiful working environment
Pre-Appointment Checks
All candidates will undergo a Safeguarding Suitability Interview and application for an Enhanced DBS and Barred List check and be asked to provide evidence they are eligible to work in the UK, on an on-going basis, at the shortlist stage of the selection process.
How to Apply
To find out more about this opportunity, candidates can contact our Domestic Operations Management Team with their contact details and CV in the first instance by email to [email protected] (01730 711668 or mobile: 07551 171113) or [email protected]
Once in receipt of your details, the Team will contact you for a telephone or Microsoft Teams 30 minute discussion to review your application and to find out if you are a suitable fit. Candidates who pass this stage will be invited to complete our online application form and to attend face-to-face interview.
Closing date for applications is 9:00am Monday 17 August 2026
Early application is advised as Bedales reserves the right to make an appointment at any stage of the application process.
Candidates may also submit their completed Application Form directly to the Team via our on-line portal.
Before applying for this post, please read the Job Description which includes full details regarding the post. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, CVs will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application form.
If you require assistance on this recruitment process, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01730 711566 or by email to [email protected]
Safeguarding Statement:
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Candidates will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Prohibition from Teaching Checks, Prohibition from Management Checks.
The safeguarding responsibilities of the post include:
- Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children;
- fostering a culture of openness, safety, equality and protection;
- providing a safe and welcoming environment where both children and adults feel secure, able to talk and believe that they are being listened to;
- playing a key role in prevention of harm and an equal responsibility to act on any suspicion or disclosure that may indicate a child is at risk of harm;
- When concerned about the welfare of a student, acting in the best interests of the student.
All staff have a key role to play in identifying concerns early and in providing help for children and are expected to act in accordance with the school Safeguarding & Child Protection Policies.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job candidates to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children
