Job Title: School Caretaker
Location: Newton Heath, Manchester
Salary: £16.61 -17.61 (Depending on experience)
Hours: 6:00am-9:30am then 2:30pm-6:00pm
Start: June 2026
Complete Classroom Services are seeking a reliable, hardworking, and proactive School Caretaker to join a welcoming primary school team. This full-time School Caretaker role is ideal for someone who takes pride in maintaining a safe, secure, and well-presented school environment.
The successful School Caretaker will be a trusted key holder responsible for opening and closing the school site each day, ensuring the premises are secure, clean, and operating effectively for pupils, staff, and visitors.
This School Caretaker position requires someone who can work independently, manage their time well, and confidently carry out general maintenance and site duties across the school.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Opening and unlocking the school each morning.
- Closing, locking, and securing the school premises each evening.
- Acting as a designated key holder for the school site.
- Ensuring alarms, gates, doors, and windows are secured correctly.
- Carrying out general caretaker and maintenance duties across the school.
- Undertaking minor repairs, decorating, and basic DIY tasks.
- Conducting routine checks on lighting, heating, plumbing, and building systems.
- Maintaining clean, safe, and tidy school buildings and outdoor areas.
- Carrying out litter picking and basic grounds maintenance duties.
- Assisting with room setups for assemblies, meetings, and school events.
- Supervising contractors and reporting maintenance issues where necessary.
- Supporting health and safety procedures across the school site.
- Carrying out routine site inspections and reporting hazards promptly.
- Assisting with gritting pathways and maintaining safe access during poor weather.
- Supporting the wider school team with operational duties when required.
- Ensuring the school remains a safe and welcoming environment at all times.
The ideal School Caretaker will:
- Have previous caretaker, facilities, maintenance, or site management experience.
- Be trustworthy, reliable, and able to work independently.
- Have practical DIY and maintenance skills.
- Have good communication and organisational skills.
- Be physically capable of carrying out manual handling and site duties.
- Be punctual, dependable, and flexible.
- Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
Safeguarding
This School Caretaker role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Full safeguarding and vetting procedures will be completed as part of the recruitment process.
Complete Classroom Services and the school are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
How to Apply
Kindly apply for role with your updated CV
Pay: £26,404.00-£28,142.00 per year
Application question(s):
- Do you have an Enhanced DBS subcribed on the update service ?
- Are you available to work split shift on advert ?
Experience:
- School Caretaker: 1 year (required)
Work Location: In person
