Cleaner

Cleaner

King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree

Permanent | 12.5 hours per week | Term Time Only + 15 days

Actual Salary: £7,550 - £7,669

Start Date: September 2026

Working Pattern: Monday to Thursday: 4.00pm - 6.30pm & Friday: 2.00pm - 4.40pm

Help us keep a brilliant school looking brilliant.

Every great school needs great teachers, strong leaders and, frankly, people who make sure the building does not look like 900 children have marched through it with toast crumbs, PE kits and questionable decision-making. That’s where you come in.

King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree is looking for a reliable, hardworking and detail-loving Cleaner to help keep our new and growing academy safe, clean, calm and welcoming for students, staff, families and visitors. This is an important role. Not “nice to have”. Not “in the background”. Important. The environment our students learn in matters, and clean classrooms, fresh corridors, tidy offices and well-kept communal spaces all help create the kind of school where children can thrive.

The role is term time only, plus 15 additional days during school closure periods. For those new to education, this means you mainly work when the school is open, with some agreed additional cleaning days during the holidays to help us keep the academy in excellent condition.

Your paid holiday entitlement, including bank holidays, is included within the school closure periods and must be taken outside of term time. In other words, you get a clear working pattern, school-holiday rhythm.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll help clean classrooms, offices, corridors, toilets and communal areas. This will include sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, sanitising surfaces, emptying bins, replenishing supplies and supporting deeper cleaning during holiday periods. You’ll also help us spot and report any hazards, maintenance issues or repairs needed around the academy.

We’re looking for someone who is

• Reliable, punctual and trustworthy

• Proud of doing a job properly

• Able to work independently and manage time well

• Flexible, practical and willing to help where needed

• Confident using cleaning equipment and materials safely

• Aware of health and safety, including COSHH

• Professional, discreet and committed to safeguarding children

• Positive, calm and happy to be part of a hardworking site team

Previous cleaning experience in a school, office, healthcare or commercial setting would be ideal. Basic cleaning or health and safety training would be helpful too, but what matters most is pride, reliability and common sense.

What you’ll be doing

You’ll help clean classrooms, offices, corridors, toilets and communal areas. This will include sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, dusting, sanitising surfaces, emptying bins, replenishing supplies and supporting deeper cleaning during holiday periods. You’ll also help us spot and report any hazards, maintenance issues or repairs needed around the academy.

Why join King’s Wavertree?

King’s Leadership Academy Wavertree is part of the Great Schools Trust, a values-led family of academies committed to helping every child flourish.

We are guided by our ASPIRE values: Aspiration, Self-awareness, Professionalism, Integrity, Respect and Endeavour. These are not just words on a wall. They shape how we speak to each other, how we support students and how we build a school community where everyone matters.

As our Cleaner, you will play a key part in that culture. You will help create the environment our students walk into every day. And yes, some days that environment will contain glitter, mud and the occasional abandoned sandwich. Heroism comes in many forms.

Interested?

For an informal conversation about the role or to arrange a tour of the academy, please contact: Louise Livingston, Operations Manager at l.livingston@kingswavertree.com or 0151 452 6318

Applications should be submitted via MyNewTerm - CVs wont be accepted.

Great Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment checks, including an enhanced DBS check.

Come and help us keep King’s Wavertree shining. Because a great school should feel great the moment you walk through the door.