Cleaner

During the school summer holiday period, an additional 24 hours are to be worked and 2 hours during each half term break (October, February and May) as directed by the Cleaning Supervisor. This will be paid as additional hours.

We require all staff to be flexible on their hours of work, where possible.

Please ensure in your application cover letter that you clearly state if you are looking to work 20 hours per week, or 10 hours per week.

You will need to be committed, flexible, punctual and reliable. You will join a team of hardworking dedicated cleaners maintaining the tidiness and cleanliness of our school.

Previous cleaning experience would be an advantage however not essential, as training will be provided to successful candidates. You should have good organisation skills, excellent attention to detail, be a team player and have the ability to work with limited supervision.

Duties will include vacuuming, sweeping, mopping, dusting, emptying bins, toilet cleaning and other tasks as required. Use of machinery may be required to complete some tasks for example, floor cleaning machine.

In return, we can offer a friendly environment to work in, holiday pay is built into your annual salary and you will have entitlement to join the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Farlingaye High School is a popular and successful school, located in Woodbridge, a pleasant market town situated on the River Deben in Suffolk and just 7 miles from Ipswich. We are a creative school with excellent resources, lovely students and great results. Our most recent Ofsted report graded us Good with Outstanding areas.

We are part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School and Castle East School. The Trust have also recently welcomed Aldeburgh, Easton, Leiston, Saxmundham and Wickham Market Primary Schools. We are a Teaching School Hub partner, which allows us to improve teaching and learning on a continuous basis. We are committed to providing excellent staff opportunities through developing and promoting our staff and offering an excellent CPD and support programme for new staff. We are also extremely pleased to have launched our own teacher training provider: EAST SCITT. This allows us to award QTS and also QTS + PGCE Programmes within both Primary and Secondary schools.

Should you wish to discuss the job role in further detail, please contact Linda Marsh, HR Manager.