Caretaker

CARETAKER

SCALE: APT&C Scale 5 (£31,524 – £32,931 per annum)

HOURS & PAY: 35 Hours per week, 52 weeks per year

Closing Date: Thursday 21st November 2025

PURPOSE OF JOB:

• To support both Secondary & Primary sites.
• To maintain security of both premises
• Working with School Business Leader, Senior Caretaker and Director of Assets (Partnership Learning) to ensure Health & safety and statutory compliance of all buildings are kept compliant
• To monitor the school’s maintenance arrangements, including cleaning, grounds and To work as a team across both sites covering leave, sickness, training when required.
• To be responsible for maintaining and continually improving the internal and external environment of the school in order to create the best possible conditions for learning and teaching.
• To work as part of the team to improve the grounds of both sites.

MAIN DUTIES:

Premises Security & Site Management

• Take responsibility for ensuring all buildings are secure and intruder alarms activated at the end of each day.
• Ensure school is open and adequately staffed by site staff for day-to-day school activities.
• Dealing with appropriate breaches of security and communicating to relevant staff or emergency services
• Take responsibility for ensuring the intruder alarms and fire alarm systems are updated and maintained, ensuring all faults are dealt with and reported immediately.
• Ensure and coordinate weekly/periodic testing of fire alarm system.
• All Premises staff to form part of the keyholder list
• Working in partnership with School Business Leader, Director of Assets (PL) and Senior Caretaker to source and procure services when required.

Maintenance of School Building & Grounds

• Perform litter picking duties, both inside and outside the school buildings during the school day to ensure the school remains tidy and safe for all students and staff meeting H&S guidelines.
• Arrange and carry out emergency cleaning and removal of graffiti
• Operating an agreed programme of planned maintenance under the instruction of the Senior Caretaker/ School Business Leader.
• Ensure maintenance of HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning) systems are checked and monitored each day and ensuring there is adequate hot and cold water. 
• Maintain boiler rooms/ Roof areas/ Air Handling units/Extract systems/Air Condensers or Heat Recovery Units working to strict health and safety procedures.
• Checking premises are at correct temperature at designated times via Individual Units/Control Panels or/and BMS system
• Replacing lights, tubes, diffusers, starters where necessary
• Ensure downpipes drains and gullies are free flowing and clean
• Removing snow and other obstructions from main entrances, steps, paths.
• Preventing unauthorised/unsafe parking on school site
• Dealing with appropriate breaches of security and communicating to relevant staff or emergency service
• Oversee any reasonable key requests and orders and distribute to stakeholders
• Locking and unlocking internal and external doors as required
• Ensuring fire doors are free of clutter and obstructions
• Weekly/Periodic Testing of sprinkler system
• Carry out any minor tarmac repairs
• To minimise hazards including checking location of firefighting equipment and alarm bells
• Support all Departments in putting up and taking down of external or internal equipment
• Ensure all stock is kept up to date and ordered

Cleaning

• Where necessary, clean up any spillages that occur across the school, this to include if students become ill, this will include vomiting

Porterage

• Undertaking/arranging for safe storing and moving of items of furniture, equipment and provisions as required
• Receiving and directing as appropriate all deliveries for the schools
• Keeping up to date records, inventories and forms as required
• Setting up and packing away for all school exams and events

Compliance of Health & Safety

• Ensuring compliance by periodic inspection of all areas
• Taking responsibility for ensuring appropriate signs and notices are displayed
• Taking responsibility for ensuring all hazards are removed
• Correct Uniform and PPE is worn at all times
• Ensuring fire exits are accessible and fire fighting equipment is correctly positioned and services
• Ensuring all staff are aware of their responsibilities as appropriate
• To be trained and respond as Fire Wardens for the School
• Carry out Weekly L8 Water testing or as required
• Take responsibility for ensuring pest control is under control informing appropriate agencies when required.
• Carry out Weekly Fire Door checks/Ladder Checks or any other reasonable statutory requirement as directed by the Facilities Manager
• To be first aid trained and respond when required for all School incidents

Child Protection

• To have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by Sydney Russell School

General

• Required to carry out all reasonable duties and responsibilities of the post
• Respond to all Helpdesk Requests through the school maintenance helpdesk service
• Enactment of Health and Safety requirements and initiatives as appropriate
• All employees are required to declare any conflict of interest that may arise before or during their employment
• Undergo and meet school conditions for a satisfactory enhanced DBS check
• Must comply with all equality legislation, policies and procedures; actively promoting ways of eradicating and challenging racism, prejudice and discrimination through the school's policies and procedures
• Treating all information acquired through your employment, both formally and informally, in strict confidence
• To demonstrate a commitment to good customer care
• Any other duties of an appropriate level and nature will also be required