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Caretaker

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Recruiting organisation: Palterton Primary School

Chesterfield

Salary
Actual salary: £11,660.75 - £12,364.39 per annum (FTE: £24,654.16 - £26,141.85)
Applications close
1 September 2026

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Salary
Actual salary: £11,660.75 - £12,364.39 per annum (FTE: £24,654.16 - £26,141.85)
Location
Chesterfield
Applications close
1 September 2026

Job description

An exciting opportunity to become an essential part of a small, friendly primary school. This is a key-holder position that demands high levels of responsibility and a deep understanding of school safeguarding and health and safety protocols. The successful candidate will undertake a range of caretaking duties to the agreed quality standards, including security, cleaning, porterage and maintenance of the school site and premises thereby ensuring a safe working environment. We are looking for a caretaker who takes pride in their work making the school the best it can be through having experience of cleaning and maintenance requirements as well as having a good level of communication with a variety of stakeholders. The successful candidate will be enthusiastic and self motivated being willing to undertake professional development. Palterton Primary School is part of Redhill Academy Trust. The Academy is also a member of Redhill College of Leadership and Development and as such there are excellent CPD opportunities for further information please visit the website.

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Job reference
caretaker-a91873e8-21e1-499f-a764-b1db4cbf9125
Original source
Teaching Vacancies (Department for Education)
Employer type
School employer
Posted by the original source
18 August 2026
Last checked by SchoolJobs.uk
19 August 2026

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