School Cleaner

🌟 About the Role

We are seeking to appoint a part time cleaner to join our dedicated and friendly team at Knighton Mead Academy part of The Mead Educational Trust (TMET).  

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a culture of excellence, ambition, and inclusion. The successful candidate will have a commitment to securing the best outcomes for all learners and play an active role in shaping a safe and positive school environment.

🏫 At Knighton Mead we are committed to fostering a culture of belonging, where every member of our community feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive.

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✅ What We’re Looking For

We are looking for a cleaner who:

• Is hardworking and reliable
• Is well-organised, with good initiative
• Is able to work both independently and as part of a small cleaning team
• Can carry out cleaning duties in line with a structured and time managed cleaning schedule
• Can use materials and chemicals appropriately to ensure health & safety (COSHH), hygiene and appearance objectives are achieved.
• Can use powered cleaning equipment safely, in line with training.
• Is good humoured, with good interpersonal skills and able to demonstrate responsibility and care for the academy premises and environment
• Is willing to be a keyholder (to unlock/lock the building)

🌱 Why Join Us?

The Mead Educational Trust (TMET) is a growing family of schools united by a shared commitment to delivering exceptional education and improving life chances for all our pupils. Serving a diverse range of communities across Leicester and Leicestershire, TMET is built on strong values of collaboration, inclusion, integrity, and excellence.

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to thrive in a continuously developing Academy
• A friendly, supportive, dedicated, and professional team.
• Training opportunities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

TMET is an inclusive employer, and we welcome applications from all backgrounds and levels of experience. We believe that every child deserves an outstanding education – and that every adult in our organisation deserves to feel supported, valued, and inspired.

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🔐 Safer Recruitment & Safeguarding Statement

The Mead Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check with a check of the barred lists is required for all roles working with children. As part of our safer recruitment process and in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2025, we will also carry out:

• Online searches for all shortlisted candidates, to help identify any issues or concerns that are publicly available online

• Checks on employment history, references, and eligibility to work in the UK

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Safeguarding Statement

This post will involve contact with vulnerable groups (children, young people and/or adults) and is therefore, exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Disclosure check. This exemption means that shortlisted applicants for this post will be required to declare all criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, and bind- overs both spent and unspent in their application, before interview and regardless of the passage of time.