School Caretaker - Waddesdon Village Primary School
Location: Waddesdon
Overview
The Governors and Headteacher of our successful and popular school are seeking to appoint a pro-active, caring and practical Caretaker to provide support and join our team from January 2026 (or sooner). This is a part-time position.
Salary type: Bucks Pay
Salary Details: BP2 range £25,625 - £27,770 (FTE) Actual Pay approx £13837 - £14996
Contract type: Fixed Term
Hours: Part-time
Closing date: 05/12/2025
Interviews to be held: 09/12/2025
About us
Waddesdon Village Primary School is a friendly village school with high aspirations and we are looking to appoint an enthusiastic Caretaker. This is an exciting opportunity to work with a forward thinking staff and wonderful children who live our school motto of; A Pathway to Excellence.
Our School Values are: perseverance, achievement, tolerance, honesty, well-being and aspiration.
We have an extremely strong team of dedicated staff and are looking for someone with experience of a caretaking or similar role, the ability to communicate effectively with pupils and staff, to join our team.
Our school is supported by committed and enthusiastic learners, staff, governors and parents.
For more information, please visit our website.
https://www.waddesdonprimary.com/
If you think you can play a part in our drive to be an outstanding school, we would be delighted to meet you to show you why we are proud of our school.
Please see attached job description and person spec for more information.
Early applications are encouraged, we reserve the right to interview strong applicants before the closing date of this advert
About the role
To be responsible for the maintenance and security of the school premises and site, ensuring a safe and pleasant environment.
Please see full job description
About you
Please see Person Specification for full details.
Other information
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on the number below. Please send completed application forms to the email address below.
Full details or the role and an application form can be found on the school website: www.waddesdonprimary.com
Tel No: 01296 651237
Email: [email protected]
Our School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check. In addition, we will carry out online searches on shortlisted candidates so that we have the opportunity to explore any incidents or issues that are publicly available online, during the interview process.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare:
- All unspent convictions and conditional cautions
- All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
For further information on filtering please refer to Nacro guidance and the guidance issued by the Ministry of Justice (see, in particular, the section titled ‘Exceptions Order’).
It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. All shortlisted applicants will be required to complete self-disclosure form and return prior to interview.
