School Caretaker - The Grange School

Overview

We are looking for a caretaker to join our friendly premises team. If you are a team player with good communication and organisation skills and you enjoy helping out others and making improvements this role could be for you.

Job Salary Bucks Pay Range 3 – (£28,129 to £30,174 depending on experience)

Contract Type Permanent

Hours 37 hours per week/52 weeks per year working on a shift rota covering mornings (from 6:00 am to 14:00) and afternoons (12:00 to 20:00) on alternate weeks. There is annual holiday entitlement starting at 22 days per year plus a good pension scheme

Closing Date for Applications 9.00 am, Wednesday 4 February 2026

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we identify suitable candidates. To avoid disappointment, submit your application as soon as possible

About us

The students and staff at The Grange School make it a fantastic place to work. Our students are friendly and confident and we strive to ensure that they achieve the success that they deserve. Together we have created a successful community school where students learn the skills for success. We provide an excellent induction programme and a wide range of development opportunities for all staff.

Website: https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/

About the role

The job is 'hand on' and includes security, health and safety, repairs and maintenance, moving fixtures and fittings and preparing for lettings and school events.

About you

The successful candidate will be required to provide Caretaker duties in conjunction with two other team members, including general site security, to ensure the smooth running of the school equipment and fittings providing heating and fire safety. In the absence of the Facilities Manager, to ensure all tasks required for a particular shift have been undertaken. To provide site services around the year on a shift basis, with the requirement to be able to work flexibly within that to cover annual leave and sickness absence. To work within School policies and procedures.

Other information

Visits to the school are welcomed.

Further details are available on our website.

Apply here: https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/contact-us/vacancies

We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or religion. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students, thus an enhanced DBS disclosure will be required.

The school is committed to ensuring that safeguarding is a top priority and will consider carrying out online searches on shortlisted candidates as part of their due diligence. Online searches solely aim to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, and are publicly available online, which the school may want to explore with the applicant at interview.

Please follow this link for more details:https://www.grange.bucks.sch.uk/contact-us/vacancies/online-searches-on-shortlisted-candidates

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.