Caretaker - Wilnecote Junior AcademyCouncil

Caretaker

Heathfields Infant and Wilnecote Junior Academy

Grade Grade 5 (SCP 7)

Actual Salary - £24,975 per annum (£26,403 FTE)

Permanent

Part Time, All-year contract

Monday to Friday

35 hours a week (7 hours per day) (10:15am – 18:15pm with 1 hour lunch)

Start Date 30th November 2026

At Fierté, all employees are expected to wholeheartedly commit to the Trust values and associated behaviours-We care, We are brave, We leave no one behind and We celebrate individuality.

Fierté Multi-Academy Trust are seeking to appoint a Caretaker at Heathfields Infant (14 hours over 2 days) and Wilnecote Junior Academy (21 hours over 3 days).  We are flexible and will consider part-time applications for a specific school, or 1 application for the whole 35 hours, working across both sites.

Heathfields Infant and Wilnecote Junior Academy are at the heart of the Wilnecote community. We are a highly nurturing schools who offer excellent facilities and opportunities to its pupils and staff. We are committed to understanding every child as an individual and meeting their needs effectively so that they can realise their limitless possibilities.

We are seeking to appoint a flexible, hardworking and conscientious individual who has an eye for detail to ensure our schools environment is the best it can be. If you have a passion for excellence and share our vision of “Pride” we would love you to be part of our highly cohesive mutually supportive team; part of our “Fierté Family”.  Visits to the schools are highly recommended.

In addition to fulfilling the Person Specification, the successful candidate will be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people.

Duties and Responsibilities:

See Job Description/Person Specification

How to apply

Applicants should submit a completed application form to [email protected] by the closing date. To find out more information about the role or to arrange a visit to the Academy please contact the headteacher at the same email address.

The application pack and full details of the role can be found following the link on our website Fierté Multi-Academy Trust - Vacancies (fierte.org)

Please note that CV’s will NOT be accepted.

Application timeline

Closing date:                                 Wednesday, 14th October 2026 at 9:00am

Shortlisting:                                  14th October 2026 at 10am

Interview:                                      w/c 19th October 2026

Please note if you have not received communication from the school inviting you for an interview within ten working days of the closing date of the post, you can assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We thank you for your interest in the school and encourage you to apply for suitable vacancies in the future.

Safeguarding Statement

Fierté Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.

It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

A copy of Heathfields Infant Academy Safeguarding Policy can be found here https://www.hiwj.fierte.org/attachments/download.asp?file=718&type=pdf and Wilnecote Junior Academy Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here https://www.hiwj.fierte.org/attachments/download.asp?file=717&type=pdf, respectively.

DECLARATION AND AUTHORISATION

By completing this advert request form I am authorising that, in accordance with Financial Regulations, the full cost of the above appointment, if made, can be met from within the school budget.

Please note that your advert will be processed within 4 Working days of us receiving all of the required information.  This form should be completed for all advert requests and we will not accept advert requests in any other format.

Please submit your completed advert request form to [email protected]