Job Description

CLEANER

Required as soon as possible
15 hours per week, evenings from 3pm

Term time only (38 weeks)

Grade 3 Pro rata £8429 (Full time equivalent £24796)

Provide the Absolute Foundations for a safe, welcoming, and highly effective school environment.

"Walking into a clean, well-maintained building sets the tone for our whole day. We really notice and appreciate the care our site team puts in, and we'd be lost without them." Teacher at WPS

Why This Role Matters

You aren't just cleaning rooms; you are providing the foundation of care that allows our community to work and study effectively. When our spaces are well-maintained, students and staff feel respected and ready to learn. Your daily work directly prevents the frustration of unkempt areas, ensuring our beautiful parkland site remains a welcoming and safe environment for everyone.

What You’ll Bring

• A reliable and professional approach to maintaining high standards of cleanliness.

• The ability to work efficiently and independently within an allocated timeframe.

• An understanding of basic health and safety protocols (full training will be provided).

• A practical commitment to our school’s twin values of Everyone Learning and Everyone Caring.

• A respectful, team-focused attitude.

The "Why Us" Difference

• A climate of care: We genuinely prioritise the health, safety, and wellbeing of our site team, treating you as a professional partner in our community.

• Stunning environment: You will be working within our unique, historic site set in beautiful parkland just five miles east of Oxford.

• Respectful culture: Your contribution is highly visible and deeply valued by the colleagues and students who rely on the standards you set every single day.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.

OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

If you would like to know more, or arrange a visit, please contact Mrs Skye Wigley (HR Manager) on 01865 872441 or by email to [email protected]. Full details can be found on our website here Applications for this post can only be accepted via the MyNewTerm website here. To find out more about the River Learning Trust, please visit www.riverlearningtrust.org.

Closing date and time: Friday 16th October 2026 9am

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

Interview date: To be confirmed

The River Learning Trust and Wheatley Park School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered

Our staff are expected to maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Wheatley Park School, Holton, Oxford, OX33 1QH

Tel: 01865 872441

www.wheatleypark.org