Havering Schools Jobs
Caretaker
- Employer: Park Primary School
- Reference: SCH/25/313902
Park Primary Academy
Hart Way
Rainham
Essex, RM13 8TD
Tel: 0203 964 5888
Email: office@parkprimaryacademy.com
Executive Headteacher: Sarah Kinnaird
Caretaker
Scale: Scale 5
Hours: Full time 37 hours per week, split shift, 52 weeks per year
Start Date: September 2025
Come and join our vibrant school community in the heart of the newly developed area of Beam Park, Rainham. We are looking for a Caretaker to join our school opening in September 2025.
About the role:
As our School Caretaker, you will play a key role in ensuring the school site is safe, clean, and well-maintained. You will be responsible for the security, maintenance, and general upkeep of the premises, including minor repairs, groundskeeping, and supporting the day-to-day operational needs of the school. This will involve split shifts. You will need to have a full clean driving licence as attending to call outs outside of normal working hours will be a requirement of this role.
What we are looking for:
We are looking for a reliable, proactive and dedicated Caretaker to join Primary Academy. The ideal candidate will have:
- A full clean driving licence.
- A warm, personable and professional manner with an excellent work ethic.
- Excellent practical skills.
- A good understanding of health and safety practices.
- A proactive attitude and ability to work independently.
- Experience of working with machinery and tools.
- Physical fitness.
About Park Primary Academy:
Park Primary Academy is a small mixed community school which is based in Rainham within the London Borough of Havering. We are fortunate to be housed in a fabulous modern building which boasts large class rooms that provide a clean and spacious environment for our children to learn in. We pride ourselves on providing a caring and friendly atmosphere associated with smaller schools. We provide a curriculum that acknowledges the importance of the basic skills, but endeavours to teach those skills in an exciting way, as well as finding time to focus on more creative and artistic skills and making sure that we enjoy what we learn, using our local and wider environments and opportunities to support this.
Why work at Park Primary Academy?
We offer a supportive staff and governing body with opportunities for Continuing Professional Development. Amazing, well-behaved children, who are happy at school and excited by what they are learning each day.
A local school with all the advantages of a successful academy group, including a strong central team of support, teaching and leadership staff.
Park Primary Academy’s location is just off New Road, with easy access to the A13. The school is well-served by public transport, with the 174 and 287 bus routes stopping nearby, and a quick 6-minute walk from the bus stop to the school entrance. For those traveling by train, the C2C station is only 15 minutes away, ensuring that Park Primary is easily accessible.
Visits to the school are highly recommended. Please contact the school office on the number or email below to arrange your visit with the Headteacher.
The school is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and as such all appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check. Appointments are also subject to satisfactory references/medical clearance.
To arrange a visit please contact the Headteacher via: 02039465888 or nico@riverside.bardaglea.org.uk
To apply
Please submit your completed application form to nico@riverside.bardaglea.org.uk
Closing date for applications: 20th June 2025
Interviews: Week beginning 23rd June 2025
Havering Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The protection of our pupils from abuse is the responsibility of all staff within our schools, superseding any other considerations. Therefore Havering Schools comply with the Department for Education ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ guidance.
It is an offence to apply for a post which involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to children if you are barred from doing so. Please be advised that, again in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, shortlisted candidates (who wish to accept an invite to interview) will be required to submit, prior to their interview, a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children. Upon submission of this information, online checks may be carried out.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; the successful applicant will be expected to undertake an enhanced DBS disclosure check. Having a criminal record will not necessarily debar you from obtaining a position with the School.
Equal OpportunitiesHavering Schools aim to promote and ensure equality of opportunity and equal treatment for all. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment regardless of gender, marital status, race, colour, nationality (including citizenship), ethnic or national origins, disabilities, age, sexual orientation, responsibility for dependants, religious or political affiliation and trade union activities. All matters related to employment are decided on the basis of qualifications, merit and business need.
How to apply
Please submit your completed application form to office@parkprimaryacademy.com by the closing date.