| School | Barham Primary School |
| Address | Danethorpe Road, Wembley, Middx, HA0 4RQ |
| Head Teacher | Ms Georgina Nutton |
| Job title | School Caretaker 1 |
| Salary | Level 3: Spinal Column Points 5 - 6 (£25,583 per annum- £25,989 per annum) + London Weighting Allowance £2,301 |
| Hours | Full-time 36 Hours per week: 52 weeks (year round) Caretaker 1: 7.00am to 3.30pm - including 1 hour unpaid lunchbreak & 10 minute break = 7.20 hours per day |
| Closing date | 9am on Friday 16 January 2026 |
| Interview date | Shortlisted candidates will be contacted to arrange interviews |
| How to apply | If you are interested in applying for this position, please visit our website for an application pack. You will need to: |
| Additional information | Barham is a Safeguarding School committed to promoting the welfare of children. All appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks. Successfully shortlisted candidates will be required to fill in a pre-interview self declaration form. The school will also conduct an internet search for all shortlisted candidates. |
The school
Embedding Excellence – take every opportunity
Our school ethos and values are expressed through our mission statement and aims:
- Accelerate Learning
- Reach highest goals possible
- Aiming for a better future
- Respecting each other
- Working together
Barham School Aims:
- To provide a broad, balanced and relevant education, which enables children to achieve their full potential, academically, creatively, socially, spiritually and physically.
- To provide a happy, caring and secure environment in which children are encouraged to develop
self-discipline and take responsibility for their own learning. - To provide rigour and challenge with high expectations, whilst ensuring equal access to all areas of the curriculum and school life.
- To welcome and value the rich cultural diversity of the community and to ensure that children’s
learning experiences reflect this positively. - To encourage a close working partnership with parents in all areas of school life.
- To enable children to recognise, challenge and deal with inequalities in society and by their attitudes show respect for others.
- To prepare children for the opportunities, responsibilities and experiences of adult life.
- To strive for excellence and achievement in all areas of school life
The Role
- Maintaining clean, safe and secure school premises, which includes number of buildings and large area of grounds.
- Carrying out cleaning, handyperson activities, routine maintenance and refurbishment, porterage, and minor repairs.
- Mentoring of cleaning staff.
- Promoting health and safety within the school site.
- Supervising external contractors as instructed.
- Locking and unlocking the buildings, as required.
- Supervising school hire during out of school hours
- Assisting users with setting up facilities such as chairs, tables etc.
- Deal with day to day establishment requirements and problems that may arise.
- Undertaking minor repairs to fixtures and fittings.
- Monitoring the premises for any hazards, carrying out repairs or reporting.
- Assist with the promoting of the school’s Health and Safety Policies and Procedures
What Barham Primary school can offer you:
- Friendly, hard-working staff and leaders who strive to ensure that both pupils and staff enjoy coming to school.
- We are passionate about supporting our staff development and success through care and guidance.
- A working environment that values wellbeing and supports work-life balance.
- A chance to undertake training in Health and safety items such as Evacuation procedures, Local Asbestos management and site related issues via verity of training providers both on and off site.
- Career progression opportunities.
- Exceptionally well-behaved children who love to learn.
- A relaxed, environment where all adults are equally valued and supported.
The person
The right person for the job - We are looking for someone who is:
- Caring and patient, with a positive attitude
- Flexible, patient and is confident to use their initiative
- Has good levels of literacy and numeracy
- Committed to team building and developing good relationships
- Keen to learn and develop their role
- Work with in and have a working knowledge of the schools safe guarding requirements
- Hard working and proactive
- Flexible in a busy school environment
- Friendly and wants to be part of a team, who embodies our schools’ values, vision.
- Clear and has strong communication skills