Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
04/11/2026
Advert End Date:
12/11/2026 09:00
Salary:
GRADE: Grade 4 SCP 6 – 8 ACTUAL SALARY: £26,847 - £27,709
Job Category:
Schools - Support
Employment Location:
Sunderland
Further Information
JOB TITLE: Caretaker
REPORTS TO: Site Manager
CONTRACT: Permanent
WORKING PATTERN: Full Time All Year round
GRADE: Grade 4 SCP 6 – 8
ACTUAL SALARY: £26,847 - £27,709
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
• To support the delivery of all facilities matters at the school, including day to day hard and soft services.
• To deliver caretaking support to the school ensuring that the premises are well maintained, and operational services are provided to a high standard.
• To contribute to an overall safe environment for users of the school premises and ensure compliance with health and safety and operational standards as required.
• To ensure the school is operational and its facilities are functioning correctly.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES & TASKS
Health and Safety
• Follow safe working practices when carrying out required duties, ensuring that procedures are adhered to and accurate records are maintained.
• Undertake dynamic risk assessments as directed in line with health and safety regulations and ensure agreed RA’s are followed accordingly
• Work closely with the Site Manager and health and safety team to ensure best practice is achieved, including making recommendations and changes where required.
• Support the school senior team and wider trust colleagues to manage incidents and deliver an effective business continuity plan when required.
• Carry out routine tasks to underpin and contribute to the effective maintenance of records and information, including daily checks and inspections in accordance with industry best practice as directed by the site manager.
• Carry out routine tasks to underpin and contribute to the school’s fire safety requirements including inspections, processes, and daily checks.
• Financial Management
• Support the Site Manager to ensure availability of critical spares and stocks required for the day-to day management of the site.
• To abide by the Trust Financial Procedures document.
Site Security
• Act as a secondary keyholder for the school and respond to call outs and emergencies as required to include securing site following damage.
• Ensure the correct use of security systems, including locks, alarms and CCTV ensuring their function and reporting issues for repair.
• Participate in site cover, following shifts and rotas to provide sufficient staffing at the school to meet the opening times required.
• Be responsible for opening and locking the school in accordance with shift requirements.
• To ensure contractors are correctly supervised and overseen whilst on site as directed by the site manager.
• To support the Site Manager in provision of fully operational CCTV provision in accordance with CCTV Policy. This may involve collaborative working with IT and external providers.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Maintenance Management
• Ensure that all property and grounds are maintained in accordance with agreed programmes and to established standards.
• Respond to repair requests from the school helpdesk within the timescale given. Ensure that identified repairs are completed to a high standard or escalated to the site manager for completion by a contractor.
• Monitor plant and equipment to ensure it is operational and properly maintained in a safe working condition.
• Ensure that all programmes for inspection and repair are undertaken within the required timescale escalating issues to the Site Manager when necessary.
• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance tasks under direction of the Site Manager as required across a multi-skilled range of work.
• Monitor the function and provision of all services, taking reading of meters and reporting issues orchazards to the Site Manager.
• Carry out ground’s maintenance duties to the school and playing fields which fall outside of SLA Grounds provision.
• Be responsible for keeping accurate records of duties undertaken to assist the Site Manager.
• To form and maintain positive relationships with external contractors whilst providing a level of first line challenge and accountability on behalf of the school
Housekeeping
• Carry out the porterage of goods, furniture, and equipment on behalf of the school.
• To respond accordingly to the schools cleaning requirements outside of the SLA provision or responsibilities of school cleaning team.
• Carry out waste collection and management around the school premises as directed by the Site Manager. Ensure compliance with environmental and sustainability requirements.
• Carry out housekeeping checks of the premises and grounds to ensure the site is clean, tidy, and safe for occupation.
• Check and restock all consumables in line with the work schedule, ensuring stocks are well managed.
• Carry out emergency deep cleans as required.
• Respond to weather events to clear ice, snow or minor flooding as required by the emergency management plan.
• Establish routines to ensure staff and student Safeguarding remains paramount to carry out dynamic, visual checks throughout the shift and report/act accordingly.
• To ensure high standard of estates support is delivered all year round.
Capital Projects and Minor Works
• Assist the central estate team with maintenance projects, including escorting contractors and escalating issues to management when discovered.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITIES
• The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
• To pursue and promote the achievement and integration of diversity and equality of opportunity throughout the Trust.
• To plan, monitor and review health and safety within areas of personal control.
• To participate in the Trust’s Professional Development Review process and engage in continuous professional development and networking to ensure that professional skills and knowledge are up to date.
• To maintain high professional standards of attendance, punctuality, appearance, conduct and positive, courteous relations with students, parents, and colleagues
ADDITIONAL NOTES
• The job purpose and key statements remain indicative and by no means exclusive. Given the evolving needs of the Trust, flexibility among staff is very important. All staff may be required to undertake other such reasonable duties as may be required from time to time in line with the grade of their post.
• An Enhanced DBS Check will be requested on successful application to a position at the Trust.