Cleaning Supervisor in Yeovil

What skills and experience we're looking for

30 hours per week - term time only plus 5 additional days during the academy summer holiday

Required as soon as possible, an enthusiastic Cleaning Supervisor to monitor and supervise cleaning staff to ensure a high standard of cleaning to all areas of the academy. To assist with the cleaning of the academy, setting high standards.

Having achieved another "record-breaking" set of results in summer 2025, and following on from our Ofsted visit in May 2024 where we were judged as a strong "Good" in all areas, Buckler's Mead Academy is going from strength to strength.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

To assist with the cleaning of the school, setting high standards to ensure a clean and hygienic environment.

To ensure adequate staffing levels are in place, with cover in all areas at appropriate times.

To ensure cleaning staff are appropriately trained to fulfil their duties.

To maintain adequate stocks of all cleaning and hygiene materials, including monitoring and controlling a full stock control system, ordering all necessary materials in line with the best value policy.

To maintain Health and Safety records, including COSHH.

To maintain timesheets, holiday and absence records for cleaning staff, liaising with the Business Manager.

(Please see the accompanying Job Description for further details of the duties and responsibilities of this post).

CLOSING DATE: Monday 21 September 2026 (9.00 am)

What the school offers its staff

In return we can offer you the full support of a dedicated and committed team of staff, a supportive induction programme and ongoing professional development, plus the opportunity to work in a developing academy in a beautiful area of the South West. We seek to significantly invest in developing our staff. Having joined the Midsomer Norton Schools' Partnership in September 2021, we are part of a Trust which is often considered the "market leader" in the South West for school improvement.

There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests for VDU users and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure.

Buckler's Mead Academy is a highly inclusive academy, serving the east of Yeovil, Somerset. Our vision as an academy is "an inspiring education for all". We believe that all members of our community should be given the opportunity to be happy, to achieve, participate and become successful. Our job as professionals is to ensure this happens. All our staff sign up to these aspirations and play a full role in contributing to this vision through inclusive teaching. We seek to recruit dedicated and talented staff, highly committed to making a difference.

Commitment to safeguarding

Buckler's Mead is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children. We have a duty of care and the right to take reasonable action, ensuring the welfare and safety of pupils. If staff have cause for concern that a child is subject to any form of abuse, we will follow child protection procedures and inform Children's Services. Buckler's Mead meets statutory requirements relating to Disclosure & Barring Service - all staff and volunteers who work with Buckler's Mead Academy who meet the 'regulated activity test' (Freedoms Act 2012) are required to undergo an enhanced DBS check prior to employment.