Oakridge Primary School
Silvester Way
Stafford
ST17 0PR
Tel: 01785 337300
Email: recruitment@oakridge.staffs.sch.uk
Caretaker Grade 5 point 7 – 9 £27,274-£28,153 pro rata
15 hours per week
Whole Year Position
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a thriving and successful school, working
alongside a committed and talented team?
We are seeking to appoint a proactive, reliable and highly motivated Caretaker who takes real pride
in maintaining a safe, secure and welcoming environment for our children, staff and families.
The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring that our school buildings, grounds and
facilities are maintained to a high standard. Duties will include site security, general maintenance and repairs, health and safety checks, supporting contractors, porterage and responding to day-today site issues.
The Successful candidate will:
- Be conscientious and hardworking
- Have high standards and take a pride in their work
- Be punctual and reliable
- Be able to carry out basic maintenance and have proven DIY and repair skills enabling
maintenance tasks to be undertaken - Be able to identify and prioritise their own workload, approaching all tasks with a “can do”
attitude - Take pride in maintaining high standards of cleanliness across the whole site
- Be responsible for the day to day security of the site
- Ensure that health and safety regulations are adhered to
- be able to engage and manage external contractors
- Have excellent communication skills
In return we can offer you:
- a well-maintained school site
- A friendly, welcoming and supportive staff team
- A great place to work!
- Polite, happy, enthusiastic children
- Closing date: Friday 2nd October 2026
- Interview date: Friday 9th October 2026
This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young
people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment"
This position is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974. Further details regarding this check are available from schools or by visiting www.dbs.gov.uk
All shortlisted applicants will be subject to an online check as part of our safer recruitment strategy
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