Caretaker

**Job type**:
Full Time, Permanent

**Start date**:
22nd April 2025

13 February 2025

**Job overview**:
**REF SCH-PAT-0582**

**Required for 22 April 2025**

‘_Are you ready to play a pivotal role in shaping the educational journey of students by joining our dedicated support staff team?’_

**About Pontefract Academies Trust**

Pontefract Academies Trust is a cross phase Multi-Academy Trust comprising of nine schools: seven primaries and two 11-16 secondary schools. Our mission is running high quality, high achieving schools that give our children and young people the chance in life they deserve. The Trust is renowned for its commitment to excellence and has achieved remarkable success. Five of our primary schools rank within the top 1% nationally for progress, and our secondary schools feature among the top three secondary schools in the Wakefield district.

**About the role**
- The management and delivery of reactive maintenance tasks
- Undertaking compliance tasks as required and record evidence on a computerised system
- Providing day to day supervision to a team of cleaners, ensuring duties are carried out to the highest of standards.
- Maintaining site security through locking and unlocking the school’s buildings, setting the security alarm and other security systems where applicable

**About Orchard Head Junior, Infant & Nursery School**

At Orchard Head, success begins with strong foundations. Our dedicated staff are committed to nurturing a lifelong love for learning in every child, empowering them to become confident, independent, and successful individuals. We take pride in our above-national Key Stage 2 attainment and progress outcomes, reflecting our unwavering focus on academic excellence. Beyond academics, our personalised development opportunities enrich the curriculum, providing pupils with memorable experiences that shape their holistic growth. Together as a school community, we celebrate our achievements and eagerly anticipate continued growth, flourishing, and success at Orchard Head.

**What can we offer you?**

We’re passionate about employee benefits at Pontefract Academies Trust, offering the following as standard to all:

- Exciting career and leadership pathways supported by outstanding CPD opportunities
- EveryDay Development (EDD) Framework, including goals that are personal and flexible and professional development days to self-reflect and invest in personal development to aid staff engagement, boost wellbeing and enhance employee skills
- Generous employer pension (West Yorkshire Pension Fund - LGPS)
- Generous annual leave entitlements paid as part of your annual salary (starting from 26 days annual leave, up to a maximum of 33 days dependent on length of service and grade of role - plus 8 statutory bank holidays)
- Fantastic family friendly policies with a focus on employee work/life balance
- Cycle to work scheme
- Blue Light card
- Discounted gym membership
- Free eyecare via Specsavers
- Childcare vouchers
- Employee wellbeing programme (including physiotherapy, personal or professional concerns on legal, health, finance, wellbeing, and other matters)
- Discounts at numerous retailers including O2
- Free flu vaccinations.

**Next steps**

Please visit the Pontefract Academies Trust website where you can find the
- Trust Strategic Plan for 2025 to 2028.

Here you can find
- Orchard Head Junior, Infant & Nursery School

with further information about our visions and values.

**SamPeople Recuit**

**no later than 10:00am on Friday 14th February 2025 with interviews to be held Monday 24th February 2025.**
- The Pontefract Academies Trust is wholly committed to the safeguarding of all children and young people whilst promoting their welfare._

**About**Orchard Head Junior Infant and Nursery School**:
**Orchard Head Junior Infant and Nursery School**
- Orchard Head Lane, Nevison, Pontefract
- West Yorkshire
- WF8 2NJ
- United Kingdom

+44 1977 723495

Orchard Head Junior, Infant and Nursery School is a one and half entry school. The School aims to work in close partnership with the families of children in the school to ensure that every child, every day, learns and achieves. The School simply aims do this through the children.