Caretaker
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate should ideally have experience and skills to provide efficient and effective caretaking support to the school with responsibility for grounds maintenance, security of site and general appearance of buildings and surrounding areas.
The successful applicant will become part of a collaborative and supportive staff body, who share a vision to realise and achieve ambitious outcomes for every individual in our school. We are not a school where one size fits all, we are a school in which diversity thrives, is encouraged and is celebrated.We are much more than the sum of our parts, growing exceptional talent in both our young people and in our staff.
If you are, like us passionate about having a positive impact on young people’s lives, and excited by this opportunity, we warmly welcome your application.
What the school offers its staff
Queen Mary’s High School was founded in 1893 and is built upon a well-established history of success, shaping exceptional young people for young adulthood. We are an academically selective girls’ grammar school; co-educational in our sixth form provision.We are a school community passionate about learning and in cultivating an exceptional educational environment in which our young people are enabled to be the very best version of themselves. Our school community is one in which our students are expertly equipped with not only knowledge and understanding but the skills, the attributes and expertise to achieve their ambitions, to fully realise their potential and to enjoy learning.
We value the diverse nature of our school community and the sense of family that enables our successes.
Queen Mary’s High School has a dedicated, expert and conscientious teaching staff, ably supported by superb associate staff. Our ethos and values are demonstrated by the endeavour of all in our school community, who work together to ensure the highest standards of academic achievement, and to provide excellent pastoral care that supports, nurtures and empowers our students in achieving this excellence.Partnerships between School, parents and pupils enable examination success and wide-ranging life enriching opportunities outside of the classroom prepare and equip our students to meet the challenges of a rapidly evolving world.
If you would like to find out more about us and see how wonderful a place to work this is, please contact the school to arrange a visit.
The Mercian MAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website.
This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding at QMHS. Our school’s aims and vision statement very clearly states that we strive to ensure that the individual needs of all our highly able students are met. At QMHS and across the Mercian Trust we recognise that the emotional wellbeing and positive mental health of all members of the community is integral to our continued success.We have built and continue to strengthen a community of support for all stakeholders which includes pupils, staff and parents/carers.