The St Lawrence Academy is a thriving Church Academy that has successfully served its local community since opening in 2008 and provides children with fantastic opportunities for personal and spiritual growth. We are part of St Lawrence Academies Trust which is a new church based Multi-Academy Trust wanting to serve the young people and communities that our schools are set in. It is a mixed multi academy Trust with church and community schools from both the primary to the secondary phase.. Directors of St Lawrence Academies Trust and the Diocese of Lincoln are looking for an inspirational and talented person; one who can lead the academy towards achieving academic excellence for our students and enable them to fully flourish.
The St Lawrence is an-oversubscribed academy for 11-16 year old students of all abilities. Our PAN now stands at 165 per year.
We serve a diverse community in Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire. We are an inclusive Academy striving to meet the needs of all our learners in our caring environment. Students from all backgrounds and faiths, regardless of ability, are welcome. We are sponsored by the Diocese of Lincoln and have a strong Christian ethos.
We are looking for an ambitious and highly motivated individual to take on the role of:-
Senior Caretaker
37 hours per week - full time
Grade 6 Pt 9-17 £27254 -£31021
Required February 2026 or ASAP thereafter
This is an exciting opportunity to join a vibrant and successful academy site team. You will support in the day to day running of the academy ensuring that children and staff have a safe warm and inviting environment to work and learn in.
The successful candidate will:
1. Have a friendly, welcoming and professional manner
2. Demonstrate the ability to multitask and prioritise workload
3. Be highly motivated, well organised and hard working with the ability to work on own initiative
4. Have the ability to meet deadlines, whilst remaining calm under pressure
5. Have flexibility in approach, vision and commitment
6. Have the ability to support and communicate effectively at all levels
7. Have excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to cope with challenging situations
8. Have knowledge of a range of IT packages
9. Be able to meet the physical demands of a busy education site
We can offer:
10. A supportive and engaged leadership team, with a track record of developing staff to middle and senior leadership
11. An outstanding community of staff and governors who work as a strong team to best support our students
12. An inclusive and inspirational church school environment within wonderful and vibrant new buildings
13. An exciting opportunity to make a real contribution to our high standards and expectations of academic success and care, support and personal development of our students
14. Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
15. High standards and expectations of academic success and care, support and personal development of our students
16. Access to documents from home via Google documents and web based software packages
17. Free staff parking
18. Access to on site gym
19. Consider reasonable flexible requests
For further details about The St Lawrence Academy and St Lawrence Academies Trust and an application pack please see our website at