Employer: Bolton Council
Location: Bolton
Salary : £23,656 (Point 2) to £24,027 FTE (Point 3) (rate is based on 2024-2025, and is also pending confirmation of new rate from April 2025)
Salary Grade: Grade A
Working Pattern: Full year
Working Hours: 37 hours weekly
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date : 3:00 pm on Wednesday 3 rd September 2025
Job Type: Education School based
Interview Date: Thursday 11 th September 2025, exact timings TBC
We are looking to recruit a permanent Cleaner to join our staff team in order to help us to continue to maintain a high quality standard of cleaning across our Rumworth school site.
You will join our dedicated cleaning team who provide a high standard of cleaning throughout the school day across our school site, which includes our newly opened Sixth Form block. You will also then work after school hours as this is a 37 hours per week post.
Due to the nature of this role, it is a full year-round post, which means you be would working non-term time, with your annual leave to be taken in the school holidays.
Rumworth School is a highly regarded Local Education Authority maintained special school in Bolton with an excellent reputation for providing an outstanding provision for all students. Visitors to our school always comment on the “lovely feeling and buzz” and the calm & purposeful learning environment. In September 2025 we will have around 370 students with a range of needs. Our students are aged 11-19 and they all have an EHCP because they have a range of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) which may include: Moderate and Severe Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs, Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Hearing and Visual Impairment, Physical Disability and Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs. What our students most definitely do all have is a wonderful sense of fun, a love of learning, a high regard for each other and the adults who work with them, and they can’t wait to meet you!
Our ethos is “Start with the young person” therefore you will be a champion for education as the vehicle to improve the life chances and outcomes for our students. Our vision is “You can do it, we will help” - in order to meet the needs of our students, we do have small teaching group sizes and high adult to student ratios.
Information relating to the wider school:
Rumworth School is a highly regarded Local Education Authority maintained special school in Bolton with an excellent reputation for providing an outstanding provision for all students. Visitors to our school always comment on the “lovely feeling and buzz” and the calm & purposeful learning environment. In September 2025 we will have around 370 students with a range of needs. Our students are aged 11-19 and they all have an EHCP because they have a range of SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) which may include: Moderate and Severe Learning Difficulties, Complex Needs, Autistic Spectrum Conditions, Hearing and Visual Impairment, Physical Disability and Social, Emotional and Mental Health Needs.
Our ethos is “Start with the young person”. As a member of our staff team, you will be a champion for education as a vehicle to improve the life chances and outcomes for our students. Our vision is “You can do it, we will help” and so you will embody our philosophy of supporting young people to be more “Confident, Resilient and Independent”.
In Year 7, all students have a more class-based curriculum with their class teacher delivering the majority of their learning within our “Foundation Year” setting. Year 7 students also access specialist rooms and may be taught by other staff for lessons such as Forest Schools, Art, Music, Dance, PE, Science, ICT, and Design Technology.
Students in Years 8 to 11 then follow a differentiated curriculum model, according to their needs:-
* Some follow a more formal curriculum with a modified mainstream approach
* Some have less transition and spend more time on the consolidation of basic skills
* Some have particular SLD / ASD / SEMH needs and may benefit from working in smaller groups at times
All students access appropriate external accreditation at the end of KS4 and during KS5, and our offer includes GCSEs, ASDAN, BTEC, Functional Skills and Entry Level Certification, dependent upon student ability.
In KS5, students continue to follow the most suitable curriculum pathway for their ability and their aspirations, and we then offer a Year 14 Transition where some students continue on to the “Pathway to Employment” route, and those with more severe learning difficulties and complex needs would usually follow a “Pathway to Independence” route.
We are always keen to recruit staff of the highest calibre, and what matters most to us is that you are the “right fit” for our students. We welcome applications from people with experience in primary schools, as well as those with secondary school experience, and those with SEND special school experience.
Visits to our school:
Visits are strongly recommended prior to application, as this is helpful when tailoring a letter of application in order to evidence how you best meet the selection criteria. Please do not send a generic letter or a CV with your application.
Please contact our School Office on 01204 333600 in order to arrange a visit.
How to apply:
Please download and complete the application form and outline your suitability for this post at Rumworth School in your letter of application, within a maximum of two sides of A4 paper.
This post is also advertised on the “Current Vacancies” tab on our school website, and can be found at http://www.rumworth.co.uk/vacancies
All applications should please be returned electronically to Ms Marsha Andrews, the Headteacher’s PA: [emailprotected]
Closing date: 3:00 pm on Wednesday 3 rd September 2025
Shortlisting: Thursday 4 th September 2025
Shortlisted candidates to be informed by 3:00 pm on Thursday 4 th September 2025
Interview Date: Thursday 11 th September 2025, exact date and timings TBC
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, therefore as part of our Safer Recruitment process, references will be requested for all shortlisted applicants.
Appointments are also subject to the outcome of an enhanced DBS check and being able to provide evidence of your qualifications.
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