Caretaker - Lynsted & Norton Primary School - Part-time

Lynsted & Norton Primary School , Near Sittingbourne

• Ref:KCC886-2233-89S
• Posted:02/04/2026
• Pay:Kent Scheme A £6,627 pro rata (£24,522 FTE)
• Start Date:After 20/04/26
• App Close Date:21/04/2026 at 09:00
• Interviews:23/04/26

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The main purpose of the caretaker is to ensure that the schools statutory facilities checks are undertaken and that the schools is safe environment for the pupils, staff and other stakeholders that use it.

Key duties include:

• Act as a designated key holder allowing emergency access to the site, liaising with police and alarm company. Securing school premises following out of hours intruder alarm
• Site security such as locking and unlocking the school buildings as required. Ensure security of all windows, doors, gates and fire exits.
• Assist with health and safety checks maintaining records as directed, reporting any defects of buildings, furniture, fittings and equipment to the Headteacher.

Checks will include but are not limited to:

• Site perimeter security
• Water safety
• Fire Alarm Systems and general fire safety
• Intruder Alarms
• Heating System
• Emergency Lighting
• Tree safety
• Asbestos Management
• Play Equipment
• Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (CoSHH)
• School Mini Bus

The successful candidate will:  

• Have excellent organisational skills
• Be punctual
• Communicate well and be confident managing others
• Have good teamwork skills
• Respect confidentiality and the potential sensitivities of working in a school
• Have experience working in a school
• Be able to demonstrate in their application that they can fulfil the main duties of the job description and person specification as a minimum

The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check along with other pre-employment checks which must be undertaken before the role is confirmed by the school.

Our Community MAT is committed to safeguarding, safer recruitment and promoting the welfare of pupils. Our comprehensive recruitment and selection processes aim to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants. Successful candidates are subject to rigorous pre-employment checks.

We are equally committed to eliminating discrimination and encouraging diversity. We aim for our workforce to be representative of society and that each employee feels respected and able to give their best. We are committed to providing equality and fairness in our recruitment and employment practices and not to discriminate on any grounds. We oppose all forms of unlawful and unfair discrimination.

Applications to be made via Kent Teach.

For further information about the role, please contact Georgina Ingram, via telephone on Georgie.ingram@ocmat.org.uk. 

If your application is shortlisted, the Trust reserves the right to conduct an online search as part of our safer recruitment checks in line with KCSIE guidance. Any relevant information found with regards to a candidates suitability to work with children will be discussed at interview.

Information about the school

At Lynsted and Norton primary School we are passionate about learning.

We want all of our children to receive an exciting and varied curriculum where they can explore and build on their own strengths and interests in a supportive and nurturing environment while feeling valued for their individuality. We aim to lay a foundation of curiosity, tapping into children’s natural inquisitiveness about the world around them, and to inspire a lifelong love of learning, whilst understanding diversity and culture and accepting differences. We encourage everyone to be determined and to take pride in all that they do. We work towards building a community in which everyone feels valued and valuable.

We are a village Primary school with a reception and Year 1 cohort and 2 further mixed age classes. We aim to provide a school community where children feel secure, understand how to keep themselves safe and make the right choices with a clear moral purpose.

If you would like to join our team please apply via this website. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and all appointments to Our Community Multi-Academy Trust are conditional on an enhanced DBS clearance. Our Community Multi Academy Trust comprises ten Kent primary schools.

Please call the school office if you would like to arrange a visit, or to find out more about this role.

We look forward to hearing from you.

All posts are subject to 2x satisfactory references in line with KCSIE, one of which must be your most recent employer and/or most recent childcare setting and an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service. We may also seek references before interview.

Job Contact Information

• Name:Mrs Sally Bowler, Head of School
• Address:Lynsted And Norton Primary School, Lynsted Lane, Lynsted, Near Sittingbourne, Kent, ME9 0RL
• Telephone: 01795 521362
• Email: office@lynsted-norton.kent.sch.uk

Documents

Below are documents that have been added to this vacancy.

• Staff Benefits
• Safer Recruitment Policy
• Recruitment Pack including Job Description & Person Specification
• Child Protection Policy