What skills and experience we're looking for
Key Duties and Overall Purpose of the Post
In addition to the duties specified in the Cleaner job description, the Cleaning Supervisor will:
• Support the Estates Manager by acting as the 'hands on' lead and front-line supervisor for the cleaning team.
• Reporting to the Trust Cleaning Manager.
• Monitor the quality of work, carrying out audits and complete daily quality control sheets to ensure all areas are cleaned to a high standard.
• Provide cover and undertake remedial cleaning tasks as necessary.
• Respond in a timely manner to any issues with the delivery of routine and non-routine cleaning services.
• Support the Trust Cleaning Manager in the recording and tracking of the additional hour’s cleaners are required to work during the school holidays. Monitor all absence including holidays.
• Ensure cleaning materials and equipment are operated in a safe and economic manner, and in accordance with their instructions for use.
• Ensure that cleaning equipment and designated storage areas are maintained in a clean, tidy and safe condition.
• Ensure adequate supplies of cleaning materials and other consumable items are available.
• Report to the Estates Manager any damage to school property, or potential hazards, or any issues that are likely to affect the task to be undertaken.
• Undertake training as necessary to maintain the requirements of the service.
Cleaner Job Description
• To undertake general cleaning of the building including deep cleans and detailed cleaning tasks, including cleaning classrooms, corridors, and toilets.
• General housekeeping/health and safety checks.
Responsibilities and Roles
• In the event of any spillages immediately clean and make safe the area.
• Ensure that students are always behaving appropriately in line with the schools’ behaviour policy and deal with any inappropriate behaviour according to the behaviour policy.
• To engage with the students during lunch time, ensuring that it is a positive experience, promoting healthy eating and assisting any that may need additional support.
• Deal with any first aid incidents.
• Operate cleaning equipment and use designated chemicals and other cleaning products safely and in accordance with instructions.
• Refilling and restocking cleaning supplies and toiletries (handwash, toilet paper, paper towels).
• Ensuring sufficient supplies of cleaning products and equipment are ordered and maintained.
• Checking and maintaining of cleaning equipment to ensure they are fit for purpose.
• To make lunch times an enjoyable experience for all.
• Be a strong, positive role model for the students.
What the school offers its staff
Background Information
Edgar Wood Academy
Edgar Wood Academy is an 11-16 year old state-funded secondary school. Working closely with Rochdale Borough Council to meet the estimated shortfall of secondary school places, we opened our doors to welcome Year 7 children from the areas of Middleton and Heywood in September 2021. Our intake this year is 195 places, with a total of 485 places being offered since in September 2021 within Years 7-9.
In our first year we were based in a temporary site in the grounds of Hopwood Hall College, Middleton Campus, whilst the new school was completed. From September 2022, Years 7, 8 and 9 students at Edgar Wood Academy have been able to experience our new school building on Heywood Old Road, Heywood, with its modern state-of-the-art facilities, designed to allow them to flourish academically, culturally and artistically.
Altus Education Partnership
Edgar Wood Academy is currently one of four institutions in the Altus Education Partnership (a Multi-Academy Trust) alongside Kingsway Park High School, Bamford Academy and Rochdale Sixth Form College (“TES 6th Form College of the Year 2021” and “Ofsted Officially Outstanding 2022”). Edgar Wood Academy and the Trust have a very strong educational reputation in the local community and are in a financially robust position. The Trust works as a partnership of equals, where all Academies are distinctive institutions working together for the benefit of all students, within which, Headteachers and local Governing Bodies have delegated authority and associated autonomy. The Trust expects to expand further in the next few years, working with Academies in the Primary and Secondary phases to improve the quality of education across the borough.
Altus Education Partnership are committed to supporting all children in their Academies to progress to a successful career, life and employment path of their choice.
All our Academies will share a collective identity as providers of the highest quality teaching with high expectations of learners, coupled with effective assessment and intervention. Young people in our Academies will engage with opportunities to develop their own skills and aptitudes to support their progression, while making valuable contributions to their communities. Leaders and Teachers will take a collaborative approach, sharing best practice at a local, regional and national level, to continuously improve the performance and outcomes of all Academies in the Trust.
Altus Education Partnership Values
The values of the Altus Education Partnership will be embedded and visible throughout all the academies. Each will have its own unique identity built around the core Trust values. These are:
• Unrelenting commitment to improve the quality of our provision and enhance the lives of our students.
• Openness in the way we build trust and bring purpose to our work as a Multi Academy Trust.
• Accountability through the rigorous, transparent and forensic analysis of all aspects of our performance.
• Commitment to the principles of inclusion and equality.
• Dedication to the borough of Rochdale and its surrounds.
• Collective responsibility for one another and the results of all our students – ‘if one fails, we all fail’.
The Ambition is that by the time students leave they will:
• Have achieved their personal academic potential giving them a greater choice in life.
• Have the highest aspirations and developed the self-esteem, confidence, and emotional resilience to exploit their potential.
• Be contributing members of the community and have compassion for others.
• Be able to celebrate their success and that of others.
• Have developed the confidence to overcome barriers to success.
• Be articulate, creative, and prepared for future growth and learning.
• Be happy!
Shared Objective for all Staff
"To maximise students' achievements"
• At Altus Education Partnership we do this through engaging our students in their subjects and inspiring them to enjoy their studies in a totally positive atmosphere.
• Our students are challenged to achieve through a culture of high expectations and a belief in their ability.
Above all, staff at Altus Education Partnership like their students and demonstrate this through their daily conduct and interaction.
We promise a supportive and enjoyable working environment and the resources needed tocarry out the role to the highest standards, including a bespoke professional development programme to support you with your futurecareer aspirations.
Commitment to safeguarding
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.