Catering Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 21 July 2025 |
| Location: | Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF7 6BD |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 19418fc4-97b2-4d76-a8f2-681d48c56196 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
We’re looking for a reliable and hardworking individual to join our friendly catering team. In this role, you’ll help keep the kitchen running smoothly—preparing and serving meals while maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
You’ll be working around young people, so being approachable, patient, and a team player is important. The job involves a mix of tasks, such as food prep, serving, cleaning, and helping manage stock and deliveries, so a flexible attitude is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
• Prep and serve meals to students and staff
• Keep kitchen and dining areas clean, tidy and hygienic
• Help with general kitchen tasks like food prep, washing up, and cleaning
• Ensure meals are served efficiently and on time
• Receive payments for meals
• Create a positive and welcoming dining experience for students
• Adhere to food safety and health & safety guidelines
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• A welcoming and supportive staff team
• Support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
• A commitment to your professional development
• Friendly and caring school and parish community
• A passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
• An excellent pension package
• Health and wellbeing support
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
We’re looking for a reliable and hardworking individual to join our friendly catering team. In this role, you’ll help keep the kitchen running smoothly—preparing and serving meals while maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene.
You’ll be working around young people, so being approachable, patient, and a team player is important. The job involves a mix of tasks, such as food prep, serving, cleaning, and helping manage stock and deliveries, so a flexible attitude is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
• Prep and serve meals to students and staff
• Keep kitchen and dining areas clean, tidy and hygienic
• Help with general kitchen tasks like food prep, washing up, and cleaning
• Ensure meals are served efficiently and on time
• Receive payments for meals
• Create a positive and welcoming dining experience for students
• Adhere to food safety and health & safety guidelines
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
• A welcoming and supportive staff team
• Support and collaboration from a strong partnership of 15 schools within the Trust
• A commitment to your professional development
• Friendly and caring school and parish community
• A passionate and forward thinking Senior Leadership Team and Academy Council
• An excellent pension package
• Health and wellbeing support
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment. Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance. Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant): childcare disqualification Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) medical online and social media prohibition from teaching right to work satisfactory references suitability to work with children You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.