Catering Assistant
| Posting date: | 08 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 03 November 2025 |
| Location: | Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0JG |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | db7a3941-aa6e-4425-bb48-7876bbbca458 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Some of your duties and responsibilities will include serving lunch to children and school staff. Ensure the health and safety of the kitchen is maintained, following routines and monitoring food hygiene and food safety to ensure high standards are achieved. The successful candidate must support the aims, ethos, and values of the school and ensure they are followed by the children in line with school policy. The post holder will be constantly standing and walking, and there are aspects of the role that will require you to manually hold catering equipment.
For a complete Job description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as this will guide you in preparing a strong application and understanding what we’re looking for.
What the school offers its staff
We place learning at the heart of all our activities. Everyone is a learner and we encourage an ethos of openness, enquiry and learning together. We have a wealth of talent among our large staff, who are encouraged to develop their skills further and they are key to making learning fun. Pupils help to make Grove an exciting place to learn by being fully involved in generating ideas and making decisions together. Grove has many links with schools around the globe and this helps to inform attitudes about the world around us. We are investing in the future by ensuring that all pupils are computer literate and have access to new technologies where it enhances learning.
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.
Some of your duties and responsibilities will include serving lunch to children and school staff. Ensure the health and safety of the kitchen is maintained, following routines and monitoring food hygiene and food safety to ensure high standards are achieved. The successful candidate must support the aims, ethos, and values of the school and ensure they are followed by the children in line with school policy. The post holder will be constantly standing and walking, and there are aspects of the role that will require you to manually hold catering equipment.
For a complete Job description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as this will guide you in preparing a strong application and understanding what we’re looking for.
What the school offers its staff
We place learning at the heart of all our activities. Everyone is a learner and we encourage an ethos of openness, enquiry and learning together. We have a wealth of talent among our large staff, who are encouraged to develop their skills further and they are key to making learning fun. Pupils help to make Grove an exciting place to learn by being fully involved in generating ideas and making decisions together. Grove has many links with schools around the globe and this helps to inform attitudes about the world around us. We are investing in the future by ensuring that all pupils are computer literate and have access to new technologies where it enhances learning.
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.