Catering Assistant
| Posting date: | 23 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 06 February 2026 |
| Location: | Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 9PH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | f2b5081d-fe8d-4fc5-91ff-200a92928ef0 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Permanent, part-time (10 hours), Term time plus 1 week.
Salary: Grade 3 (SCP 4 to SCP 5) pro-rata
Location: Meadowside Community Primary & Nursery School
Clough Avenue
Warrington
WA2 9PH
Telephone: 01925 632705
Email: office@meadowside.tcat.uk.com
The Governors at Meadowside Primary & Nursery School wish to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed catering assistant. We are looking for someone to join our team who can engage, empathise with and support our children during their lunch time.
You will be required:
• To assist with the preparation and service of tasty and nutritious meals
• To carry out cleaning duties in the kitchen such as cleaning down surfaces, mopping and brushing the floor and cleaning pots, pans, plates and cutlery.
• Assist with packing and unpacking of food and other goods and to ensure safe storage of goods.
Advice, guidance, and training on working with children will be given. Meadowside is a happy, thriving school with high standards and a hardworking team of practitioners. Applicants should be supportive of the school’s ethos and team approach. Application forms and further details are available via the school website.
Closing date: 6 February 2026 at 12pm
Interviews: w/c 9 February 2026
Required to start as soon as possible, The Challenge Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. Meadowside Primary & Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to enhanced disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further details can be found on http://homeoffice.gov.uk/agenciespublic-bodies/dbs
What the school offers its staff
At The Challenge Academy Trust wewant to embed a culture that champions better work and working lives across the Trust; a framework to support and develop our workforce from ‘hire to retire’. Our staff workload, wellbeing and benefits offer demonstrates our commitment to ensure we can:
• Provide a workload that is fair and reasonable.
• Foster an environment where employee health and wellbeing are actively supported and promoted.
• Develop employee’s personal and professional skills & knowledge continuously throughout their careers.
• Provide structured routes for career progression
• Reward people fairly with transparent and appropriate pay and conditions of service alongside additional benefits
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.
Permanent, part-time (10 hours), Term time plus 1 week.
Salary: Grade 3 (SCP 4 to SCP 5) pro-rata
Location: Meadowside Community Primary & Nursery School
Clough Avenue
Warrington
WA2 9PH
Telephone: 01925 632705
Email: office@meadowside.tcat.uk.com
The Governors at Meadowside Primary & Nursery School wish to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed catering assistant. We are looking for someone to join our team who can engage, empathise with and support our children during their lunch time.
You will be required:
• To assist with the preparation and service of tasty and nutritious meals
• To carry out cleaning duties in the kitchen such as cleaning down surfaces, mopping and brushing the floor and cleaning pots, pans, plates and cutlery.
• Assist with packing and unpacking of food and other goods and to ensure safe storage of goods.
Advice, guidance, and training on working with children will be given. Meadowside is a happy, thriving school with high standards and a hardworking team of practitioners. Applicants should be supportive of the school’s ethos and team approach. Application forms and further details are available via the school website.
Closing date: 6 February 2026 at 12pm
Interviews: w/c 9 February 2026
Required to start as soon as possible, The Challenge Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. Meadowside Primary & Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to enhanced disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further details can be found on http://homeoffice.gov.uk/agenciespublic-bodies/dbs
What the school offers its staff
At The Challenge Academy Trust wewant to embed a culture that champions better work and working lives across the Trust; a framework to support and develop our workforce from ‘hire to retire’. Our staff workload, wellbeing and benefits offer demonstrates our commitment to ensure we can:
• Provide a workload that is fair and reasonable.
• Foster an environment where employee health and wellbeing are actively supported and promoted.
• Develop employee’s personal and professional skills & knowledge continuously throughout their careers.
• Provide structured routes for career progression
• Reward people fairly with transparent and appropriate pay and conditions of service alongside additional benefits
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.