Assistant Catering Manager

The Grove Primary School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0JG

5 days remaining to apply

Job start date
5 December 2025
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 October 2025

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: The working hours for this role are expected to be 09:00 – 13:45 Monday to Friday, 23 hours and 45 minutes per week.
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: Between £24,413 and £25,185

What skills and experience we're looking for

Some of your duties and responsibilities will include assisting in all aspects of food preparation, cooking, and serving of meals with regard to procedures and policies. You will be required to carry out washing up, cleaning of equipment, and kitchen areas. On occasion, you will be required to lead the delivery of lunch service in the Catering Manager's absence. The main focus of the job is to ensure school policies and procedures are adhered to at all times, and problem-solving is not a key feature of the job.

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.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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.