Assistant Cook

Halling Primary School, Rochester, Kent, ME2 1ER

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  13 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: AAT C.5 - C.7 (£12,343.91 - £12,837.63 per annum)
• Additional allowances:

  AAT C.5 - C.7 (£12,343.91 - £12,837.63 per annum)

Assistant Cook job summary

Assistant Cook

20.45 hours per week, 39 weeks per year (term-time plus inset days)

Part-time, permanent

Salary: AAT C.5 - C.7 (£12,343.91 - £12,837.63 per annum)

Required to start: As soon as possible

Halling Primary School is seeking an experienced Assistant Cook who can bring energy, enthusiasm, and a positive approach to supporting our busy school kitchen.

As Assistant Cook, you will work under the guidance of Catering Manager by:

• Providing healthy, fresh school dinners, in the structured given time
• Working as a team player amongst the friendly, established catering team.

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have previous experience working in a kitchen or catering environment, preferably within a school setting
• Hold basic Food Hygiene Certificate (Level 2) or are willing to obtain
• Show genuine passion for delivering exceptional customer service
• Excel as a supportive and collaborative team player
• Have good communication skills and a proactive attitude
• Want to work in a supportive and caring environment.

For more information, please download the Vacancy Pack and apply online via MyNewTerm.

Why work for Halling Primary School? Some of of our Trust benefits include:

• Trust-wide commitment to your ongoing Continuous Professional Development (CPD) including secondment opportunities
• Unlimited access for you and your family to 24/7 GP telephone consultations
• Access to a wide array of discounts including Motorfinity, Kent Rewards and Blue Light Card
• Access to mental health and wellbeing support including counselling, mindfulness and physiotherapy sessions
• Access to Local Government and Teachers’ Pensions Schemes

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a suitable candidate apply.

Aletheia Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Halling Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 399 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Halling Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/halling-primary-school-rochester

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