Catering Assistant

Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL51 3EF

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 10hrs per week, 39 weeks per year (Term time + INSET Days)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Hourly rate: £12.71

What skills and experience we're looking for

Qualification

Essential:

• Commitment to complete relevant training

Desirable:

• Allergy Awareness qualification
• HACCP training
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate
• GCSE Maths or equivalent

Experience, understanding and knowledge

Essential:

• Experience of working within a catering environment, ideally within a mass catering setting (or willingness to be trained in these areas.)
• Good verbal and written communication skills

Desirable:

• Experience in working in a secondary school
• Understanding of Child protection/safeguarding
• Experience of working with a till system
• Experience of keeping Health & Safety records

What the school offers its staff

Lifestyle and wellbeing

-Family-friendly policies
-Attractive salary and pension
-Generous annual leave entitlement
-Free one-to-one wellbeing support with aqualified psychotherapist and a coach
-Onsite parking facilities and cycle storage
-Four electric car charging points
-Free/discounted access to the school’s onsite
-Gym (conditions apply)
-Cycle to work scheme
-Techscheme – save money on the latest techfrom Apple and Currys PC World
-Blue Light Card - Discount scheme
-Staff social events
-Onsite catering (8.00am - 1.30pm daily)

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

We are an equal opportunities employer and value and respect diversity across our whole school community. Bournside is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1862 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre website
• Email address: recruitment@bournside.com
• Phone number: 01242235555
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cheltenham-bournside-school-and-sixth-form-centre-cheltenham

Bournside is the largest comprehensive 11-18 school in Gloucestershire. We are an established single academy trust with a good reputation (Ofsted ‘Good’ rating 2022), wide catchment, and a strong presence in the community. Our school is consistently oversubscribed with a PAN of 300, and most of our students choose to stay with us for their
post-16 study.

Bournside is a mixed, non-denominational academy school for students aged 11 to 18. It is located in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. It settled in its current location of Warden Hill in the early part of the 1970s and converted to academy status in 2011.

Arranging a visit to Cheltenham Bournside School and Sixth Form Centre

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@bournside.com.

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