12 days remaining to apply

  • Closing date

    14 September 2026 at 1am

  • Date listed

    2 September 2026

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

£20,380.88 actual pa

Catering Assistant – 2 posts job summary

Part of Aylsham Learning Federation


Tel: 01263 733270

Email: abarker@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.aylshamhigh.com/ahsvacancies 


Executive Headteacher: Mr Duncan Spalding

NOR: 1045    Age range: 11-16 years


  • Salary – Scale B, point 4, £20,380.88 actual pa
  • Permanent
  • 2 posts
  • Part Time
  • 33 hours per week (M-F)
  • Term Time plus 2 weeks


Aylsham High School, part of Aylsham Learning Federation, is consistently one of the highest performing schools in Norfolk. The school is blessed with excellent staff, an outstanding group of students and great facilities including a subsidised nursery for staff. The support that we enjoy from parents and the wider community is second to none.

We are looking to appoint two enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed Catering Assistants on a permanent basis to join our team helping to deliver a range of hot and cold meals to our pupils.

Personal qualities are of paramount importance and the person appointed will be expected to display good energy, good humour and reliability. You should have the ability to work at pace independently as well as part of a small team.

You will play a vital role assisting our cook preparing and serving food from our well-appointed kitchen as well as having general washing up and cleaning duties. Working hours Monday to Thursday 8.30am-2.30pm / Friday 8.30am-3.00pm.

If you would like to join a successful and genuinely warm and friendly Federation with a tremendous community attitude, then we would love to hear from you.

Further details are available on the school website. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Ali Barker, ALF HR Manager on 01263 733270 extension 154 to arrange.


How to apply

A job description/person specification and our Safeguarding policy are available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, these are available from our website - www.aylshamhigh.com or by telephoning Mrs A Barker, HR Officer, on 01263 733270.

Completed forms should be returned to - abarker@aylshamhigh.norfolk.sch.uk or posted to Mrs A Barker, Aylsham High School, Sir Williams Lane, Aylsham, NR11 6AN.

Early applications are welcomed and will be reviewed upon receipt. 

We reserve the right to close this advertisement prior to the closing date shown below.

      

Closing date:  14 September 2026, 9am

Interview date:     To be confirmed


Aylsham Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. 

References will be requested for all shortlisted applicants.

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.
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Commitment to safeguarding

Aylsham Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

More details about our commitment to safeguarding can be found on our job advertisements.

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.

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About Aylsham High School

Organisation type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
1138 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Website
Aylsham High School website
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Aylsham High is one of the most consistently successful schools in Norfolk and our work is underpinned by the values of the co-operative movement. Our cohort is truly comprehensive and we are committed to being an inclusive, welcoming, and supportive school community. The school is blessed with excellent staff, great facilities, and a wonderful group of students. The support that we enjoy from parents and the wider community is second to none. We believe that if we are going to maintain and improve on the school’s achievements, we have to continuously evaluate our approach to teaching and learning and this is a theme that runs throughout our school improvement planning.

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