Catering Assistant

Old Trafford Community Academy, Manchester, M15 4FL

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st January 2026 or sooner if possible

• Closing date

  17 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,656.00 - £24,404.00 Annually (FTE) The salary stated will be pro-rata based on a 39 week contract working 17.5 hours per week - 38 term time weeks plus an additional 5 days

Catering Assistant job summary

What you need;

• A passion for food
• the ability to work flexibly as part of a team in a fast paced environment
• To be friendly & approachable
• Someone who can provide great service to our school community of almost 400 children and staff

For this Catering Assistant role, you will join our team working 17.5 hours per week term time only, a total of 39 weeks, 38 term time weeks and an additional 5 days, some of which may be required to work during holiday periods or outside normal contractual hours to meet training requirements and other operational needs such as clean down & set up during the summer holiday period.. Initially we are offering this post as a temporary contract to 31st August 2025 with the possibility of extending the role further.

This is an exciting time to join us; we started our new catering contract at teh beginning of September working alongside our Catering Business Partner ABM Catering Solutions. You will join our team helping to deliver GROW, a healthy, nutritious, home cooked lunch time offering to our pupils, staff and visitors..

Our successful candidate will be someone who is willing to work as part of the whole school team, supporting the smooth running of the kitchen to ensure that our pupils receive high quality meals each day, whilst maintaining a safe & hygienic environment. Above all, you will help to ensure that lunch time becomes an indispensable part of our school day and helps to complement our pupils learning experience

Experience of , preparing, cooking & serving food in a commercial kitchen is desirable as you will need to assist with all aspects of basic food preparation in a safe, hygienic and timely manner , ensuring that you comply with all applicable food, health & safety standards.

Your role will be varied, ranging from preparation of food, setting up of dining areas, serving our pupils, cleaning of equipment and the general kitchen area. You will need to be confident in using & handling all equipment and willing to undertake necessary training to help you develop your role.

To succeed in this role you will need to be flexible in your approach to work, be able to work as part of a team as well and have excellent standards and expectations of what our school should look like.

You will need good communication skills, to work as part of the catering team and the wider Old Trafford Community Academy family. As you will be working in a school environment, you must have the ability to work well with and relate to children. Our school has a diverse cultural population as well as a number of children with additional needs

The successful applicant will be join our team from 1st of January 2026, subject to completing all necessary employment checks as stated below. We will consider an early start date if all checks are completed satisfactorily completed.

As part of Focus-Trust, Old Trafford Community Academy is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. There is an explicit expectation that all staff, trustees, governors and volunteers share this commitment and adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures. Applicants should be aware that the recruitment process will include an assessment of your suitability to work with children and must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Focus-Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.

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

Old Trafford Community Academy is committed to safeguarding children, and this commitment is reflected in our recruitment processes.

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 Old Trafford Community Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Old Trafford Community Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/old-trafford-community-academy

Old Trafford Community Academy is a very special place. We have a very diverse school community, with an equally diverse range of strengths and needs. We are ambitious for all our children, and committed to going the extra mile to remove barriers to learning. We aim to be a community school in the widest sense of the word, supporting children within the context of their family and their wider communities.

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