26 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    28 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 August 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 17.50 hours per week/40 weeks per year (term time plus 1 week)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£9,962 - £10,118 (full time equivalent £23,656 - £24,027)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Thank you for your interest in working here at Admiral Lord Nelson School. 98% of staff would recommend working at Admiral Lord Nelson School to a colleague looking for a new position. (February 2023 survey).

Please find details of the post together with information about our school!

Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff is motivated by the positive difference they will make to the personal development and the futures of our young people of Portsmouth. It was formed when Admiral Lord Nelson School became an academy in April 2014 with Trafalgar School, which is now our thriving partner Secondary School in Portsmouth.

We have a national reputation for being a truly inclusive school with excellent standards and principled curriculum design, we have a deep-rooted and longstanding commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School This is a genuinely exciting school to be part of, morally driven by our core values of Inclusivity, Wellbeing and High Expectations.

Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found.

Key Purposes:

  • Assist in providing a full, efficient catering service at the school. Undertaking, individually or as part of a team, the preparation of dining areas and the serving of staff and student meals.

Please refer to full job description


What the school offers its staff

Admiral Lord Nelson School Employee Benefits:

- Excellent CPD opportunities and career progression

- Employer contribution to the Local Government or Teacher Pension Scheme

- Employee Assistance Programme

- Opportunity to sign up to the bike2work scheme

- Free parking



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.

Salterns Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. Early applications are encouraged, and we reserve the right to close the vacancy if a suitable candidate is found. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring checks along with other relevant employment checks.

**Please note an online search will be conducted at the shortlisting stage**

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

Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to recruitment@alns.co.uk

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Admiral Lord Nelson School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1244 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
023 9236 4536

Always oversubscribed, we are expanding our school so that more local families can experience the excellent education offered here at Admiral Lord Nelson School for over two decades! Therefore, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic Science teacher who works well in a team. We are looking for a specialist with strong subject knowledge, who quickly builds relationships with students and breaks down barriers to learning. We want a teacher who inspires children to achieve their potential and loves to see their students experiencing the joy of success every day in their learning!

Salterns Academy Trust is a learning community where every member of staff understands the difference they can make to our students’ outcomes, both academically and to their personal development. Our commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School is at the heart of our inclusive ethos and curriculum, with mutually respectful relationships forming the foundation of our happy, successful school. At Admiral Lord Nelson School, we work collegiately with our partner school, Trafalgar School in the pursuit of excellence in Science education so that we are significantly improving the life chances of all of our young people in Portsmouth.

We have a national reputation for being a truly inclusive school with excellent standards and principled curriculum design, having a very high Ebacc entry. Our deep-rooted and longstanding commitment to being a UNICEF Rights Respecting School led to us being the only school invited to a garden party with all the Soccer Aid celebrities hosted by the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street and we have recently been reaccredited with UNICEF RRS Gold Award status in recognition of our ambassadorial work. We are equally passionate about promoting creativity across all aspects of our curriculum, for which we were the first school in England to hold a Triple Artsmark Platinum Award and were designated the TES Creative School of the Year for 2019. This is a genuinely exciting school to be part of, morally driven by our core values of Inclusivity, Wellbeing and High Expectations; we really do value our staff and place the voice of our incredible students at the heart of all we do!

Arranging a visit to Admiral Lord Nelson School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment.alns@salterns.org.

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