Catering Assistant
Aldersley High School, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV8 1RT14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
6 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 11:00am - 2:15pm (16.5 hours a week), Monday to Friday, Term Time Only
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- NJC Grade 2 Point 3 (£25,614 FTE)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Aldersley High School is seeking a reliable, enthusiastic and hardworking Catering Assistant to join our friendly and dedicated catering team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and takes pride in providing high-quality food and service to young people. The role involves supporting the daily operation of the school's catering service, preparing and serving food, operating tills, receiving deliveries, maintaining excellent hygiene standards, and helping to create a positive dining experience for our students.
Working under the direction of the Catering Manager, you will assist in the preparation and service of hot and cold meals, ensure food hygiene and health and safety standards are met, help maintain a clean and safe kitchen environment, and contribute to the efficient running of the school's catering provision.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has experience of working in a catering, food service or hospitality environment.
- Is committed to maintaining high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness.
- Enjoys working as part of a team.
- Has good communication and customer service skills.
- Is organised, dependable and willing to learn.
- Is committed to supporting the wellbeing of young people through the provision of healthy and nutritious meals.
If you are passionate about delivering excellent customer service and helping to provide a high-quality catering service within a busy school environment, we would be delighted to hear from you.
Please send completed applications to Ms Heather Davies (PA to the Headteacher) hdavies@aatrust.co.uk
Application Deadline: Friday 20th November at 9:00am
Interviews: w/c 23rd November 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should a sufficient number of suitable applications be received.
What the school offers its staff
In return, we offer:
- A welcoming and supportive school community.
- A dedicated and friendly staff team.
- Ongoing training and development opportunities.
- Access to employee wellbeing initiatives and benefits.
- The opportunity to make a positive difference to the daily experience of our students.
Further information about the job
At Aldersley High School in Wolverhampton, we are determined to leave no stone unturned in our quest for educational excellence, and we are very clear how to get there.
We exist to strengthen our community – by ambitiously educating young people who excel academically and make a positive difference in our world.
We teach challenging lessons, impart powerful knowledge and provide excellent support, so that we achieve the best outcomes and make success inevitable.
Aldersley High School is a diverse, highly successful 11-18 comprehensive school set in the north-east of Wolverhampton, near to the commuter link of Junction 2 of the M54. We serve a vibrant and ambitious community that is used to having a strong school at its heart, and we would love for you to be part of it.
Aldersley was the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, which has expanded significantly over the past few years to now encompass five schools in a growing and thriving Trust partnership. We benefit from fantastic relationships with our sister schools, meaning that there is great opportunity for networking, professional development and ultimately professional success at Aldersley and beyond in our Trust.We are a Trust that believes in a ‘talent-first’ approach, ensuring that we grow potential and see leadership opportunities as a logical step for those who make a real impact.
As a staff, we always act with our core values clearly in mind. Before anything else, anyone who works at Aldersley CARES. Our CARES values are:
We are Committed - Whatever the challenge, we get stuck in and we work hard. Our students deserve nothing less.
We are Ambitious - We always aim for our students to be the best. We are ambitious for what they will achieve.
We are Reliable - We are consistent, day after day after day. We always know what to expect from each other.
We are Experts - We seek self-improvement at all times. We work hard to have expert knowledge in all that we do.
We put Students First - We make all decisions in the best interests of students. We put their success before anything else.
We believe that our students are best-served by having a staff body who are supported to have meaningful work-life balance and their family lives protected, so they can give everything to our students during the school day. We fiercely protect our directed time budget, limit communications outside of the working day, and do not ask our teachers to mark books regularly, focusing instead on assessment that really works. We work together on shared planning so that our energies can be spent on excellent delivery in the classroom, where students behave well and want to learn.
As the founding school of the Amethyst Trust, we benefit from our links with two partner secondary schools and two specialist schools, giving fantastic career development opportunities at every turn. The Amethyst Trust is at the forefront of educational thinking, with innovative teaching with a knowledge-rich edge, progressive ideas on feedback and staff wellbeing, and excellent provision for SEND students through our well-equipped Resource Base. We benefit from fantastic grounds and facilities, including excellent and regularly-updated ICT, and the Trust is in a strong position to make sure that our staff and students want for nothing.
We know we have succeeded when our students achieve academic outcomes that are amongst the best locally and nationally. We are determined that our community will be proud of our school and will know that it is excellent. Our students will have developed qualities that will ensure that they succeed in the wider world, and you will have played your part in making it happen.
You can see more of our school and what we are all about in our trailer here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxwsLTqMMX0
If a school with a clear sense of mission, a moral purpose and an ambitious and caring school community is where you see yourself, please get in touch or come to visit us. This can be done by contacting Heather Davies at hdavies@aatrust.co.ukand we will be back in touch with you as soon as we can. We would love to receive your application to join our team.
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Aldersley High School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1262 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- hdavies@aatrust.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01902 556868
Aldersley High School is a vibrant and ambitious secondary school within the Amethyst Academies Trust. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of high expectations, respect, and achievement for every student. With a thriving Sixth Form and a strong focus on academic progress, we offer a broad and balanced curriculum supported by excellent pastoral care. Our staff benefit from high-quality professional development and clear opportunities for career progression across the Trust. At Aldersley, we believe in empowering both students and staff to reach their full potential.
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