Catering Assistant

Blackburn Central High School, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB2 3HJ

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: 25 hours per week Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking to appoint a reliable, friendly and enthusiastic Catering Assistant to join our school team.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy kitchen environment that takes pride in delivering high standards of food preparation and hygiene and also being part of a wider team of professionals dedicated to providing the very best for all our children.

What the school offers its staff

Our Employee Benefits

At Oak Learning Partnership, you’ll find yourself in a vibrant, inclusive, and supportive environment, where everyone can grow, progress, and achieve a fulfilling career. We offer a fantastic range of rewards and benefits, challenging and interesting work, and opportunities to achieve your potential.

In return you will benefit from:

• Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• ExcellentContinuous Professional Development (CPD)
• A strong and caring ethos among staff and students
• Networking opportunities across our trust
• Salary sacrifices cycle to work scheme
• Healthcare plan through Medicash and is an easy to use health insurance. The health cash plan provides cashback towards your everyday healthcare bills, benefiting from a range of digital and virtual tools to help you protect and improve your wellbeing. 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme – emotional, financial and legal support to both you and your family by a team of qualified professionals
• Health and Wellbeing through Medicash with access to a 24/7 Telephone Support Service and Face to Face counselling service.

Application

We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date of the advertisement, should we identify an appropriate candidate.

If you would like to know more, we would be delighted to welcome you to our school. Visits prior to application are both welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school on 01254 505700 or by e-mailing info@bchs.co.uk to arrange an appointment.

Oak Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in their care and expects everybody working for the organisation to share this commitment. To this end any offer of employment will be subject to safer recruitment checks and clearances.

Oak Learning Partnership

Our trust is cross phase and consists of primary, special, and secondary schools. We have a vision to transform lives through a highly inclusive approach.

‘Inclusion is at the heart of our trust’.

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

Blackburn Central High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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Job Description - Catering Assistant.pdf - 280 KB (opens in new tab)

Recruitment Pack - BCHS.pdf - 752 KB (opens in new tab)

About Blackburn Central High School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Blackburn Central High School website
• Email address: info@bchs.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/blackburn-central-high-school

We are a popular, thriving school based in the heart of our community.
in our latest Ofsted report they found "Pupils are proud to attend this school. They have warm and trusting relationships with staff. Pupils told inspectors that they appreciate the family atmosphere of the school, where everyone is equally valued.

Leaders and governors have high expectations of what pupils can achieve. Pupils respond positively to the challenges set for them. They enjoy learning and achieve well.

Diversity is not just tolerated at this school, it is celebrated. Pupils and staff have won national recognition for the work that they have done to promote inclusion. There is a well established culture of respect. Bullying is rare. Leaders have systems in place to tackle any incidents of bullying or poor behaviour swiftly and effectively. Consequently
pupils are happy and safe."

There are no secrets to an excellent education: it entails good teaching and learning, strong support and hard work. We pride ourselves on knowing and caring for all our students whilst having high expectations and ambitions for them all.
We want the best for all our students, we want them to stretch themselves and reach further than they ever thought possible. Our students aspire and achieve in both their academic and personal development.
We are very proud of our students at Blackburn Central High School. They are smart, successful, polite, well behaved and keen to learn. Positive relationships between staff and students are key to our success as we know young people are inspired to learn from the people they trust and respect.
Mrs Shanaz Hussain
Headteacher

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