Catering Assistant
Broadfield Primary School, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL8 1LH16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 June 2025
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
- £24,089.69 - £24,404.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £15.646.25 to £15.850.40
Catering Assistant job summary
Broadfield Primary School are looking to appoint a reliable, hardworking and friendly catering assistant to join our busy kitchen team.
27.5 hours per week (8:00 am to 2.00 pm, including a 30-minute break) term time only, with three additional days allocated across the year for deep cleaning and staff training.
Salary – Pro Rata of points 1-4 of the Support Staff Pay spine currently Salary £24,089.69 to £24,404.00 (Actual £15,646.25 to £15,850.40) Pay award pending.
We are looking for someone who can join our established catering team; you should be flexible and able to multitask in a busy environment.
The successful candidate will be committed to maintaining the high standards of safety and cleanliness within the kitchen area.
You will support the Cook Supervisor with all aspects of food preparation, production and presentation. Duties will also include setting up and clearing away the dining room and undertaking deep cleaning in the kitchen. All catering staff are expected to adhere to the latest School Food Standards and relevant food hygiene and allergy legislation.
You must have excellent communication skills and be able to establish good relationships with staff and pupils.
Broadfield Primary School
Broadfield Primary School serves just under 400 pupils in the Hathershaw area of Oldham. We also provide nursery education for pupils from 2 years of age. After working with partners in The Pinnacle Learning Trust for many years, the school joined the Trust from 1st April 2023, a move which was very positively received by staff and the school’s local community. Last inspected in November 2018, and judged as Good, the school is oversubscribed and very well respected. We are proud of the Broadfield Values; celebrating diversity and inclusion in addition to having high expectations and excellent pastoral provision.
Broadfield Primary School is welcoming and friendly and our central focus is a commitment to ensuring that all our pupils achieve their full potential and become lifelong learners. Our children are happy, enthusiastic and want to learn. We celebrate diversity and teach children to recognise and respect people’s differences as well as similarities. We have a strong training and CPD programme, opportunities to develop your skills and a solid, supportive team of staff and Governors who have fostered a caring and welcoming atmosphere at the school.
Our colleagues underpin our mission and values, sharing high expectations and collaborative opportunities through supportive networks. We genuinely care about each other and the real difference we can make to pupils’ futures, and we want to recruit hard-working, conscientious and self-motivated staff who share our vision. We were delighted to receive the Edurio Staff Choice Award in 2024, based on responses to our staff survey where 98% of our colleagues recommended the college as a good place to work.
Proud member of The Pinnacle Learning Trust
We are a locally focused, cross-phase Trust, with a rigorous culture of high aspirations and strong academic performance that will improve the life chances of our young people through an understanding of the communities we serve. Our academies provide high quality inclusive education and an ethos whereby our children and young people learn by example and grow morally and socially.
Our vision for our workforce is one in which diverse, dedicated, skilled and high-performing staff are operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment; enabling everyone to feel valued, respected and encouraged in order to contribute their best to support us in achieving our mission.
Our Trust invests in each member of staff, offering them professional development opportunities, as well as the opportunity to contribute to the development of others via our Research School. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
We are delighted to be recognised by Edurio for a Trust Value Award in 2024, and have been shortlisted for the 2025 MAT Excellence Award for Wellbeing Trust of the Year. We offer various health and wellbeing benefits, including an Employee Assistance programme offering counselling, GP and nurse services, physiotherapy, etc.
Read our ‘Join the Pinnacle Learning Trust’ booklet to discover what our trust can offer you.
Closing Date: 9.00am Monday 30th June 2025
Interview Date: Monday 7th July 2025
To apply please click "Apply Now"
All forms can be found on our website http://www.pinnaclelearningtrust.org.uk/Vacancies/
Commitment to Safeguarding
The Pinnacle Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, governors and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants 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. The Pinnacle Learning Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.
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 school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Broadfield Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 393 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Broadfield Primary School website
School location
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