Catering Assistant
Colne Valley High School, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, HD7 5SP27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
29 August 2025 at 9am
Date listed
1 August 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
- £19,435.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4 scale point 4, FTE £24,404, pay award pending
Catering Assistant job summary
Colne Valley High School - Catering Assistant
Permanent role, 33.75 hours per week, term time plus 5 days
Salary – Grade 4 scale point 4 £19,435 (FTE £24,404 - pay award pending)
Join Our Inspiring Team at Colne Valley High School!
Colne Valley High School, part of Great Heights Academy Trust, is embarking on an exciting journey of improvement under our new Executive Principal. We are looking to appoint a passionate, dynamic individual to the role of Catering Assistant.
Why Colne Valley High School?
- Dynamic Leadership: Be part of a forward-thinking school under transformative leadership.
- Collaborative Environment: Work within a supportive, innovative team that values excellence in teaching and learning.
- Professional Growth: Benefit from outstanding career development support and continuous professional development through our expanding Multi-Academy Trust, which includes nine schools, a SCITT, Research School, and an English Hub.
About the Role:
You will support the catering department by undertaking a range of practical tasks related to food preparation, service, and kitchen hygiene. This includes cleaning equipment, crockery, and cutlery, as well as assisting the Head Chef and Section Chefs in maintaining high standards of cleanliness and food safety. The role predominantly involves baking, including producing cakes in volume.
You’ll play a key role in ensuring the smooth delivery of meals within the school, helping to create a clean, efficient, and welcoming dining environment. The role would suit someone who enjoys producing home bakes, batch cooking, and contributing to a friendly, high-quality food service. A commitment to excellent customer service and adherence to health, safety, and hygiene standards is essential.
Key Areas of Focus:
Food Service: Assisting chefs with basic food preparation, setting up counters and dining areas, serving hot and cold food and drinks during service times, and cleaning kitchens, equipment, and dining areas before and after meals.
Customer Service: Greeting students, staff, and visitors in a friendly manner, handling payments accurately, and operating the cash register.
Hygiene & Safety: Following hygiene and food safety regulations, wearing appropriate protective clothing, and using cleaning products in line with COSHH guidelines.
Teamwork & School Values: Contributing to a positive team environment, supporting the school’s ethos and policies, attending meetings, and actively engaging in performance reviews and equal opportunity practices.
The successful applicant will be an enthusiastic, positive, flexible and motivated individual with personal drive. You will be a self-starter, who can work with minimal supervision; proactive, with the ability to see what needs to be done and to prioritise work accordingly. You will have excellent interpersonal skills and communicate effectively with all members of our Trust community.
If you’re excited by the opportunity to inspire young minds and contribute to a culture of excellence, we want to hear from you. Join us at Colne Valley High School and help shape a brighter future for our students!
If you wish to apply for the position please go to our Trust site vacancy page at https://ghat.org.uk/join-our-trust/vacancies/ and click on the Apply Now option on the advert for Catering Assistant at Colne Valley High School.
To view our recent Ofsted report please click here Ofsted inspection
We look forward to hearing from you.
Interviews: TBC
Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.
GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Academy is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Parents can feel confident that careful procedures are in place to ensure that all staff and volunteers are suitable to work with children within the Academy. Consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff. The Academy encourages parents and children to talk freely about any concerns or worries which may affect their wellbeing. All concerns are referred to the members of staff who are our trained designated Safeguarding Officers working as the school's Safeguarding Team.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Colne Valley High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1440 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Colne Valley High School website
Colne Valley High School is one of the first purpose built comprehensive schools in England; founded in 1956 and is located in the Colne Valley, an area of outstanding beauty in the east flank of the Pennine Hills in West Yorkshire.
Easily accessible from Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and surrounding areas.
With over 1350 students from September 2020, and an over-subscribed Year 7 & 8 cohort, we are a bustling, popular school with a real community feel.
In September 2019, Ofsted judged the school to be ‘Good’ in all four categories. This judgement reflects the significant progress and incredible journey by the school since the previous inspection in June 2017.
‘Teachers challenge pupils to increase their knowledge across a full range of subjects.’
‘Teachers have clear expectations. They are fair and consistent in dealing with pupils’ behaviour’.
‘Teachers have good subject knowledge, which they share with pupils enthusiastically.’
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