Catering Assistant
Copperfield Academy, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0RB9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
10 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
25 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £24,513.00 Annually (FTE) Kent Range 3, 15 hours per week, 38 weeks per year Term time only
Catering Assistant job summary
Copperfield Academy are looking for a Catering Assistant who can whip up a mean mac & cheese, serve up smiles and maybe even master the art of the perfect consistency for custard.
No cape required—just bring your sense of humour, a love for children, and the ability to navigate a lunch rush like a pro. If you can handle the heat of the kitchen (and a few picky eaters), we want you on our team!
Apply now and become the unsung hero of our school’s lunch hour. Providing children with their fuel for school.
Copperfield Academy has an exciting opportunity for an individual to join the school and REAch2 Academy Trust as a Catering Assistant.
Contract details: (DELETE as appropriate) Permanent/Temporary [insert working hours / working pattern working weeks}
Key duties and responsibilities:
The basic preparation of food e.g. fresh vegetables, salads and fresh fruit under the supervision of the kitchen manager.
Simple cooking duties under the supervision of the kitchen manager.
Serving of meals to customers under the supervision of the kitchen manager.
Others general kitchen and dining room duties e.g. washing up, moving tables and chairs, sweeping and mopping.
With others cleaning the kitchen and its surrounds.
To be aware of customer service needs.
Under the direction of the kitchen manager to ensure that food is prepared and served in a safe manner.
Under the direction of the kitchen manager to comply with all relevant legislation.
For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.
Why Work with REAch2 Academy Trust?
Join REAch2 Academy Trust, one of the UK's largest primary academy trusts, with a mission to unlock the potential of every child, regardless of their background. Here’s why joining our team can be an exciting and fulfilling career choice:
Excellence & Development: We prioritise high standards and offer extensive professional development and career growth opportunities.
Supportive & Collaborative: Be part of a strong, collaborative community of over 60 schools where every voice is valued, and best practices are shared.
Well-being Focus: We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer robust well-being support for all staff.
Diversity & Inclusion: We celebrate diversity and believe that varied perspectives strengthen our schools.
Innovation & Impact: Bring creativity to the classroom and make a real difference in children’s lives.
Making a difference: Working with REAch2 means contributing to something bigger than yourself. You’ll be helping to shape the lives of young learners, making a meaningful impact on communities and future generations.
Join us to grow your career, collaborate with passionate educators, and make a lasting impact on future generations.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support your career and well-being:
Generous Annual Leave: healthy work-life balance.
Professional Development: Access diverse CPD and training opportunities to grow your skills.
Flexible & Family-Friendly: We are committed to supporting flexible working and requests will be considered on an individual basis, including options such as part time, term-time, home working, and other options that work for both the employee and the Trust.
Exclusive Discounts: Benefit from Blue Light Card offers and employee perks.
Well-being Support: Receive comprehensive well-being and employee assistance for you and your family.
Join REAch2 for a rewarding career with great benefits!
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely, and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS with Child Barred List check
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 Copperfield Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 466 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Copperfield Academy website
Copperfield is an old and long-established Northfleet School, having opened as Dover Road School in 1904.
Increasing success in recent months has meant we are fast becoming a very popular school with local families and we currently have the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren here of former pupils. We are known for extending a warm welcome to families that are new to Gravesend and to many families new to the UK.
As part of the nationwide REAch2 Academy Trust, leaders and staff at Copperfield are committed to working hard to ensure it is a happy school where pupils of all ages thoroughly enjoy their learning and being at school. We consider ourselves to be a supportive extended family of, and for, all our families that is able to meet the needs of the most-able and the most-challenged.
Copperfield has faced many challenges over its history, but a dedicated team of experienced leaders and highly effective staff have successfully transformed the school from its lowest point to a position of strength, vitality, creativity and excellence.
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