10 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st September 2025

  • Closing date

    27 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    16 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

£8,019.00 - £8,144.00 Annually (Actual) Salary based on term time plus 3 days, 15 hours per week

Catering Assistant job summary

General Catering Assistants – Firwood @ Little Lever

Firwood High School is a successful 11-19 special school meeting the needs of children with
complex learning difficulties.

This position is currently based at our new Firwood @ Little Lever site however this may be flexible over time.

Trustees are looking to appoint a General Catering Assistant to prepare, cook and serve school meals and carry out general kitchen duties in accordance with food handling and preparation regulations, ensuring safe and proper use of the kitchen / catering equipment and materials provided. Experience of general kitchen duties would be useful but not necessary to someone willing and keen to learn.

Contract: Part time and permanent.
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Salary: Grade A, Actual Salary £8019 - £8144
Working Hours: 15 hrs per week, Term Time only plus 3 days – 11.00 am – 2.00 pm

Firwood is an exciting place to be and if you are a team player with a commitment to the highest quality provision for pupils with SEN then we would like to hear from you.

Closing Date for applications: Friday 27th June 2025

Shortlisting: w/c 30th June 2025

Interview Date: tbc

The school is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

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About Firwood High School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
School size
212 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
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Special School

School location

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