Catering Assistant
Gooseacre Primary Academy, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S63 0NU11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
27 June 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
15 June 2026
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
- £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) £8,022 - £8,148 Pro Rata
Catering Assistant job summary
Catering Assistant
Part Time - 13.75 hours per week (Term Time Only 39 weeks per year)
Start Date: As soon as possible
Location: Gooseacre Primary Academy, South Yorkshire
Are you passionate about creating delicious meals and providing excellent dining experiences? Gooseacre Primary Academy is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic Catering Assistant to join our vibrant team for 13.75 hours per week, on a term-time only basis. This is a permanent role.
About the Role:
As a Catering Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting our Catering Manager with meal preparation, food service, and maintaining a clean and welcoming dining environment for our students and staff. Your efforts will ensure that everyone enjoys a high-quality dining experience every day.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with the preparation and serving of meals.
- Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen and dining areas.
- Support the Catering Manager in day-to-day kitchen operations.
- Ensure food safety standards are upheld at all times.
What We Offer:
- A dynamic and supportive work environment where you can thrive.
- Opportunities for professional growth and development.
- The chance to make a positive impact on the lives of our scholars and staff.
What We're Looking For:
- Relevant experience in a similar role.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Relevant Food Safety and Hygiene certificates.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Adaptability and flexibility to thrive in a busy environment.
Why Join Us?
At Gooseacre, we value our staff and recognise the importance of their contributions. We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive workplace where everyone can succeed.
Interested in Applying?
We actively welcome visits and discussions about the role. Please contact Claire Sanderson at 01709 893569 or via email at claire.sanderson@astreagooseacre.org to arrange a visit or for more information.
Apply Now!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, so don't miss out on this exciting opportunity. Apply today to avoid disappointment and become a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.
In line with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and the statutory Code of Practice, the Trust requires all public-facing post holders to demonstrate fluent English. Within a school setting, this applies to all roles that involve direct or indirect interaction with pupils, parents, or members of the public.
Ready to Make a Difference?
If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.
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 Gooseacre Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 356 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Gooseacre Primary Academy website
Welcome to Gooseacre Primary Academy
Gooseacre Primary Academy is located in Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire, close to Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham. We currently have over 300 pupils on our roll and ten classes in the school: Foundation Stage 1 and 2, three Key Stage 1 classes and seven Key Stage 2 classes.
The school has seen a remarkable pace of improvement in recent times and in June 2020 Ofsted judged us to be “a good school”. We are proud to have achieved this status for a second time, which is due to considerable dedication and effort from the whole team of staff and wider academy community. We are committed to maintaining our rate of progress. We will build on our strengths, ensuring good practice is embedded into the school and drive forward new initiatives to enhance our performance further.
We are delighted to now be a part of the Astrea Academy Trust. The Astrea vision enables individual academies to flourish with real autonomy, whilst also ensuring a strong ethos of support and collaboration.
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