Catering Assistant

Holt Farm Infant School, Rochford, Essex, SS4 1RS

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  18 September 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: £8,683.00 - £8,683.00 Annually (Actual)

Catering Assistant job summary

As a Catering Assistant, you will work alongside the Catering Manager and team to ensure the smooth running of our school catering provision. You will help prepare and serve food, maintain high hygiene standards, and provide excellent customer service to our students and staff.

Key responsibilities include:

• Assisting in the preparation and cooking of food and beverages
• Setting up service counters and displays, serving food in an attractive and efficient manner
• Cleaning kitchen equipment, utensils, and dining areas to maintain hygiene standards
• Assisting with the receipt and safe storage of deliveries

What We’re Looking For

We’re looking for a team player with a positive attitude who:

• Can provide excellent customer service
• Has basic food preparation skills (training will be provided)
• Is committed to maintaining high hygiene and safety standards
• Is willing to undertake relevant training, including a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• Is enthusiastic about working in a school environment

Experience of working in a catering role or educational setting would be advantageous but is not essential.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Holt Farm Infant School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 211 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Holt Farm Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holt-farm-infant-school

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