Catering Assistant

Lime Academy Larkswood, London, E4 8ET

20 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  2 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £10,038.79 - £10,181.92 Annually (Actual) NJC Points 3-4, 15 hours a week (Monday - Friday), Term time only (38 weeks) FTE Salary Range £28,617 - £29,025

Catering Assistant job summary

About this Role

Lime Trust is a Multi Academy Trust formed of 9 schools over 11 locations across Luton, Peterborough and the London Boroughs of Havering and Waltham Forest. We have grown to include four primary schools and five all-through special schools, with 2500 pupils and over 760 employees. In our academies we strive to ensure that:

- Learners are safe and enjoy learning

- Everyone feels included, respected, and valued

- An ambitious curriculum develops our learners for the challenges of life and adulthood

- Employee potential is recognised and invested in

The Trust’s vision is to provide high quality education for pupils through school-to-school collaboration, Trust direction, high challenge and high support. Our values of Respect, Equity, Self-worth, Partnership, Enjoyment, Communication and Trust are core to all we do.

We passionately believe in promoting the well-being of our teams and have a wide range of benefits and systems to support our staff, you can read more about this in the attached recruitment brochure.

Overview of the role:

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to assist the Cook in the day to day operation of the kitchen and provide students, staff and visitors with a pleasant meal experience which is value for money and that meets the Lime Trust standards.

We are looking for an individual:

- To assist with or directly support the preparation and service of food and beverages; this may include preparing vegetables, making salads, rolling out pastry and assisting with good food presentation;

- To carry out simple cooking functions like frying, cooking vegetables and making custard;

- To prepare the dining area for the service of food and/or beverages;

- To convey food and beverages from the kitchen to the food service area having due regard to the health and safety of all;

- To assist the Cook with any catering arrangements that may be required for visitors

The postholder will be part of our school support function.

Please note that this is a fixed term contract until 17th July 2026 with a possibility of extending. It is 15 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 3 hours a day.

Visits to our schools are warmly welcomed. Please contact Ghazala Khan, School Business Manager on 020 8529 4979 o discuss the role further or to arrange a visit.

Applications will be reviewed as submitted and candidates could be called for interview prior to the closing date.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. Applicants must be willing to undergo Child Protection screening, including checks with past employers and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS check). References will be taken up before appointment.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Lime Academy Larkswood

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 585 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lime Academy Larkswood website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lime-academy-larkswood

Lime Academy Larkswood is a three-form entry primary school in Chingford.  The age range of the pupils attending the setting is 3 to 11.

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