Catering Assistant - MAT Cover

St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy, Hull, East Yorkshire, HU7 4BL

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  4 January 2027

• Closing date

  31 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 October 2026

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: £25,614.00 Annually (Actual)

Catering Assistant - MAT Cover job summary

Catering Assistant - MAT Cover

Location: St Andrews Church of England Primary

Hours: 12.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday 11:00am - 1:30pm, to be worked during the school term time

Salary: £25,614

Actual Salary: £7,488

Maternity Cover with a start date of January 2027

About the role

We are looking to recruit a Catering Assistant to work alongside the Kitchen Lead and team in their busy kitchen.

You will play a key role in preparing healthy, nutritional and delicious meals for the children, staff and visitors to the school. Ensuring that the lunch hall is set up and ready for the children to have their lunch break and will help to clean the hall after the lunch time has finished.

You will help with serving the meals and ensuring that the kitchen meets the highest standards of cleanliness, helping to wash the pots and cutlery.

The job requirements

You will be a team player who is passionate providing children with a healthy and nutritional meals during their time at school. You will have a good understanding of a healthy and balance diet and the ability to cook tasty food while adhering to health and safety standards.

You will have good communication skills and a friendly and approachable manner. You will be a positive role model to the children.

Experience of working within a similar role would be an advantage however this is not essential as full training and support will be provided. You will however be committed to and have a good understanding of safeguarding children.

Working with us

We offer generous terms and conditions of employment. All our staff have access to a comprehensive Wellbeing Programme to help you and your family stay healthy. This includes access to free private GP and nurse appointments, exercise advice and classes, plus a variety of specialist clinics as well as counselling services. We also offer significant discounts on many high street shops, online retailers and travel agents, not to mention free car parking at all our schools, an enviable pension scheme, sick pay and family friendly policies.

All new starters with the Trust receive a thorough induction programme, followed by a programme of training which is essential to the role. But it doesn’t stop there, all staff receive development on an ongoing basis and we encourage the learning of new skills should you wish to develop your career with the Trust further.

The Trust is striving to be an inclusive and diverse organisation, where everyone feels able to be themselves and experiences a strong sense of belonging. The Trust wholeheartedly supports the principle of equality and diversity in employment and opposes all forms of unfair or unlawful discrimination on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sex. We encourage and support the recruitment, retention and career development of people from as wide a range as possible of ethnic, cultural and social backgrounds and seek to develop a community of staff that accurately represents society as a whole. All applications for employment with the Trust will be considered against the criteria outlined in the person specification for the position advertised.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We follow safer recruitment practices and appointments are subject to, amongst other things, an enhanced DBS check. This also means that all applicants need to complete the online form in full as we are not able to accept CVs. Please see the Trust’s Recruitment Policy for further information.

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 St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: Up to 587 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Andrew's Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-andrew-s-church-of-england-primary-academy-hull

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