Catering Assistant (Maternity Cover)

Astrea Academy Sheffield, Sheffield, S3 9BE

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  7 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  21 November 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: £14,343.00 - £14,684.00 Annually (Actual) FTE SCP2 £24,601 - SCP4 £25,185

Catering Assistant (Maternity Cover) job summary

Join Our Team at Astrea Academy Sheffield!
Catering Assistant - Maternity Cover (1 Year)
Location: Astrea Academy Sheffield
Contract: Fixed Term (1 Year)
Start Date: November
Hours: 25 hours per week, 10am - 3pm, term time only

Are you passionate about food, teamwork, and making a difference in young people’s lives? Astrea Academy Sheffield is looking for a friendly and reliable Catering Assistant to join our vibrant catering team on a fixed term contract 9-12 months for maternity cover.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive school community where your role will help fuel the minds of our students every day.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Assisting in the preparation and serving of nutritious meals to students and staff
• Maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen and dining areas
• Supporting the catering team with stock control and kitchen organisation
• Providing a warm, welcoming service to all students and staff

What We’re Looking For:

• A positive, can-do attitude and a genuine team player
• Experience in a catering or kitchen environment (preferred but not essential)
• A commitment to food hygiene and safety standards
• Someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced, friendly environment

Why Join Astrea Academy Sheffield?

• Be part of a values-driven trust that puts children first
• Work in a modern, well-equipped kitchen environment
• Enjoy school holidays and a healthy work-life balance
• Receive training and development opportunities

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 all candidates. 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.

Flexible Interview Dates:

Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.

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

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

Astrea Academy Sheffield is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its scholars and expects all staff, volunteers and members of the Academy community to share this commitment.

We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent and effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, scholars and staff within the Academy. All concerns are passed through the Safeguarding Team in line with our Astrea Academy Sheffield Safeguarding Policy 2023 and Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 Guidance.

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 Astrea Academy Sheffield

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 18
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 1051 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Astrea Academy Sheffield website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/astrea-academy-sheffield

At Astrea Academy Sheffield, we address our young people as scholars because we know that every single one of them is capable of outstanding academic achievements. We promote scholarship by offering an all-through curriculum which is rich in powerful knowledge and meticulously planned by subject experts. We know that powerful knowledge is the key that will open powerful doors for our scholars in the future. Therefore, we are relentlessly committed to delivering exceptional lessons in every classroom, every day.

We respect every scholars’ right to access an exceptional education and offer academic, inspiring and broad opportunities for all through both our curriculum and co-curriculum. We teach our young people to be responsible through our thoughtful character education programme and essential habit building work. Our scholars respect everyone in our academy’s community and grow their responsibility, knowing that they are the leaders of tomorrow.

We are tenacious in our commitment to do the very best for the young people in our care and this tenacity is mirrored in the way that our scholars work on their academic and character education every day.

We foster curiosity in our young people by providing them with a rounded education which opens doors to new opportunities, ideas and experiences. Our classrooms are filled with the awe and wonder that is comes from the joy of learning.

If you are interested in coming to see more of what we do, then please email info@astreasheffield.org to arrange a visit.

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