8 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    6 February 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    22 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: Permanent, part-time (10 hours), Term time plus 1 week.

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

Grade 3 (SCP 4 to SCP 5) pro-rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Permanent, part-time (10 hours), Term time plus 1 week.

Salary: Grade 3 (SCP 4 to SCP 5) pro-rata

Location: Meadowside Community Primary & Nursery School

Clough Avenue

Warrington

WA2 9PH

Telephone: 01925 632705

Email: office@meadowside.tcat.uk.com

The Governors at Meadowside Primary & Nursery School wish to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic, and committed catering assistant. We are looking for someone to join our team who can engage, empathise with and support our children during their lunch time.

You will be required:

  • To assist with the preparation and service of tasty and nutritious meals
  • To carry out cleaning duties in the kitchen such as cleaning down surfaces, mopping and brushing the floor and cleaning pots, pans, plates and cutlery.
  • Assist with packing and unpacking of food and other goods and to ensure safe storage of goods.

Advice, guidance, and training on working with children will be given. Meadowside is a happy, thriving school with high standards and a hardworking team of practitioners. Applicants should be supportive of the school’s ethos and team approach. Application forms and further details are available via the school website.

Closing date: 6 February 2026 at 12pm

Interviews: w/c 9 February 2026

Required to start as soon as possible, The Challenge Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. Meadowside Primary & Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The appointment is subject to enhanced disclosure by the Disclosure and Barring Service. Further details can be found on http://homeoffice.gov.uk/agenciespublic-bodies/dbs

What the school offers its staff

At The Challenge Academy Trust wewant to embed a culture that champions better work and working lives across the Trust; a framework to support and develop our workforce from ‘hire to retire’. Our staff workload, wellbeing and benefits offer demonstrates our commitment to ensure we can:

  • Provide a workload that is fair and reasonable.
  • Foster an environment where employee health and wellbeing are actively supported and promoted.
  • Develop employee’s personal and professional skills & knowledge continuously throughout their careers.
  • Provide structured routes for career progression
  • Reward people fairly with transparent and appropriate pay and conditions of service alongside additional benefits

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

View advert on school website (opens in new tab)

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Meadowside Community Primary and Nursery School

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
265 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01925 632705

School location

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