Catering Assistant – Part-Time

The Canterbury Academy, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 8QA

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  26 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: 12.71

Catering Assistant – Part-Time job summary

We are recruiting for awesome people to work in our catering team, producing and serving food for our students and staff. Ideally you will be from a catering background, but this is not essential as we will provide full training to those that really shine.

Are you looking to top up your hours? Work only daytime shifts, leaving your weekends and evenings free, giving you the opportunity for a great work-life balance. Not to mention school holidays off with your family.

If you think you’ve got what it takes, and the times below suit, we’d love to hear from you.

We would welcome applications from current staff, parents and anyone looking to start their journey in catering.

Duties to include:

To help in accepting, storing and checking stock.

To use tills and handle cash accurately and reliably.

Help to ensure meals are cooked and served in a timely manner following safe food hygiene standards. Provide well balanced meals, at designated times and providing adequate choice.

Assist with the cooking, serving of meals and cleaning of kitchen area, as appropriate, in order to provide an effective service.

Attend training courses as required.

 The ideal candidate will:

Be experienced in working in a busy kitchen environment.

Be passionate about helping to produce fresh food to a high standard.

Be a good communicator.

Be experienced at and enjoy working as part of a team.

Enjoy working with young people.

Comply with health and safety and hygiene standards.

In addition to providing the highest quality of teaching and learning a priority of the school is the safety and welfare of its students. Therefore, all staff undergo enhanced DBS checking and referencing.

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 The Canterbury Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1984 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Canterbury Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-canterbury-academy

The Canterbury Academy creates ‘a wealth of opportunity’ and allows us to offer 'as much as possible, as often as possible, for as many as possible'. Our simple aim is to ‘improve the life chances of children and to help in the community’.

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