Catering Assistant
Priestlands School, Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 8FZ13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
end of June/early July
Closing date
12 May 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
29 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £10,736.00 Annually (Actual) £23,473 pa full-time equivalent
Catering Assistant job summary
We are seeking to appoint a Catering Assistant to join our busy team in the kitchen. The meals and snacks need to be ready on time, so priorities can change throughout the day. The successful candidate will need to thrive as a team player, be adaptable and keep up with the fast moving pace of kitchen life.
The post is for a total of 20 hours per week, 10.40am-3.00pm Monday to Friday which includes a 20 minute unpaid break. The post is for 38.4 working weeks per year (term time only plus 2 days for cleaning/training in the summer), but you will be paid for 44 weeks of the year to include holiday pay. You will receive your salary in 12 equal payments.
Please read the attached information pack for further details of the job role and person specification. The expectation is that applicants will demonstrate through their application form that they have matched their knowledge and experience to our requirements. We do not expect to see AI generated statements.
Benefits of working at Priestlands include:
- Free on-site car park
- **NEW for Autumn 2025 - two week Autumn half term
- Friendly and sociable colleagues
- Enrolment in and generous contribution to one of the UK’s largest public sector pension schemes; LGPS
- Eligible for reduced rate membership at NFDC leisure centres
- Free and confidential Employee Assistance programme offering advice on a range of areas including well-being, housing and financial matters
- Free eye sight test every 2 years
- Professional development opportunities for all staff
- Affordable on-site canteen
References will be usually taken up prior to interview; if you currently work in a school, please ensure one of your references is from your current Headteacher. You will be required to provide appropriate evidence of identity and qualifications to support other pre-employment checks which will be undertaken on the successful candidate for this role, including: your right to work in the UK, a confidential health declaration, an online search of your name in line with government guidance on Keeping Children Safe in Education, and a DBS application.
If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us. We look forward to receiving your application.
Please submit your application as soon as possible as we may invite candidates to interview before the closing date.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date if we receive applications that meet the criteria. Once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Priestlands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Priestlands School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Commitment to safeguarding
Priestlands School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. This post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exemptions) Order 1975 and you will be required to declare whether you have any criminal convictions. Priestlands School is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Priestlands School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1232 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Priestlands School website
Priestlands School, an 11-16 mixed comprehensive school, serves the south of the New Forest. Our catchment area covers an area of outstanding beauty, stretching from Beaulieu in the East, to Brockenhurst in the North, and Milford-on-Sea at its most westerly point. To the south lies the Solent, providing one of the most popular sailing areas in the country. We serve eleven primary and junior schools, although our intake includes children from other schools, including a number of private schools.
Priestlands is an exciting school in which to work and we are proud of its many achievements. We are committed to being a leading comprehensive school that serves the entire community, provides high quality education across the curriculum and has ambitious plans for its continued success and development. Our headline GCSE results and progress score consistently place us among the top schools in Hampshire and the New Forest and demonstrate that Priestlands is consistently delivering positive outcomes for all groups of students, year on year.
We are proud of our academic record and believe all children are capable of making exceptional progress. We encourage them to embrace challenge, pursue excellence and to be resilient in overcoming obstacles. Above all we want to ignite in our students a love of learning which will serve them well throughout their lives.
However, Priestlands is about far more than exam results as our motto, Learn more… Do more… Be more…, implies. Our aim is to develop well rounded young people who have the skills and attributes to be successful in life and make a positive impact in our community.
We encourage all our young people to develop a sense of values and responsibility for themselves and other people. We aim to treat young people as individuals, recognising and respecting individual needs, aptitudes, interests and aspirations.
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