Catering Assistant

Roundthorn Primary Academy, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4 5LN

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  13 August 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  9 July 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: £8,363.00 Annually (Actual) FTE £23,656 (pending pay award)

Catering Assistant job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and energetic Catering Assistant to join our small catering team. This is a permanent role working 15 hours per week, from 11 am – 2 pm. The role is term-time plus one week – a total of 39 weeks per year. The additional 5 days will be worked during school holiday periods to meet training requirements and to carry out kitchen cleaning.

Our successful candidate will be someone who is willing to work as part of the whole school team, to ensure that our pupils receive high quality meals each day, whilst maintaining a safe & hygienic environment. You will support the Head of Kitchen by preparing the kitchen for service, maintaining a clean and tidy work area, cleaning and washing up after service and ensuring that the school hall is ready for use by setting out and putting away tables and chairs. You will be expected to deliver excellent customer service to both children and staff, and to ensure that children with allergies receive the correct menu items.

You will fit into our friendly and hard working catering team as well as being an integral part of the whole Roundthorn staff team. You will greet children and staff helpfully and courteously and will assist them with any questions they may have. You will undertake regular training as required, in order to comply with legal responsibilities and the requirements of the school and Focus-Trust.

Focus-Trust

Focus-Trust was established in 2012. We are a charitable primary trust, based in the North West of England and West Yorkshire and are a dedicated to working with our 15 Primary Schools. It is the core purpose of Focus-Trust to continually strive to be a learning organisation, where the learning of all children and adults is valued and promoted.

We passionately believe equality of opportunity starts with education; irrespective of where you were born or where you live, a high-quality education in one of our great schools will make a fundamental difference to all our children's lives, career prospects and social mobility.

We are proud to have a great team of people working in our central team and within our schools who always put children at the heart of our practice. We are committed to providing excellent professional development opportunities for all our staff and always aim to be an employer of choice.

We welcome people who share our values and approach to our work and who can help us make our mission a reality ‘Learning together, making the difference’ and help us demonstrate our vision; ‘Great schools at the heart of our communities’.

As part of Focus-Trust, Roundthorn Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people. There is an explicit expectation that all staff, trustees, governors and volunteers share this commitment and adhere to all safeguarding policies and procedures. Applicants should be aware that the recruitment process will include an assessment of your suitability to work with children and must be willing to undergo pre-employment checks. Safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Focus-Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups and ethnic minorities.

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.

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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 Roundthorn Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 253 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Roundthorn Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roundthorn-primary-academy

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