Catering Assistant - secondary school
Park Hall Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B36 9HF20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
12 August 2026 at 9am
Date listed
23 July 2026
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
- £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Band A: £5745 actual salary range for 10 hours per week, term time
Catering Assistant - secondary school job summary
Hours of work: 10 hours per week. Monday to Friday 12.45pm-2.45pm (2 hours per day)
AMAT Catering Services is part of Arden Multi Academy trust, a group of schools providing excellent education to children and young people within Solihull and the local area. Our Catering team are proud of delivering delicious, healthy school meals using locally sourced, high-quality ingredients to pupils within all our schools. We are delighted to be able offer the following role within the Trust.
The postholders will assist with the preparation and serving of meals, refreshments and other catering services. If you, therefore, have an interest in food and are enthusiastic, self-motivated, able to assist in the preparation and serving of meals to students and staff and would like to join a team with the same commitment we would love to hear from you.
We currently have a permanent vacancy at Park Hall Academy. Although this is a part time job, applicants must be able to work Monday to Friday.
The key responsibilities for this post are as follows:
- Preparation and some cooking of food
- Preparing the dining area for service, placing out and putting away of dining room tables, chairs and utensils as required
- Preparing the counter for service
- Transporting food between service points, serving meals
- Operating the till systems
- Excellent customer service skills
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification provided.
In return we can offer you:
- An excellent Local Government Pension scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Free Uniform
- Safety shoe allowance
- Free flu vaccination (if desired)
- A school environment where enthusiastic students enjoy learning and engage positively in all aspects of school life
- Access to high quality continuing professional development and the opportunity for personal growth and development
Further information about Arden Multi Academy Trust is available here:
https://www.ardenmat.org.uk/
Arden Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.
CVs cannot be accepted as part of our Safer Recruitment guidelines.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Park Hall Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1269 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Park Hall Academy website
Park Hall Academy is a fantastic school, embedded in the Castle Bromwich community. Situated minutes from Junction 5 of the M6 and Junction 7 of the M42, we are ideally located for easy access. We are the highest performing school in the area with a positive atmosphere and ethos that is unparalleled. As part of the Arden Multi Academy Trust there is the opportunity for exceptional training and the sharing of knowledge and ideas. We are a GOOD school. Our Ofsted in November 2017 highlighted our many Good and Outstanding features. We are the highest performing school in North Solihull with a positive Progress 8 score for the last two years of publication. Our percentage of Grade 5 or above in the Basics has continued to improve year on year and this reflects our desire to be Outstanding. We are a school with a very strong Sixth Form with results among the best in the country.
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