Catering Assistant

The Grove Primary School, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 0JG

27 days remaining to apply

Job start date
5 December 2025
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 October 2025

Job details

Job role: Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: The working hours for this role are expected to be 11:15 – 13:45, Monday to Friday. 12 hours 30 minutes per week.
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413 per annum pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

Some of your duties and responsibilities will include serving lunch to children and school staff. Ensure the health and safety of the kitchen is maintained, following routines and monitoring food hygiene and food safety to ensure high standards are achieved. The successful candidate must support the aims, ethos, and values of the school and ensure they are followed by the children in line with school policy. The post holder will be constantly standing and walking, and there are aspects of the role that will require you to manually hold catering equipment.

For a complete Job description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as this will guide you in preparing a strong application and understanding what we’re looking for.

What the school offers its staff

We place learning at the heart of all our activities. Everyone is a learner and we encourage an ethos of openness, enquiry and learning together. We have a wealth of talent among our large staff, who are encouraged to develop their skills further and they are key to making learning fun. Pupils help to make Grove an exciting place to learn by being fully involved in generating ideas and making decisions together. Grove has many links with schools around the globe and this helps to inform attitudes about the world around us. We are investing in the future by ensuring that all pupils are computer literate and have access to new technologies where it enhances learning.

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.