Catering Assistant
The North Halifax Grammar School, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 9SU16 days remaining to apply
Closing date
27 September 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
11 September 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
- £20,366.00 Annually (Actual)
Catering Assistant job summary
To support the Head Cook/Manager in the preparation and delivery of high-quality breakfast and lunch services, with a focus on managing the breakfast and pastry selection. The role primarily involves cooking and preparing bought-in items, ensuring food safety and hygiene standards are maintained, and providing occasional support with counter service and school events..
Main duties:
Assist the Head Cook/Manager with food preparation when required.
Take responsibility for managing the breakfast and pastry selection each morning.
Operate Rational ovens and other kitchen equipment safely and efficiently.
Prepare and heat bought-in paninis and other pre-prepared items for service.
Follow a time-sensitive production schedule to ensure food is ready for service areas on time.
Apply basic baking skills as needed (baking ability is desirable).
Clean and maintain kitchen areas to a 5-star hygiene standard.
Receive, check, and store deliveries in accordance with food safety procedures.
Provide support at the service counter during busy periods.
Back up the kitchen team during lunch service as needed.
Complete all relevant food safety and kitchen training as required
Assist in catering for after-school events or functions when necessary.
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 The North Halifax Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1199 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The North Halifax Grammar School website
NHGS is the school that everyone wishes they went to: where enthusiasm is infectious and excellence is standard; where co-operation is at the heart of all we do, where everyone strives to achieve their goals and is mindful of the right ways to do so.
We equip our students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to navigate life with confidence and set courses of their own choosing. Together, we develop the whole person by:
Living to Learn I Learning to Live
If you share our vision of a great education, we’d love to hear from you.
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