Catering Assistant

Westminster Academy, London, W2 5EZ

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 October 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: £14,364 actual salary per annum based on part-time hours (£24,639 full-time equivalent)

Catering Assistant job summary

Westminster Academy is seeking a friendly, enthusiastic Catering Assistant to join our dedicated in-house catering team. Our team takes great pride in providing high-quality and nutritious meals for both students and staff, offering a variety of delicious dishes and exciting themed days and weeks throughout the year.

This is a fantastic opportunity to become part of a committed and long-serving team who work together to create a welcoming dining experience for everyone at the Academy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assisting with the preparation and serving of meals and refreshments throughout the school day.
• Helping to maintain a clean, safe, and well-organised kitchen and dining area.
• Providing excellent customer service to students and staff.
• Supporting the catering team during special events and themed food days.

About You:

• Friendly, reliable, and a great team player.
• Passionate about good food and great service.
• Able to work efficiently in a busy environment.
• Previous experience in a catering or hospitality setting is desirable but not essential — full training will be provided.

Hours: 10:00am – 3:00pm, Monday to Friday, Term Time only (plus INSET days).

If you’re looking to join a supportive, hard-working team and make a positive contribution to daily life at Westminster Academy, we’d love to hear from you!

Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis so early applications are encouraged.

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

We expect all staff to share our commitment to safeguarding.

A professional social media check may take place to identify a candidate's online presence to look for negative behaviours such as bullying, racism, nudity and excessive bad language.

The post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020, as the work brings employees into contact with children who are regarded by the Act as a vulnerable group. Applicants for any role at WA must disclose all convictions.

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 Westminster Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1073 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Westminster Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westminster-academy

At Westminster Academy we have a deep and genuine commitment to provide an education that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world. Our mission is "Education is Success". This captures the sense of optimism and determination to succeed that permeates the Academy. We aim to develop resilience in our students, and the ability to be tenacious in their quest to be the best that they can be in all aspects of their lives. We draw out their individual talents and celebrate their personal achievements and their individual contribution.

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