Food Technology Assistant

Meadowhead School Academy Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S8 8BR

31 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  4 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  3 December 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: Grade 1, Scale Point 2
• Additional allowances:

  Grade 1, Scale Point 2

Food Technology Assistant job summary

Meadowhead School Academy Trust are seeking a reliable, organised and enthusiastic Food Technology Assistant to join our busy secondary school Food Department. This supporting role is essential in helping our practical lessons run smoothly and ensuring a safe, welcoming environment for our students.

The working hours will been hours: two (2) hours per day working 9am - 11am, Monday - Friday however, we can be flexible with these hours for the successful candidate.

Key Responsibilities:

Preparing and setting up practical workstations and equipment before lessons.

Ensuring all ingredients, utensils and resources are ready for student use.

Cleaning and maintaining ovens, work surfaces and classroom equipment to a high standard.

Wash and dry tea towels and other laundry items to maintain high cleanliness and hygiene standards.

Assisting with the organisation and storage of ingredients and supplies.

Supporting the Food Technology team with general classroom preparation and end-of-lesson clean-down

Support within the classroom.

The ideal Candidate will:

Be well-organised, proactive and able to work independently.

Maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety.

Enjoy working in a school environment and supporting young people’s learning.

Be a team player with good communication skills.

If you are practical, positive and enjoy helping others, we’d love to hear from you.

Staff benefits also include enrolment onto the enhanced package for smartclinic which provides a wealth of wellbeing support for all employees.

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT

Meadowhead School Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or religion.

Any position that involves working with children requires declaration of all convictions/cautions regardless of whether these are deemed as spent and a DBS check will be carried out before any employment commences. Should you be shortlisted for this position, you will be asked to declare any convictions.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2025 and safer recruitment practices, the school will conduct an online search for all shortlisted candidates. The online search is part of our safeguarding checks and will seek publicly available information on candidates’ suitability to work with children.

References will be obtained before interview at shortlisting stage and may be used in the interview process. If previous employment has included working with children, then at least one referee must be from this employment regardless of whether this is the current or most recent employment. Any gaps in employment must be detailed and an explanation provided in the relevant section.

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.

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 Meadowhead School Academy Trust

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1960 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Meadowhead School Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/meadowhead-school-academy-trust

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