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  • Closing date

    20 October 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    10 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

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Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,413.00 Annually (FTE) Band 1: £24,413 per annum (£7,050 pro rata, equivalent to £12.65 per hour)

General Assistant (Catering) job summary

Seaton Sluice Middle School

Alston Grove

Seaton Sluice

NE26 4JS

0191 237 1505

NE25 0FW

General Assistant (Catering)

12.5 hours per week, Term time plus 4 days 12 midday to 2.30pm

Band 1: £24,413 per annum (£7,050 pro rata, equivalent to £12.65 per hour)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our highly motivated and hard-working Catering team at Seaton Sluice Middle School.

You will be required to achieve high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness in our busy kitchen. You will be involved in preparing and serving food, handling payments and washing up/cleaning down the kitchen at the end of each service.

Our kitchen provides a break and lunch service for students aged 9-13 so you will need to be able to work well with children and young people, as well as part of a team.

The working hours are 12 midday to 2.30pm Monday to Friday, you will work term time, plus 4 days for deep cleaning, during the holidays.

Able to work independently or as part of a team, you will ideally have previous experience of food preparation and serving in a commercial setting as you will be required to operate a range of kitchen equipment and work to the school’s health and safety protocols. Excellent attendance, reliability and punctuality are important to us and the ideal candidate will also have some flexibility with their working hours.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check is required for this post.

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.
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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

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About Seaton Sluice Middle School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 9 to 13
Education phase
Secondary
School size
332 pupils enrolled
Age range
9 to 13
Ofsted report
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The Seaton Valley Federation of Schools comprises Astley Community High School, Whytrig Middle School and Seaton Sluice Middle School, all located in south east Northumberland. All three schools share a Governing Body and Executive Headteacher to promote excellence in education from age 9-18 across Seaton Valley. Individually rated as 'Good' by Ofsted, we share common values and a passionate belief that every student should be enabled to succeed in all aspects of school life.

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