- Organisation type
- Free School, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 660 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
General Catering Assistant
More than one location, Avanti Schools Trust11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
October 2026
Closing date
18 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
7 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Refer to the job advert.
Contract type
- Casual
Hourly rate
- £12.71 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
About The Role
We are seeking a General Catering Assistant to join the catering team at Avanti Grange Secondary School, supporting the smooth and efficient delivery of our daily food service. The role will involve assisting with food preparation, meal packing and service, maintaining clean and organised kitchen and dining areas, and ensuring that service areas are fully prepared for pupils, staff and visitors.
You will work closely with the wider catering team to ensure food and refreshments are prepared and served to a high standard, while helping to create a welcoming and positive dining experience across the school.
This is a varied, hands-on role where teamwork, reliability and attention to detail are important. You will contribute to the day-to-day running of the kitchen and Front of House areas, including supporting with deliveries and stock, maintaining high standards of cleanliness and hygiene, and ensuring that all food is handled safely and in line with relevant procedures.
Working as part of a supportive team, you will play an important role in providing a safe, efficient and professional catering service for the Avanti Grange school community.
School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.
What will you do?
- Support the kitchen and Front of House teams with food preparation, meal packing, service set-up and the smooth delivery of daily catering services.
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness and hygiene across the kitchen, dining and Front of House areas, including cleaning equipment, managing waste and recycling, and keeping crockery and cutlery ready for service.
- Receive, handle, store and rotate deliveries and stock, ensuring all food is prepared, stored and handled in accordance with food safety, quality and hygiene requirements.
- Work collaboratively with the Chef Manager, Front of House Manager and wider catering team to provide a professional and welcoming service for pupils, staff and visitors.
- Follow all Health & Safety procedures, including COSHH, HACCP, risk assessments, safe systems of work and temperature controls, and promptly report any defects, risks or near misses.
What are we looking for?
- Kitchen Experience
- Understanding of food hygiene and kitchen health and safety
- The ability to work unsupervised in a busy environment
- Ability to follow strict instructions in a systematic and consistent manner
- Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students
Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.
What the school offers its staff
This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast-growing Multi Academy Trust with schools based in London, the midlands and the South West of England. All Avanti schools provide pupils with an outstanding education rooted in the inclusive and distinctive Avanti Schools ethos of educational excellence, character development, and spiritual insight.
Why should you apply
Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.
You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:
Great opportunities for professional development
LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
Cycle-to-work Scheme
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.
Further information
Pre-employment checks
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks. Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Diversity and Inclusion
We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.
Commitment to safeguarding
Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.
Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Avanti Schools Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Website
- Avanti Schools Trust website
- Email address
- talent@avanti.org.uk
Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.
Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.
School Details
Avanti Grange Secondary School
Arranging a visit to Avanti Schools Trust
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email talent@avanti.org.uk.
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