General Catering Assistant
Writhlington School, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NQ18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
11 November 2026
Closing date
29 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
11 November 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £13.27 - £13.48 per hour
General Catering Assistant job summary
Role: General Catering Assistant
Location: Somervale
Start Date: December 2026
Hours: 20 hours per week, Monday to Friday 10:30am - 2:30pm, term time plus 5 inset days
Salary: Grade 1 and scale point range 3 - 4, £13.27 - £13.48 per hour, (full time equivalent £25,614 - £26,016) actual salary £11,735 - £11,920
Join the Team at Somervale
As a part of the Midsomer Norton Schools' Partnership, Norton Hill School is dedicated to delivering exceptional, nutritious food services across our school community. We pride ourselves on creating a welcoming dining environment that supports the health, well-being, and daily learning of young people. Joining our catering team means becoming a vital part of a supportive school community where your work directly impacts students, staff and local partner schools every day.
About the Role
We are seeking a reliable, energetic and customer-focused General Catering Assistant to join our busy catering team based at Somervale.
In this varied role, you will assist in food preparation, operate kitchen equipment, handle till transactions, maintain high cleanliness and food safety standards and help deliver meals to local partner schools using the school catering vehicle when required.
Key Responsibilities
- Food Preparation & Kitchen Duties: Assist with basic food preparation (sandwiches, baguettes, salads, simple sauces, and pre-mixes), simple cooking (boiling, steaming, light frying) and setting up food displays.
- Service & Dining Room: Set up dining areas,manage queues, wipe tables, clear trays/trolleys, empty waste and provide friendly service to students and staff.
- Till Operations: Operate cashless till systems, administering free school meals and staff duty meal authorisations accurately.
- Cleaning & Hygiene: Wash crockery, cutlery, and kitchen equipment. Perform routine and deep cleaning using approved equipment and COSHH-compliant chemicals. Maintain daily fridge/freezer temperature logs in line with Food Hygiene Regulations.
- Safety & Compliance: Participate in risk assessments, report potential hazards, and uphold strict health, safety and hygiene practices.
There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests for VDU users and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure.
We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the role.
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 Writhlington School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 894 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Website
- Writhlington School website
Writhlington School offers high quality teaching and learning in fantastic modern facilities. Our community is proud of its high standards and the excellent opportunities that inspire achievement for all.
Writhlington has a proud history of success across all aspects of school life. We are a forward-looking school and aim for our students to have confidence and the necessary skills to play a full and active part in a rapidly changing world. We care deeply about all those who are part of the school community and know that our greatest resource is our people. We are determined to support students to have the highest aspirations in all that they do, to never accept second best, but also to be conciliatory, kind, wise and understanding of others.
We promote excellence in the classroom and expect outstanding behaviour for all students. We challenge students to be dedicated to their studies and support them to achieve greatness across all aspects of school life. Writhlington is a school where the curriculum is rigorous, and where inspiration and insight are rewarded. We do this by promoting the development of the whole person and students’ individual skills and interests and developing a lasting interest in, enjoyment of and appreciation of the value of learning. We develop knowledge and skills that relate to learning in subjects as well as other, more generic, transferable skills essential for life in an increasingly global society. .
We value the voice of all our stakeholders as this helps us to be a truly reflective school. In summary, our vision is for Writhlington School to be a fully inclusive community with outstanding outcomes, so that all students have the best possible life opportunities.
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