General Kitchen Assistant

Carlton Mills, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD9 5AT

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026 or Sooner

• Closing date

  17 November 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  5 November 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: £5,674.00 Annually (Actual) Band 3, Scale Point 2, TTO and 5 plus days, 10hrs per week, Mon to Fri 11:45am to 1:45pm

General Kitchen Assistant job summary

‘CAT employs rolling recruitment methodologies, with shortlisting and interviews for some roles taking place as and when applications are received. This may mean that some roles are recruited to before the closing date, we therefore advise that applications are made without undue delay.’

Carlton Mills is a new, rapidly improving primary school of around 330 students based close to the centre of Bradford. Carlton Mills is an Ofsted 2023 rated Good primary school with an Outstanding Early Years Foundation Stage. In 2024 we were awarded two prestigious awards recognising our outstanding Early Years Foundation Stage at both the TES and Pearson National Teaching awards. We are also officially a World Class School and part of the esteemed Carlton Academy Trust (CAT).

Established in 2019, Carlton Academy Trust emerged from the outstanding success of Carlton Bolling, an inner-city Bradford secondary school. Today, we proudly oversee three secondary schools, three primary schools, and three special schools, collectively educating nearly 5000 students, and employing almost 1,000 members of staff. All CAT schools are rated either Outstanding or Good by Ofsted.

Carlton Mills is an integral part of a diverse and very supportive local community, with parents/carers regularly welcomed into school to be part of their child’s learning journey. The Trust has recently introduced a new inspirational curriculum following the ’Real People, Real Places, Real Learning' agenda to bring learning and new opportunities to life. We also seek to create links to the local community/businesses to enhance and develop our broad and balanced curriculum, ensuring that our students have the highest aspirations within and beyond the communities in which they live.

We are looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic General Kitchen Assistant to join our catering team and help deliver high-quality meals to pupils in a safe, clean, and welcoming environment. This role involves preparing and serving food, maintaining hygiene standards, and supporting the smooth running of the kitchen and dining areas. The ideal candidate will be reliable, flexible, and able to work well both independently and as part of a team. If you take pride in your work, enjoy being part of a busy school community, and are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Our school can offer:

• A highly supportive and caring community
• Friendly and enthusiastic children who are eager to learn
• A vibrant, fun, and lively learning environment
• A strong commitment to supporting your further professional development

Employee welfare is extremely important to us, and we are proud to offer a comprehensive employee benefits package through the ‘Carlton Cares’ programme, designed to support colleagues physical, mental and financial wellbeing. These benefits include a fully funded Health Plan and an Employee Assistance Programme, in addition to salary sacrifice and employee discount schemes. Employee Benefits - Carlton Academy Trust

We hope you are excited by this opportunity and look forward to welcoming applications from colleagues who share our values and ambition to deliver excellence for all to our students.

We welcome visits to the school; to arrange a convenient time please contact Anita Riedel, Recruitment Manager:-

E: recruitment@catrust.uk

W: www.carltonacademytrust.co.uk

The Trust has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and subscribe to the DBS update service.

Carlton Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

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.

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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

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 Carlton Mills

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Carlton Mills website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/carlton-mills

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