General Kitchen Assistant

Ladybarn Primary School, Manchester, M20 4SR

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  27 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Monday to Friday, 10.00am until 1.30pm, 17.5 hours per week, term time + 4 days in the holidays
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796 pro rata
• Actual salary: Equates to approximately £10,652 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Kingsway Community Trust are looking for a kitchen assistant to join our team at Ladybarn Primary School in Withington.

We are keen to recruit someone with experience of working in a kitchen / catering environment with:-

• A can do attitude
• Strong motivation
• A great team player
• A desire to make a difference to children

Kitchen experience is essential. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.

Salary: £24796 pro rata, 17.5 hours per week, term time + 4 days in the holidays which equates to approximately £10,652 per annum

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 10.00am to 1.30pm

What the school offers its staff

Kingsway Community Trust is a Multi Academy Trust made up of Ladybarn Primary School, Cringle Brook Primary School and Green End Primary School. This provides the staff and children of both schools with enhanced development and networking opportunities.

Kingsway Community Trust can offer you:-

• A thriving learning community with a positive ethos and innovative approaches
• A supportive and empowering environment, supported by a National Leader of Education
• The support of a well-established, highly successful and forward thinking Trust
• A culturally rich and diverse urban community

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.

We cannot accept CVs as an application. Our application form must be used and completed in full, making sure you address the person specification. Submissions received without a completed application form will not be considered. Photographs of application forms will not be accepted. Completed application forms should be emailed to jobs@kingswaycommunitytrust.co.uk

Commitment to safeguarding

We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Safeguarding Policy KWCT September 25.pdf - 1020 KB (opens in new tab)

Catering Assistant Job Description & Person Spec.pdf - 134 KB (opens in new tab)

Safer Recruitment KWCT October 2025.pdf - 277 KB (opens in new tab)

Privacy Notice - Job Applicant November 2025.pdf - 145 KB (opens in new tab)

About Ladybarn Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 488 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ladybarn Primary School website
• Email address: jobs@kingswaycommunitytrust.co.uk
• Phone number: 0161 445 4898
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ladybarn-primary-school-manchester

Ladybarn Primary is part of Kingsway Community Trust, which also consists of Cringle Brook Primary in Levenshulme and Green End Primary in Burnage, both of which are also Ofsted Graded Outstanding. As part of the Trust, Ladybarn benefits from strong links with these two schools.

The curriculum we provide at Ladybarn is tailor made to give all children a thirst for learning, a motivated engagement in school and the best chance to attain high academic success. There is a strong emphasis on developing confidence and skills to be excellent communicators in all situations. Our school has a very strong sense of community, with nurture and strong relationships at its core.

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