39 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    24 August 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    16 July 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

£14.25 Hourly

General Kitchen Porter job summary

Wren Academy Finchley opened in September 2008 as a new school sponsored by the London Diocesan Board for Schools and Berkhamsted School.

The Academy has continued to grow as we opened our Sixth form in 2013 and have taken on new primary cohorts since 2015.

The role is to ensure a clean and hygienic kitchen environment to support the team and to ensure we can deliver a quality food offer in a clean environment within the food hygiene guidelines, assisting the Head Chef.

The ability to work professionally confidently and as part of a team.

Typical general kitchen assistant tasks include:

  • Working alongside the other team members in a friendly and kind manner.
  • Washing up with an industrial dishwasher.
  • Manual washing up.
  • Occasionally working on the main counter with a view of developing skill set.
  • Some vegetable preparation.
  • Clearing the waste area with support from the team.
  • Filling in cleaning schedules.
  • Health and safety.
  • Hygiene (food and personal).
  • A good understanding of Allergens.
  • Working within timelines.
  • Cleaning of equipment and flooring.
  • Working and continuing to work to and within the high standards set within the Academy.
  • Teamwork.
  • Annual training to ensure full compliance for EHO.
  • Assist in stock rotation.

  • Apply today!!

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.

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 Wren Academy Finchley

Organisation type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 18
Education phase
All through school
Size
1623 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 18
Ofsted report
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Wren Academy Finchley is located in the London Borough of Barnet. It is the founder of the Wren Academies Trust, a MAT which is sponsored by the Church of England and Berkhamsted School. The Academy has developed a strong reputation for outstanding teaching and learning, as demonstrated by our Progress 8 figure, which places us in the top 65 schools nationally. We are an all-through school with a thriving sixth form and a primary phase which opened in September 2015. The engaging curriculum and state of the art buildings have contributed to the Academy’s notable success. There is also a strong focus on student well-being so that every individual is happy and secure to learn and thrive within a caring community.

Wren is a MAT and plans are well advanced to create a new school in a neighbouring borough which will provide exciting professional development opportunities for all staff.

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