General Kitchen Porter
Wren Academy Finchley, London, N12 9HB39 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
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 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
- View Ofsted report
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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