2 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 2026

  • Closing date

    22 January 2026 at 12am (midnight)

  • Date listed

    7 January 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term

Full-time equivalent salary

£12.85 per hour

Kitchen Assistant job summary

Tel: 01603 279357

Email: office@buxton.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: https://www.buxtonschool.co.uk/


NOR: 192  Age range:  4-11 years


  • Salary - Scale B3, £12.85 per hour
  • Temporary 
  • Part Time
  • 10 hours a week (2 hours/day over lunchtime)
  • Term time only
  • Required from January 2026


Required ideally from January 2026 we have a vacancy for a temporary Kitchen Assistant to join our hard working team. You will work alongside the Cook and another Kitchen Assistant to regularly provide between 120-200 healthy nutritious meals each day. The role will include making sandwiches, monitoring stock levels, washing up, cleaning down, serving lunches to children and staff, and other general kitchen duties as required. Full training will be provided. 

We are looking for a great people-person, someone who can carry out their duties efficiently and effectively.

We would like you to prepare and assist in the presentation and serving of food and drink in accordance with the requirements of good practice in Hygiene, Food Standards, Health & Safety etc. Training can be provided and there is the opportunity to gain formal catering qualifications.

You will be employed directly by the school and will be joining a professional catering team.

If you are able to work to deadlines, whilst at the same time demonstrating a bright and cheerful manner, working in a busy environment, yet still retain a sense of humour then you are the person we are looking for.

Buxton Primary School is a thriving and successful school with a happy, enthusiastic and supportive staff. Our children are highly motivated and fun-loving and we have extremely supportive parents and governors with an increasing roll which is currently 192 pupils.

We are looking for someone who wants to be part of a close knit and friendly village school and thrives in a busy setting. We can offer you a welcoming working environment where well-being is of high importance.

For further information about the school, visit our website - www.buxtonschool.co.uk or our Facebook page Buxton Primary School.

We encourage you to visit the school. To arrange a visit please contact Mrs Kelly Hall (Business Manager) via email - office@buxton.norfolk.sch.uk


How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, an application pack can be obtained via email.

Completed forms should be returned to - office@buxton.norfolk.sch.uk 


Closing date:  22 January 2026, 12 noon

Interview date:  w/c  26 January 2026


Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, so you will be subject to an enhanced DBS check and pre-employment checks including satisfactory references. We are also committed to promoting equality and opportunity for all. 

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulation and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether are they are disqualified under these regulations. 

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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

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.

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About Buxton Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
203 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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