Kitchen Assistant

Hadleigh Junior School, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2DQ

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  10 September 2025

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: £4,202.97 Annually (Actual)

Kitchen Assistant job summary

Catering Assistant

Scale 2, Point 3 (£4,202.97 pa actual)

Monday - Friday Term time only - Temporary contract until February 2026

Required as soon as possible, we are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed person to join our catering team. The role involves assisting in the preparation and serving of food as well as kitchen cleaning processes.

Normal hours of work will be 1 hour and 15 minutes per day, from 12.00 p.m to 13.15 p.m, Monday to Thursday, and 10:45 to 13:15pm on Fridays, term time only.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• a passion for working with children

• personal drive and determination to deliver the best standards.

• able to work in a fast paced environment

Hadleigh Junior School offers:

• a welcoming, caring community environment, in which to learn and develop

• a strong vision, driven by values and principles adopted by all stakeholders

• a commitment to deliver continuous improvement and inspiration for our learners

• high levels of professional support and development.

 

Hadleigh Junior School is committed to:

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual, moral, social and cultural development, of children and young people.

• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesiveness, where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued.

• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs.

We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All posts are subject to safe recruitment procedures and the appointment will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Check (DBS), satisfactory references and medical check.

In line with KCSIE 2025 and Safer Recruitment principles the Trust reserves the right to conduct online searches of candidates shortlisted for interview.

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.

About Hadleigh Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 342 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hadleigh Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hadleigh-junior-school-benfleet

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