13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    1st September 2025

  • Closing date

    7 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    23 June 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,026.00 Annually (FTE) £ 7,057.38 Annually (Actual)

Kitchen Assistant job summary

We are seeking a Kitchen Assistant to join our busy catering team at High Beech CofE Primary School. The post reports to the catering manager. As a Kitchen Assistant, you will ensure a high level of food preparation and service in line with our standards and policies. You will provide courteous and efficient service to students and staff, assist with basic prepping, and maintain cleanliness and food hygiene.

Kitchen Assistant - Working Pattern Monday to Friday 11.15 am to 1.45 pm

To excel in this role, you will need

  • basic knowledge of food safety and hygiene; training will be provided.

  • an understanding of health and safety practices

  • the ability to work both independently and as part of a team

  • experience in a catering environment and working with children which is desirable.

  • a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children which is essential.

In return we can offer:

  • Friendly experienced team

  • Training

  • Uniform

  • Access to the local government pension scheme

  • A wellbeing package including an annual term time wellbeing day and Employee Assistance Programme

  • Cycle to work scheme


Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust (EFSPT) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS check and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed. Online searches are conducted on all shortlisted candidates. EFSPT is committed to equality, and to making fair and equitable treatment an integral part of everything we do.

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.

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About High Beech CofE Primary School

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
94 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 11
Ofsted report
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High Beech C of E Primary is a mixed, half form entry school set within the beautiful surroundings of Epping Forest. We provide an excellent curriculum for children between the ages of 4 to 11 years. Our small and friendly church school embeds the Christian values into everything we do. We all work together to promote our three core values of Respect, Thankfulness and Perseverance. We are passionate about developing a culture that enables our children to become lifelong learners and we trust that all things are possible for one who believes.

We are part of The Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust, a Multi-Academy Trust of fifteen Primary and one Special School all based in the Epping Forest District. Along with our SCITT (School-Centred Initial Teacher Training), School Improvement Team, Well-being Service and Resourced Provisions based in three of our schools, we are a leading educational organisation in Epping Forest.

EFSPT was formed in 2018 from a consortium of schools that had worked together for over 20 years, and are committed to collaborative working to ensure the best possible outcomes for our children and school communities. The schools maintain their identities but work in a highly collaborative manner supported by a small but very experienced Central Team.

Our Mission is to provide an exceptional education that is inclusive and challenging for all and which provides wider opportunities for the children within the EFSPT to flourish.

EFSPT is committed to Trauma Perceptive Practice; the Essex approach to understanding behaviour and supporting emotional well-being. Being trauma-perceptive means that through our values, policies and practice, we are able to effectively support the children, families and communities in our Trust, creating spaces of belonging and safety that enable everyone to flourish, become resilient and learn.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and we are committed to safeguarding our schools’ communities. The appointment will therefore be subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS checks.

West Essex SCITT is an outstanding provider of Initial Teacher Training. We currently have student finance or self funded postgraduate trainee teacher vacancies available to start in September 2024 across all of our 16 primary schools.

Please visit the below website for further information;

https://www.westessexscitt.co.uk/

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