Kitchen Assistant
Hilltop Junior School, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8LT12 days remaining to apply
Closing date
30 November 2025 at 10:59pm
Date listed
18 November 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
- £8,728.50 - £8,861.47 Annually (Actual) FTE: £25,142 - £25,525 includes fringe allowance
Kitchen Assistant job summary
Hours: 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Term time plus 5 inset days - 39 weeks per year.
Start date: January 2026
An opportunity has arisen to work in our supportive school catering team at Hilltop Junior School, making a positive impact on our children's school journey as Kitchen Assistant.
The successful applicant will be enthusiastic and efficient in assisting with the preparation and serving of meals and beverages to our children, staff and visitors.
The role will involve all aspects of cleaning equipment, walls (up to 6ft), floors, fixtures and fittings to ensure a safe and hygienic environment.
For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please contact Suzanne Cullinane, School Business Manager: hilltopjun.admin@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 734649
For all vacancies at HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website: https://heartsacademytrust.co.uk/careers/vacancies/
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the advertised date, should we receive enough suitable applicants.
HEARTS Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the receipt of a satisfactory application form, satisfactory references that meet the requirements as set out in KCSIE, satisfactory online search and an Enhanced DBS check, to include a children’s barred list check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974
To view the Trust policies relating to recruitment, EDI, data protection and child protection please click here
If you would like any support or assistance at any stage of your application process, please contact recruitment@heartsacademy.uk / 01268 572672. We will be happy to discuss this with you.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
The Trustees are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, online searches, medical check, prohibited from teaching check and references. References are taken up prior to interview.
A copy of the Trusts Child Protection Policy is available on our website:- https://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk/trust-information/policies
For further information about the HEARTS Academy Trust please visit our website at: http://www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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 Hilltop Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 360 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Hilltop Junior School website
Hilltop Junior School is a creative, inclusive and welcoming school with an inspiring and engaging curriculum for all pupils.
We want the very best for all our children and we have the highest aspirations for all our children. We want each child to leave our school with the skills and talents to equip them for life. We do this through providing the children with a full, varied learning experience which is exciting and develops the child as an individual.
Our staff, along with supportive parents and LAB members, contribute to the success of our school. We work together as one community with a common purpose to ensure that our children are happy and successful, developing a lifelong love of learning.
No two days are the same. Every day is a new and exciting experience which I am proud to be a part of. We offer a creative curriculum where children enjoy opportunities to have a fullness of life. Some of these opportunities include trips to London, a Year 6 residential, swimming lessons, frequent visits from the school dog, author visits, pancake flips and much more.
Hilltop Junior School is part of the HEARTS Academy Trust, a Trust of local schools that has the values of happiness, equity, achievement, resilience, truth and spirituality. The Trust is truly innovative and rewards outstanding staff for outstanding outcomes. The school calendar consists of 184 days contact time with pupils, 5 non-pupil days and the equivalent of 6 days of high quality continuous professional development.
We can offer you:
- an excellent CPD entitlement with purposeful training, including Trust-wide twilights throughout the year
- a two-week October half-term
- supportive colleagues who want to provide the best possible opportunities for their pupils
- a highly effective learning environment
- a responsive and involved leadership team
- an 80:20 teaching model (4-day teaching week where all teachers receive an additional 10% non-contact (PPA) time each week as part of the trust policy)
- a school with a highly positive culture that supports all staff; mental health, workload and wellbeing are at the forefront of our vision and values
- access to our school counsellor and network of Mental Health and Wellbeing champions
For further information about HEARTS, including policies and procedures, please refer to our website www.heartsacademytrust.co.uk
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