13 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    TBC

  • Closing date

    20 August 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    5 August 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 37.5 hours per week 7:00am – 3:00pm Monday to Friday (includes an unpaid 30-minute lunch break) 38 weeks per year (Term time including one school INSET day)

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

actual starting salary £20,004

Pay scale

Catering Scale Point 1

What skills and experience we're looking for

The Castle School requires an efficient and flexible Kitchen Assistant to work in the busy school kitchen, preparing and serving food and refreshments for students, staff and visitors within our catering team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow. A friendly, busy and dynamic workplace where each day is different from the last.

We would consider a 35-hour working week with a 7.30am start if this is more convenient for the successful candidate, with an actual salary of £18,670.

What the school offers its staff

The Castle School requires an efficient and flexible Kitchen Assistant to work in the busy school kitchen, preparing and serving food and refreshments for students, staff and visitors within our catering team.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow. A friendly, busy and dynamic workplace where each day is different from the last.

We would consider a 35-hour working week with a 7.30am start if this is more convenient for the successful candidate, with an actual salary of £18,670.

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

Blackdown Education Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About The Castle School

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
Education phase
Secondary
School size
1202 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
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The Blackdown Education Partnership is a multi-academy trust (MAT) working across Devon and Somerset. It was born of a merger between two established MATs: The Castle Partnership Trust and Uffculme Academy Trust and currently looks after a family of 12 schools: 6 primary and 6 secondary and 4 nurseries.

Blackdown Education Partnership is, therefore, a single organisation established to deliver the education and to safeguard the wellbeing of every child in our Trust. The Trust seeks to ensure that high quality collaboration and system leadership continue to improve the education in our schools. We are responsible for the good governance of the schools within our Trust and are accountable for the performance of each school. We work with an exceptional team of leaders, teachers and support staff whose combined efforts deliver on our promise to believe in every child.

We can offer you: An opportunity to work in an experienced and supportive team from whom you can learn, develop and grow. A friendly, busy and dynamic workplace where each day is different from the last. A competitive salary. Wider opportunities to be involved across our Trust. An energised and professional working environment.

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