Kitchen Assistant
The Downs School, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 6AD9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
18 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
19 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Mon-Fri 10.30-14.30. 20 hours, term time only. Plus 1 Inset days and 1 cleaning day to be worked in the summer holidays.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- Salary Grade B £23,656 -£24,027 FTE per annum Actual Salary (20 hours p/w): £10,845 - £11,015 per annum
What skills and experience we're looking for
The successful candidate will
•have a professional attitude that is open to innovative ways of working
•follow instructions issued by the Cook Supervisor or Kitchen Manager
•serve customers in a friendly and pleasant manner
•carry out basic food preparation to the agreed standard as directed by the Kitchen Manager
•carry out all tasks with due regard to the contract specification and all legislation including Health and Safety, Food Hygiene and Personal Hygiene.
•use every effort to develop and maintain effective working relationships with our customers and colleagues.
•carry out any other reasonable duties as directed by the Cook Supervisor or Kitchen Manager
What the school offers its staff
In return you will
•experience a caring, positive ethos that prioritises staff wellbeing and recognition
•experience working with children who enjoy being at school and behave exceptionally
Further information about the job
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
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About The Downs School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1437 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Downs School website
- Email address
- STownsend@tds.school
The Downs School, a Foundation, 11-18 comprehensive school, is a successful, oversubscribed and popular school serving the Downs area of West Berkshire. The roll is nearly 1300 with a well-established sixth form. Results at all levels are consistently above national averages and Ofsted described our students as having ‘excellent personal and social skills’ who ‘achieve well academically’.
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