Kitchen Assistant

Thorp Primary School, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL2 5TY

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  18 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: £12099 - £12482

Kitchen Assistant job summary

Role: Kitchen Assistant

Location: Thorp Primary School, Westerdale Drive, Royton, Oldham, OL2 5TY

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, Term Time + 3 days

Salary: Grade 1 (SCP 2-4)

Employment type: Permanent

Start Date: 3^rd September 2025

 

An exciting opportunity is available for an enthusiastic, hardworking, motivated individual to work as part of our highly effective catering team at Thorp Primary School. The successful candidate will provide catering support in the preparation, cooking and serving of food and beverages plus related catering duties. You must also have a friendly, caring approach to work as part of the team in a welcoming environment.

 

We can offer:

·        A structure that supports flexible working hours

·        An opportunity to work for a ‘Good’ school as rated by Ofsted, committed to excellence.

·        An enthusiastic, hardworking, and supportive team of leadership and staff.

·        Friendly children who are eager, love challenge and are ready to learn.

·        Excellent professional development opportunities.

·        An inclusive and positive ethos.

 

As well as offering you a competitive salary, we also provide free on-site parking, the cycle to work scheme and a range of wellbeing support, including access to employee counselling. Located at the east of Manchester, we are easily accessible through local and regional transport links.

Have you got the desire to join our Team? If so, we would be delighted to hear from you. Informal enquiries can be directed to office@thorpschool.uk or please phone Thorp Primary School on 0161 823 0520 Please apply via this portal, Vacancies - SAMpeople Recruit. Please note that due to safer recruitment requirements, we cannot accept CVs.



Closing date: noon 27^th June 2025

 

Thorp Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service Disclosure and pre-employment checks. The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024’ (para 221)

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Thorp Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 209 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thorp Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thorp-primary-school-oldham

We are a ‘Good’ school with a one-form entry primary and nursery school positioned at the heart of our community. Thorp primary school is a small school with big ideas.

We are part of the Oak Trust for Inspirational Learning and Leadership, which

creates an all-through MAT from 3 – 18 years.

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