Kitchen Assistant

Woodfield Infant School & Nursery, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 8LU

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2026

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  15 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.65 Hourly Working weeks - term time only plus 3 cleaning days

Kitchen Assistant job summary

We are looking to recruit a friendly and dedicated team member to support our Kitchen Team in providing lunches to children in our friendly and nurturing school and nursery setting. We are a warm, welcoming and supportive team and children in our setting are enthusiastic and happy. We are looking for the right person to join our team who will demonstrate a passion for team working and providing the very best quality of food for our children and will embody our school values.

Happily learning together.Be kind, be responsible, be hardworking.This is the Woodfield Way!Main duties and responsibilities:
Working with and under the guidance of our Head Cook and our kitchen team, the Kitchen Assistant will be responsible for the following areas of work:

• Preparing, cooking, presenting and serving school meals to the highest standards in line with food safety regulations and government guidelines.
• Serving and clearing the food areas to exceptionally high standards.
• Washing up plates, utensils and equipment during and after service.
• Actively involved in the cleaning of the catering equipment on a daily and weekly basis as directed by the Head Cook in accordance with the school kitchen’s cleaning rotas.
• Be confident and proactive in dealing with any concerns as they arise and taking corrective action if/when necessary.
• Actively encourage the children to enjoy a well-balanced healthy diet and make sensible choices.
• Be confident in the use of our equipment the kitchen, you will receive full training before use.
• Be willing to undertake online training courses / continuous professional development for example Food Hygiene, Allergen Training, Safeguarding training, health and safety training within the first 6 weeks of your employment.

A Food Hygiene L2 qualification is desirable but not essential as the successful candidate will be required to undertake this following appointment.

Experience of working a professional kitchen and kitchen environment is desirable but not essential.

Hours of work will be 22.5 hours per week starting at 9.30 am to 2.00 pm Monday to Friday term time only (with 3 cleaning days per year to be completed).

The post is offered on a fixed term basis until the 31st July 2026 in the first instance.

We were inspected by Ofsted in April 2025 who rated us as outstanding in all five areas and described our school as "Woodfield Infant School and Nursery is a highly inclusive and welcoming school. All pupils, including children in the early years, achieve exceptionally well. The school is ambitious for all pupils at this school. This ambition is fully realised. Pupils’ behaviour here is exemplary. The school’s motto, ‘The Woodfield Way’, is demonstrated by the school community. They demonstrate their values of ‘Be kind. Be responsible. Be hardworking’. The school’s caring and nurturing environment means that all pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND), feel valued. As a result, pupils thrive and are well prepared for their next stage in education." Ofsted, April 2025

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.

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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 will not be accepted for this application.

About Woodfield Infant School & Nursery

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 293 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodfield Infant School & Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodfield-infant-school-shrewsbury

We are a friendly Infant and Nursery School located in the Copthorne area of Shrewsbury

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