12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    Upon completion of recruitment clearances

  • Closing date

    30 April 2025 at 9am

  • Date listed

    8 April 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Catering, cleaning and site management

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Hourly rate

£12.26 Per Hour

What skills and experience we're looking for

An individual with a passion for working in the catering service of a multi-academy trust

An enthusiastic and positive approach

Commitment to own professional development

Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself

Someone with strong attention to detail, thoroughness and a high level of integrity

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent

What the school offers its staff

An exciting opportunity to develop within this role

Comprehensive induction programme

Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working

An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do

A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

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About Portland Academy

School type
Academy, ages 11 to 19
School size
204 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 19
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
07586719072

We cater for approximately 168 students between the ages of 11 and 19 who experience severe learning difficulties and profound, multiple and complex medical needs. A growing number of our pupils also have an Autistic spectrum condition. Portland offers co-educational day provision to pupils from a catchment area which covers the city of Sunderland and beyond.

The academy is able to offer a number of part time or assessment placements for identified pupils.

Portland Academy is part of ‘The Ascent Academies’ Trust’, a multi-academy trust which currently consists of 5 special schools across Sunderland, Durham and Stockton. This partnership provides us with a wealth of experience and knowledge and opens up many opportunities for working together to improve outcomes for our pupils.

The school has excellent facilities, including a social café, therapy pool, sensory room, OT Room, woodland walk, outdoor adventure area and bike track. These, together with a relevant, progressive and challenging curriculum delivered and supported by committed staff, enables us to offer a wonderful range of varied opportunities to enrich our pupils’ lives.

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