Kitchen/Catering Assistant
Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College, Barking, Essex, IG11 9AG20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
8 August 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
18 July 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
- Scale 2 (Point 3, £27,729 – Pt 4 £28,125 Full time) Prorated salary based on 20 hours per week term time only is likely to be between approx. £12,876 and £13,060, (dependant on experience, week per year and continuous service).
Kitchen/Catering Assistant job summary
Kitchen / Catering Assistant
Week Commencing: September 2025
Salary Scale: Scale 2 (Point 3, £27,729 – Pt 4 £28,125 Full time) Prorated salary based on 20 hours per week term time only is likely to be between approx. £12,876 and £13,060, (dependant on experience, week per year and continuous service).
Working 4 hours per day, term time only on a shift pattern likely to be either 10.30 -2.30pm, 7.30-11.30am or 8am to 12pm
Are you looking for an exciting & rewarding new role and want to make a difference to the lives of young people?
We are looking for motivated and passionate Kitchen Assistants who will be at the heart of our school, working as part of our catering team delivering an outstanding food provision across the school. You will join a team that takes a real pride in what they do and who are passionate about providing outstanding service. To meet the needs of the whole school community.
Your key responsibilities will include:
Preparing delicious, high-quality food that delights our students & staff
Maintaining a high standard of cleanliness of the kitchen and surrounding areas
Ensuring the correct use of all machinery and equipment at all times
Assisting with the loading or unloading of deliveries and storing away
Representing the school and maintaining a positive brand image
Complying with Food Handling & Hygiene standards
Complying with Health & Safety regulations
The ideal candidate will:
Demonstrate an ability to manage pressure, prioritise tasks and communicate effectively at all levels
Be an excellent team player
Have a committed and organised approach
Have a desire to succeed in your role
Possess the ability to work under pressure
Be flexible to work occasional out of hours school events, you will be paid for working these
Demonstrate Exceptional timekeeping and reliability
Benefits:
A free meal on duty
On site parking
Professional Development opportunities
A supportive and friendly work environment
Barking Abbey is a heavily over-subscribed dual campus secondary school in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, with a well-deserved reputation for academic excellence and a supportive professional environment.
The school is located less than 10 minutes walk from Upney tube and 15 minutes from Barking mainline station.
Barking Abbey celebrates its diversity, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. If you are interested in making a difference in young people’s lives whatever your background or history please apply.
In return we offer:
A supportive and encouraging staff team
The opportunity to access a wide range of CPD opportunities within and beyond school
A school which understands the importance of staff well-being and workload management
A positive ethos with excellent behaviour reinforced by highly visible SLT and centralised behaviour systems
“Pupils learn and achieve very well... Pupils across both sites are happy and safe at Barking Abbey School… Pupils are motivated to work hard and enjoy positive working relationships with staff... Students new to the Sixth Form commented on how welcoming, inclusive and diverse the community is… Leaders prioritise aspiration and ambition.” (Ofsted, December 2022)
Please click here to find out more information about what it is like to work at Barking Abbey:
https://www.barkingabbeyschool.co.uk/home/join-us/staff-vacancies/
Barking Abbey is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and is an Equal Opportunities Employer.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and a comprehensive screening process, including Disclosure check, will be undertaken on all successful applicants.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Barking Abbey School, A Specialist Sports and Humanities College
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2336 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Welcome to Barking Abbey school and thank you for expressing an interest in applying for a position here.
For me there are three simple things that I want us to achieve at Barking Abbey school.
First, our motto ‘Give and Expect the best’ leads us to want to be the best in everything we do. We have some of the best results in the area, we have pupils at the best universities, we have the most pupils on apprenticeships in the entire country, we have basketball players in the best leagues and so much more. We have all of this because we push our pupils and each other to excel. All of us try to be our best every day.
Second, I firmly believe that if you can’t see it you can’t be it. We want to give our pupils the chance to see successful people of every religion, colour and background whilst they are at school. Whatever their dreams
we want to support them and provide the networks and contacts to help them to achieve.
Finally, we want our pupils to have a voice in the world. To be confident enough to express their views and also to have the knowledge to be able to make an effective contribution. The more you know the more
powerful you can be in the world.
Sir Tim Brighouse said “If a teacher makes the weather the school creates the climate.” and I firmly believe this. It is our role as a leadership team to create the best possible learning environment for our teachers
to teach in. In return we expect the best possible teaching from them and our results show this over time.
If you share our ethos and values and absolutely believe in the potential of all young people then we can offer you the chance to make a difference and change our community for the better, and look forward to receiving
your application form and welcoming you to our school.
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