School Meals Delivery Driver

The Greetland Academy, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX4 8JB

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  10 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  26 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: SCP4 £13.05 per hour
• Additional allowances:

  SCP4 £13.05 per hour

School Meals Delivery Driver job summary

The Greetland Academy

School Meals Delivery Driver

5 days per week, 7.5 hours per week, term time only

Fixed term until 31st August 2026

SCP4 £13.05 per hour

We are seeking two enthusiastic and reliable School Meals Delivery Drivers to join our friendly and supportive team at The Greetland Academy. This vital role ensures the safe, timely, and professional delivery of school meals to designated school sites, helping us maintain high standards of service and food safety across the Trust.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver school meals promptly and professionally to assigned locations.
• Ensure all food items are transported safely and hygienically in line with Trust standards.
• Collect and return empty containers daily.
• Maintain the cleanliness and road worthiness of the delivery vehicle.
• Provide excellent customer service to school staff.
• Report any issues, complaints, or incidents proactively.

What We Provide:

• A fully equipped delivery van
• Business insurance
• Fuel card for petrol used during deliveries

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Professional, reliable, and punctual
• Knowledge of food hygiene and safety standards
• Ability to handle food containers and equipment safely
• Strong communication and customer service skills
• Proactive in reporting and resolving issues
• Familiarity with safeguarding and confidentiality protocols
• Basic vehicle maintenance knowledge
• Valid driving licence
• Organised with strong attention to detail

We look forward to hearing from you.

Great Heights Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974; pre-employment checks will be carried out; references will be sought, and successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, an online search, and other relevant checks with statutory bodies.

GDPR Disclaimer: Please note and appreciate that whilst we review all CV’s and applications, due to the high volume that we receive on a regular basis, we can only respond to candidates that have been successful with their application. Therefore, if you do not hear from us within 14 working days of your application, please accept that your application has been unsuccessful. In line with the General Data Protection Regulations (May 2018) (replacing the Data Protection Act 1998) we will permanently delete information for all unsuccessful applications, and we will not keep candidate information on file for future vacancies at this stage of our process.

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 The Greetland Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 396 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Greetland Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-greetland-academy

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