Job Ref No. ECC2067-73S Position Type: Catering Pay Range: £14,187 to £15,103
Position Start Date: 05/01/2026 Contract Type: Part-time Contract Term: Permanent
Application Close: 10/12/2025 Midday Date of Interviews: To be confirmed  

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Catering Assistant

  • NJC Point 2 - 6
  • £14,187 to £15,103 actual per annum
  • Term time only (39 weeks per year), 25 hours per week (Mon-Fri, 9:30am to 2:30pm)

Do you believe that every child, every person, is capable of amazing things? So do we!

Do you have a desire to motivate and inspire children? So do We!

Are you enthusiastic, dedicated and hardworking? So Are we!

Come and join our friendly teamat Ravens Academy, as a Catering Assistant, assisting with the basic preparation of food and refreshments, which may include some cooking.

About you:-

We are looking for a flexible and committed individual to assist with the setting up of the servery counters for lunch, assist with the general daily cleaning of the kitchen and assist the Catering Supervisor/Manager with academy hospitality functions. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your skills within a friendly team.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work as part of a team as well as working independently and making sound decisions.

Candidates must have excellent communication, organisational and customer care skills, be flexible and the ability to operate IT equipment e.g. tills is essential. We welcome applications from ambitious candidates, keen to make a difference who have a genuine passion and belief in the potential of every student.

About us:

Ravens Academy aims totransform life chancesby achieving the highest possible standards and preparing all our students to lead successful lives. We take school attendance extremely seriously as children cannot learn if they are not at school and we are proud of how closely we work with families to ensure that children are in school and ready to learn.

Our curriculum is carefully designed with the children's specific needs and interests in mind. It is built on the firm foundations of providing our children with excellent English and Maths skills. As a school, we also seek to expand our pupils' current reality by broadening their horizons, enabling them to realise that there is a wider world out there and encouraging them to be aspirational.

Visitors to the school often comment on the friendly and welcoming environment that characterises our community.

About Academy Transformation Trust

At ATT we are driven by a simple but profound belief: every child can and should become capable, competent, and confident. Our purpose is to transform lives through education, and our strategy, ATT2030, sets out how we will achieve this for every pupil, every colleague, and every community we serve.

We know that people are at the heart of everything we do. Our trust thrives because of the talent, dedication, and values of our colleagues. If you choose to join us, you will become part of a high-trust, high-accountability organisation where principals are empowered to lead, colleagues are supported to grow, and everyone is united in the moral purpose of education.

What's in it for you?

Access to continuous personal development programs. A bespoke platform supporting colleague welfare and benefits, including pension scheme, employee assistance program (EAP), recognition and reward scheme, cycle to work scheme and discounts on many major high street brands.

Please use the following link to complete an online application form:https://mynewterm.com/jobs/139641/EDV-2025-RA-86319

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 10 December 2025, 09.00am

Interview date: To be confirmed

Ravens Academy is part of the Academy Transformation Trust family, whose ambition is that every person who passes through our schools and colleges becomes an educated person - able to take a rightful place in the community of educated people and to join what Robert Maynard Hutchins called "the Great Conversation." An ATT education stresses history, the scientific mode of thinking, the disciplined use of language, a wide-ranging knowledge of the arts and religion, and the continuity of human enterprise. We aspire for everyone, regardless of their starting point, to leave us capable, competent, and confident.

Ravens Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The successful applicant will undertake an enhanced DBS criminal record check,and online searches will be carried out in line with KCSIE update 2025.We are committed to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion and welcome all applications. We are open to Flexible Working.

All appointments are subject to safer recruitment requirements to ensure the safeguarding of children and young people. All positions will involve appropriate checks and clearances.

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Contact Information

Marianne Cartwright
Nayland Drive, Clacton-on-Sea
Essex, CO16 8TZ
Telephone: 01255 424328
Email: sarah.hill@attrust.org.uk

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