Job Description

Catering Assistant - Great Waltham C of E Primary School

Great Waltham Church of England Primary School is seeking a dedicated and enthusiastic Catering Assistant to join our friendly and hardworking catering team.

We are a thriving village school with 190 pupils on roll, guided by our ASPIRE values and our vision: "Let all that you do be done in love."

Position Details

Salary: Scale 2, Point 4-5 (depending on experience)

Actual salary: £6,814 - £6,922

Hours: 12 hours per week

Monday-Thursday: 11:00-13:30

Friday: 11:30-13:30

Contract: Part-time, permanent

Weeks: Term time only (38 weeks)

Start date: As soon as possible

Reporting to: Catering Manager

About the Role

We are looking for a hardworking, proactive individual with a genuine passion for food and a positive approach to teamwork. This is a busy kitchen environment where you will play an important part in delivering high‑quality meals to our children by maintaining high cleaning standards.

Key responsibilities include:

General kitchen cleaning duties

Operating kitchen equipment, including the dishwasher

Supporting with basic food preparation

Opportunities to serve meals front of house to our pupils

We prepare approximately 220 hot meals per day, including meals for a neighbouring school, so the ability to work efficiently and collaboratively is essential.

Training & Development

Full training will be provided, including:

Safeguarding

Level 2 Food Hygiene

Level 2 Food Allergy Awareness

As part of our commitment to staff development, you will also have access to the National College online training platform.

Visits & Applications

We warmly welcome and encourage visits to the school.

For further information or to arrange a visit, please contact our School Business Manager, Nichola Goodwin.

Interviews will be held as soon as possible.

Please note: Great Waltham Primary School reserves the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is appointed.

About Our School

Great Waltham Church of England VC Primary School is located in the beautiful village of Great Waltham and caters for children aged 4-11. Built in 1847, our school is full of character and set within stunning grounds.

Our vision, "Let all that you do be done in love," underpins everything we do.

By the time children leave Great Waltham Primary School, we aspire for them to have:

A strong work ethic that benefits themselves and others

A wide range of practical, social, and emotional life skills

Self-respect and respect for others, regardless of ability, race, religion, or culture

The confidence to work independently and collaboratively, taking responsibility for themselves and those around them

Our ASPIRE ethos-Aspiration, Strength, Perseverance, Integrity, Responsibility, Empathy-is central to school life and embraced by both staff and pupils. We pride ourselves on providing a caring, nurturing environment where every child can reach their full academic, social, moral, and physical potential.

Information about the School

Great Waltham Church of England VC Primary School is situated in the pretty village of Great Waltham catering for pupils from 4 - 11. The school was built in 1865 and has wonderful character and beautiful grounds.

Our school vision is 'Let all that you do be done in love'.

At the end of their time at Great Waltham Primary School, we aspire for all our children to have:

*Developed a strong work ethic both for their own benefit and the benefit of others. *Developed a strong set of practical, social and emotional life skills. *Developed, through the teaching of our Christian and British values, self-respect and respect for others, whatever their ability, race, religion or culture. *Gained the skills to work independently, either on their own or as part of a group, and take responsibility for both for themselves and others.

We pride ourselves in creating a caring environment based on Christian values which allows children to reach their full academic, social, moral and physical potential. The ethos of the school is to ASPIRE which is an acronym for Aspiration, Strength, Perseverance, Integrity, Responsibility and Empathy, all staff and children hold these values dearly.

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