Job Title: Catering Assistant

Actual Annual Salary: £11,252 - £11,487 (Based on actual working hours and weeks)

Full Time Equivalent Salary: £24,310 - £24,819 Grade Ai (Based on 37 Hours per week, all year round)

Hourly rate: £12.60

Contract Type: Fixed Term until 13/02/2026, Covering Maternity Leave

Hours: Part Time, 20 Hours Per Week, Term Time only, Including Inset Days

Additional role info: Working Pattern - Monday to Friday, 4 hours per day

Are you passionate about food and enjoy working in a friendly, fast-paced environment?

We’re looking for a dedicated Catering Assistant to support our school’s kitchen team in delivering nutritious, high-quality meals to our students and staff.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a vibrant school community, where your contribution helps fuel learning and wellbeing every day.

About you:

We are looking for a calm and enthusiastic individual to join our catering team to assist with general preparation, presentation and service of food for The Brook Academy. Relevant experience is desirable, but not essential as training can be provided

You will have:

Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.

About The Brook Academy:

The Brook Academy is a special school in Gloucester with supporting young people with social, emotional and mental health as the primary need for students, and speech, language and communication need as a secondary need. Our mission is to consistently deliver excellent educational experiences for young people aged 11-16, improving their life chances and serving our communities .

The school community core values are equity, resilience, and togetherness. This drives our reflective practice of making positive impact to meet the need of every child.

We aim to provide all our students with opportunities for widening participation and strengthening developed relationships to ensure high expectations in their behaviour and attitudes for personal development and achievements in their academic and vocational learning. We aim to empower all our staffing team in their roles to develop high quality CPD to enable them to carry out their roles faithfully to meet the needs of the school community and trustwide commitment to equity through education. We will be delighted to welcome colleagues inspired by our vision to join us.

Why work at CLF?

We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

 We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.

What we can offer you:

Recruitment timeline:

We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.

As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.

Please note we are not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out. 

Safeguarding Statement

The Cabot Learning Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.

All successful candidates will undergo a comprehensive pre-employment checking process, including an enhanced DBS check (including a further check against the appropriate barred list), references from current and previous employers, health, right to work in the UK, child disqualification, prohibition from teaching/management and online checks. You must also tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.