Kitchen Assistants

£12.85/hr, 2 posts – 12.5 hpw and 10hpw, Term Time only

We are looking for a motivated individual to join our busy and successful catering team.  You will work on food preparation and the serving of meals as well as in the dining area and rotate roles behind the scenes, including washing and cleaning.

Lunchtime in school is busy, and over the two hour period you’ll help feed and refuel over 1,000 children, keeping them going for the rest of the day.

Your interpersonal skills will enable you to provide an excellent customer service to our students and colleagues, and ideally you will have an awareness or be trained in food hygiene.

These vacancies are for lunchtime cover, however the kitchen start their preparation early and provide breakfast to a number of pupils to start their day.  Opportunities arise across the year to do additional hours or move into these roles – and being in the team would enable you to step into these wider roles.

Please note – we reserve the right to close the advert early, should we receive a good number of applications.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.  We expect all our staff and volunteers to share our commitment.  Successful applicants are required to obtain an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Job Description

The job description and person specification for the post are available here : Kitchen Assistant – Feb 26

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Application Form

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Kitchen Assistant – application form – Feb 26

If you need to submit additional information in support of your application, you can do so on a word processed document, and attach it with your application, to your email.   

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Closing date

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 18th March, 2026, 2025, at 12 noon.  Please note – we reserve the right to close the advert early, should we receive a good number of applications.

Applications should be returned to recruitment@hartonacademy.co.uk

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Please note we do not accept Curriculum Vitae for our vacancies.