Catering Assistant at Netherwood Academy

About this Role

Catering Assistant - Astrea Academy Netherwood

Hours:

25 hours per week

Contract:

Permanent

Start Date:

As soon as possible

Salary: £15,067 - £15,304 (Actual Salary, pro-rata)

Closing Date: 25th September 2026

Doyou want to be part of a team which strives to generate rapid improvement?

Areyou meticulous in your approach to your own work and in securing high-quality contributions from others in the team?

Astrea Academy Netherwood is an 11-16 academy which opened in September
2012, set in an extensive £35 million campus. As part of Astrea Academy Trust, Astrea Academy Netherwood is in an exciting period of development.

Astrea Academynetherwood are recruiting a Catering Assistant to support our schools catering operations to create exceptional food experiences on a part time basis.

You will be responsible for the day to day preparation and service of the fresh food provided at our school. You will be working within a team of kitchen staff developing a food led curriculum which is to be delivered to our children. You will be integral in helping our children learn where our food comes from and make healthy choices and will be required to adopt a student led and customer focused approach to delivering a responsive and effective service.

Weare values-driven and our vision is to provide an inclusive, aspirational and academic education for all our students, so that all of them will learn, thriveand lead successful lives. We are unapologetically ambitious for every child,no matter what their background, prior attainment or needs. We want to ensure that all our students have the option to be able to go to university oraspirational alternative.

We are not going to reduce expectations because of achild's background or home life, or because they are new to English or have aspecial education need. In fact, the opposite is true. It is our job to redouble our efforts to help children overcome these barriers so that they can flourish.

Wevalue our staff highly and treat workload very seriously. Our systems are high leverage, ensuring you can really focus on your core purpose.

Support and progression opportunities

• Excellent support from the Astrea Trust Central team
• Highly visible/supportive senior leaders who haveyour back
• Excellent ongoing CPD, career development and promotion opportunities across the Astrea South Yorkshire region
• Opportunity to complete further qualifications
• An unrivalled professional progression model

The successful candidate will be:

• Aligned to our values and mission. If you are thetype of person who fits with our culture, you will love working here
• Someone who passionately believes that all children can achieve, no matter what their starting point, background or needs.

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting aculture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust.

We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicant shave the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.