Catering Assistant

Birchwood Primary School; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Birchwood Primary School in Ipswich is seeking a part-time Catering Assistant to join our kitchen team. You will help heat and serve meals, prepare sandwiches and cold foods for wrap around care, and ensure hygiene and cleanliness meet our standards and statutory regulations.

The role is 20 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time), with a permanent contract starting from 2 November 2026. Candidates should have catering experience and strong customer service skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering environment.
• Excellent customer service and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Heat and serve meals.
• Prepare sandwiches and cold food for Wrap around care provision.
• Maintain high standards of hygiene and cleanliness according to regulations.

Job description

• Birchwood Primary School
• Address: Martlesham Health, Ipswich, Suffolk IP5 3SP
• Salary: £25,614 per annum (pro rata)
• Hours: 20 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only) *
• Contract: Permanent, required from2 November 2026
• Reference: 5591

*Monday – Friday, 9.30am to 1.30pm daily.

Birchwood Primary School is looking for a Catering Assistant.

We are looking for a keen and motivated team player to join Birchwood Primary School to work in our kitchen. Reporting to the Executive Business Manager, you will assist with the heating and serving of quality meals, together with the preparation of sandwiches and cold food for our Wrap around care provision, whilst ensuring that the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness are always maintained in accordance with our high standards and statutory regulations.

You will have:

• previous experience of working in a catering environment
• excellent customer service and communication skills.

We will offer you:

• a commitment to your wellbeing and continued professional development from across our partnership of schools
• enthusiastic and committed staff team
• supportive Governing Body and Wider Community.

We are continually working to improve Birchwood Primary School and are incredibly passionate about its future, we want you to join us and share the passion for this journey.

Closing date:

9 am, 19 October 2026.

Interview date:

20 October 2026.

We reserve the right to appoint prior to the closing date for the right candidate.

Birchwood Primary School is committed to equality of opportunity for all members of our school community.We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children: we have rigorous policies and procedures for staff conduct, child protection and security and the interview will include questions about safeguarding children.As part of our commitment to child protection and welfare, the successful applicant will be required to undertake a criminal record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).Please note that it is an offence to apply for this role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.