Catering Assistant

Applefields School; Stokesley; On-site; GBP 7,000 - 11,000; Part time

Job summary

Arete Learning Trust in North Yorkshire is seeking a school catering assistant to work in the kitchen and dining room at Stokesley. You will help the cooks deliver a high-standard service, assist with basic food preparation, set out and clear away dining furniture, serve meals and keep the kitchen and dining areas clean.

This permanent, term-time role offers 18.75 hours per week across 38 weeks per year, with four cleaning days.

Qualifications

• Experience in school catering or kitchen environments.
• Basic food handling and safety knowledge.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a busy dining area.

Responsibilities

• Assist cooks to deliver a high-standard school catering service.
• Help with basic food preparation and setting out dining furniture.
• Serve meals and wash up after service.
• Keep the kitchen and dining areas clean and hygienic.

Skills

Food safety

Food prep

Catering assistance

Job description

Vacancy Hours: 18.75 hours per week, Term Time Only (38.8 weeks per year, including 4 cleaning days)

Location: Stokesley, North Yorkshire

About this Role

Working within the school kitchen and dining room, assisting the cooks, to deliver an efficient catering service for the school, operating to the highest standards of food safety. This will include help with basic food preparation, setting out and putting away dining furniture, serving meals, washing up and cleaning the kitchen and dining room.

Hours of Work: 18.75 hours per week, term time only (38 weeks per year) including 4 cleaning days

Position Type: Permanent

Line Manager: Catering Manager

Travel Required: No

The salary is dependent on current qualifications and experience, please see the attached job description for more information.

About the Trust

Areté Learning Trust currently has 11 schools and educates over 7,000 young people in and around North Yorkshire from ages 2-18. Our learners are at the heart of everything we do.

At Areté Learning Trust we work together and collaborate to ensure that all of our learners and our staff team have the chance to reach their potential.

Our Trust is committed to promoting:

• Health, happiness and wellbeing
• A safe, disciplined and supportive environment
• A love of learning through a passionate and committed approach
• High standards and expectations
• Integrity, kindness and good manners
• Respect for individuality and difference
• Collaborative working to secure excellence

To realise our aspiration for every child to be the best they can be, we need to ensure that as a Trust we are ‘Striving for Excellence’.

Why work for us?

We want everyone who works within ALT to feel valued and see how their work fits into the bigger picture.

We seek employees who are prepared to take personal responsibility and constantly challenge the norm to improve performance.

In return, we are committed to providing an empowering and supportive learning environment for all staff.

Areté Learning Trust is committed to being the ‘Employer of Choice’.

Essentially this means that we want our schools and our central team to be great places to work.

We want our staff development opportunities to be first class, and we want to enable staff who are ambitious to grow their careers with us. To give our learners the best education and opportunities we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best people in all areas of our organisation.

Regardless of role, we seek staff who:

• Have high expectations of themselves and the people they work with.
• Are committed to our Trust values.
• Show initiative and are responsive to change.
• Have strong interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and motivate others.
• Are creative in their approach to problem solving.
• Are able to influence effectively, whatever their role.
• Are team players.

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. You should use the information supplied with in the Job Description & Person Specification to make the best of your application by identifying some specific pieces of work you may have undertaken in any of these areas. Your application may be viewed in regard to some or all of the skill specific areas over the course of the selection process.

Applications via agencies will not be considered.

The Areté Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and protecting our children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to a safer recruitment process which includes enhanced criminal records and barring checks, scrutiny of employment history, robust referencing and other vetting checks.

Our safeguarding system is underpinned by a range of policies and procedures which encourage and promote safe working practice across the Trust. On joining you will be required to undergo continuous professional development to maintain safe working practice and to safeguard our children and young people.

Key Dates

Closing Date: Friday 25 September 2026

Interview Date: Will take place as soon as possible after the closing date.

Venue for Interview: Stokesley School, Station Road, Stokesley, TS9 5AL

North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes. Enquiries regarding the vacancy or practices should be made directly with the third party.