Catering Assistant - 15 Hours per Week - Term Time Only
Parkside School
Cullingworth, Bradford
- Expired
- Salary:
- Band 2 Scale One
- Job type:
- Part Time, Permanent
- Start date:
- September 2019
- Apply by:
- 28 June 2019
Job overview
Parkside School is seeking to appoint a Catering Assistant who will support the catering function in providing a high quality catering service for students and staff. The successful applicant will undertake food preparation duties and cooking tasks, serving meals and refreshments, to clean the kitchen and equipment and to undertake cashiering duties as required.
You should have an interest in good, healthy and nutritious food; have the ability to work efficiently and quickly; enjoy being part of a team and have high standards of personal hygiene. Basic Food Hygiene certificate or food hygiene training would be an asset.
Parkside School was judged as a GOOD school by OFSTED in October 2016 and was also shortlisted for the following awards:
• The Telegraph & Argus Education Awards – in the category of School Improvement (Highly commended)
• Sky Sports Awards for education (Top 10 schools nationally)
Parkside is a rapidly improving school situated in a rural situation, close to Haworth, West Yorkshire, with good transport links to both Bradford and Leeds. It is a popular and oversubscribed 11 to 18 co-educational school with around 1100 students on role. Due to the improvements instigated over the last two/three years and also to address the increased need for provision in the community, from September 2017, the school will be engaging in an expansion programme. This will take the school to 210 students on entry, up from the current 180 and will increase the school in size to approximately 1275 (including sixth form) over the next 5 years.
OFSTED October 2016 commented:
“Senior leaders have been successful in improving the quality of teaching and pupils’ progress since the last inspection”
“The Headteacher and his senior team lead the school with energy, drive and determination…”
“The school’s work to promote pupils’ personal development and welfare is good…”
“…Parents agree that their children are safe”
“Relationships between staff and pupils are very positive and the school’s expectations of behaviour are high”
“Across a broad range of subjects, pupils currently in the school are making good progress from their starting points…”
“Teaching and Learning in the sixth form are good…”
If you would wish to apply for this post, then please ensure that the application form is completed in full and returned by the closing date of Monday 28th June 2019 at 10:00 am. Candidates successful for interview will be contacted shortly thereafter.
Your application should demonstrate your ability to fulfil the tasks stated in the job description. Please note that the school only accepts applications on our fully completed application form. CVs are not acceptable forms of application but may accompany your fully completed application form.
Parkside School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and the protection of the child from all forms of abuse. The school adheres to statutory guidelines in respect to safe recruitment. All persons employed by the school in any capacity will undergo an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and will have references taken up. Confirmation of employment is subject to satisfactory check results.
Please be aware that the school does not accept third party applications from agencies etc.
The School has adopted the principles of Safer Recruitment and will safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to do the same. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced criminal records check via the Disclosure and Barring Service. Parkside School is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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About Parkside School
- Parkside School
- Parkside Terrace, Cullingworth, Bradford
- West Yorkshire
- BD13 5AD
- United Kingdom
It couldn’t be a more exciting time to join Parkside School which recently joined Wellspring Academy Trust who were recently awarded the title of Multi Academy Trust of the year. As such, we are at the start of an exciting journey and we are looking for a like-minded, talented people to join us. Wellspring Academy Trust is known for its inclusive practice and these values are matched by Parkside School.
Located in the picturesque village of Cullingworth, Parkside School is surrounded by rolling hills and dramatic countryside. The village, three miles south of Keighley and seven miles west of central Bradford, is not only popular with commuters but also with tourists, walkers and cyclists who revel in some of the country’s most glorious scenery. The locality is steeped in history; the Brontë Parsonage Museum and its famous literary collections lie less than five miles east.
We want the young people of Parkside school to have every available opportunity to develop into well-rounded citizens who are equipped to make a positive contribution and who know how to keep themselves safe. We want students to have passionate hopes for their future; hopes that they can articulate, believe in and make real. We want to develop a nurturing environment that develops students who can empathise, critique, protect, love, inspire, make, design, explore and understand; students who are willing to try things they have never tried before, do things they have never done before and who are willing to risk reimagining themselves as the very best version of what they can become.
We believe that education is the vehicle for improved outcomes for all. Improved outcomes for all aid the cause of social justice through equity. This is why we are so passionate about what we do. We champion inclusive education, stronger communities and improving life chances. We are passionate about our social purpose: to make a difference. Ethics and values are at the heart of our culture. We have taken the harder path many times in order to remain true to our values. Our organisational thinking, philosophy of education and way of being place people and positive relationships at their heart. We invest in our workforce. We invest in our children and young people. We invest in our communities.
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