Kitchen Assistant - Part time 20 hours per week

Kitchen Assistant Level 2 (OP3), Monday – Friday 9.30am – 1.30pm 4 hours per day, 20 hours per week. Permanent. £25,583 pro rata (term time only plus 1 week INSET) £13.26 per hour plus Living Wage Top Up.

Start date: Monday 13^th April 2026

Are you looking for a part-time role, where you can work within school hours with a committed team in a beautiful setting?

We are seeking to appoint a Kitchen Assistant, who will support the Kitchen Team Leader with the preparation, service and clean-up of our in-house school dinner provision.

The main duties of this position are basic food preparation, setting up the dining hall and trolleys for food service, washing up and cleaning. The Kitchen Assistant will be provided with all relevant training to allow them to fulfill this position.

Applicants must have relevant experience and qualifications i.e. NVQ 2 or equivalent experience working in a food service environment. They will hold a Food Hygiene certificate and have experience of working effectively in a team role.

Bridekirk Dovenby Primary School is an equal opportunities employer and is strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory check sought from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, prior to the date of the interview.  You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.  We will also collect references prior to interview.

Visits to the school are welcome; please email the school office to arrange this: sbm@bridekirkdovenby.cumbria.sch.uk

The application form and job description are attached below.

Please ensure your application form and a covering letter is sent by email to; sbm@bridekirkdovenbyschool.sch.uk by midnight on Wednesday 18^th March 2026. 

Interviews will be held on Monday 23^rd or Tuesday 24^th March 2026 and the successful candidate will be notified on the same day.

Completed application forms along with an accompanying letter should be submitted to Mrs. Trudy Beetham, School Business Manager by midnight on Wednesday 18^h March 2026. Please note that CVs will not be accepted. If you have any questions or would like to visit the school for an informal chat about the role, please contact us.

Important information about working in schools

All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure.  However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020)) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are considered 'protected'.  This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website or Unlock.org.uk.

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record and other sanctions self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, prohibitions and disqualifications, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview.  You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process.  If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. 

In addition to the above, as part of our due diligence checks, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates.  This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.

Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.