Vacancies
General Catering Assistant
Permanent Contract
Part Time
12.5 hours per week (2.5 hours per day)
Term Time plus 4 days
Band 1, Point 2
£24,413 FTE
£7,057 pro rata
Sele First School is a large school. Our Nursery classes offer 39 places. All other classes are organised on the basis of age into national curriculum groupings with three classes in each year group. We currently have 381 children on roll. Further information about the school can be found on our website.
Our governors are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and hard-working General Catering Assistant to join their very successful team. Required as soon as possible.
As a General Catering Assistant, you will assist in the preparation for and in the service of meals and refreshments and undertake associated kitchen duties.
No specific knowledge and experience are required but, if not already possessed, the Basic Food Hygiene Certificates must be achieved within, ideally, six months of commencement.
The working pattern will be: Monday to Friday,11.30am to 2.00pm, term time plus four cleaning days in school holidays.
We are strongly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are invited for interview, you will be required to disclose convictions that would not be filtered, prior to the date of the interview. Certain spent convictions and cautions will be ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed. Full details on protected convictions and information about which convictions must be declared during job applications can be found on the Ministry of Justice website. You will 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 and Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed. This role will include Regulated Activities and an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) disclosure is required for this post.
Our Child Protection Policy can be found here; www.selefirst.org/policies
An online search will be carried out on shortlisted candidates, prior to interview.
Application forms can be downloaded here https://www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/General_Catering_Assistant/296626 and are also available from the school by telephoning or emailing the school office. A curriculum vitae will only be accepted alongside an application form.
Completed applications should be returned directly to school, either by post to
Steph Milburn, Sele First School, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3QZ or by email to jobs@sele.northumberland.sch.uk.
Closing Date: 12.00pm on Friday 29 May 2026
Interview Date: w/c 1 June 2026
Headteacher: Steph Milburn, Sele First School, Hexham, Northumberland, NE46 3QZ
e-mail: admin@sele.northumberland.sch.uk
website: www.selefirst.org