Catering Assistant (Late Shift)
KINGSWOOD
Job Description
Job Title: Catering Assistant (Late Shift)
Responsible To: Assistant Catering Manager
Department: Catering
Date of Issue: July 2026
About the role
The Catering Assistant plays a key supporting role in the day-to-day operation of the Catering Department at Kingswood Senior School. With service of meals and refreshments for up to 900 pupils. The role is hands-on and fast-paced, requiring flexibility, strong teamwork, and a shared commitment to maintaining high standards of food quality, hygiene, and service within a busy school environment. A career at Kingswood offers the opportunity to be part of a supportive and forward-thinking community that values excellence, innovation, and personal growth. Rooted in our core values - Care for Each Individual, Educate for Life, Serve the Community, and Live Sustainably - we foster an environment where staff are empowered to thrive.
Key responsibilities
People and planning
• Work as part of a strong team to help with the service of meals and refreshments to students and staff.
• Work closely with the chefs and management with regards to pupil and staff allergies.
• Adhering to food safety and hygiene regulations.
Be flexible to work out of hours functions and commercial events.
Provide a friendly, welcoming and efficient service to pupils, staff and visitors, helping to create a positive dining experience.
Quality and Safety
Follow food safety, hygiene, HACCP and COSHH procedures, ensuring all standards are maintained (full training will be provided).
Work as a strong team to help and be responsible for cleaning and setting up in all the catering areas.
• Ensure food safety and hygiene standards are met.
No job description can fully cover all aspects of the role and consequently the responsibilities are likely to evolve and change over time.
You will be expected to:
Conduct yourself with professionalism, tact and diplomacy at all times as a representative of Kingswood
Observe health and safety procedures and work safely at all times
To comply with all school policies and procedures including reporting any concerns to the appropriate person in relation to those covering child protection, health, safety, welfare, security, confidentiality and data protection.
Skills, qualifications and experience
• Has a warm, friendly and approachable manner, with a genuine commitment to providing excellent customer service.
Is reliable, punctual and takes pride in delivering high standards of work.
Enjoys working as part of a busy, supportive team and is willing to help wherever needed.
Has a positive, flexible and can-do attitude, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities.
Learns quickly, is keen to develop new skills and responds positively to feedback.
Communicates clearly and professionally with colleagues, pupils and staff.
• Can work efficiently in a fast-paced environment while remaining calm and organised.
Understands the importance of maintaining high standards of cleanliness, food safety, including allergens and hygiene, or is willing to learn these through training.
Has experience of working in catering, hospitality or a customer-facing environment (desirable but not essential).
Holds a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate (desirable), although full training will be provided.
Child protection
It is your responsibility to help promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons for whom you are responsible, or with whom you come into contact, and to adhere to and ensure compliance with the School’s Child Protection Policy Statement at all times. If, in the course of carrying out the duties of the post, you become aware of any actual or potential risks to the safety or welfare of children in the school, you must report any concerns to the School’s Designated Safeguarding Lead. Protecting children from the risk of radicalisation is part of the School’s safeguarding duties (under the Prevent Duty).
Competencies
The Kingswood Competency Framework sets out the expected level of performance at a given level – the ‘competency profile’.
The competency profile is used to support objective setting, appraisal, and continuous professional development planning.
Competency Profile: Level 8 – Team Member (Competent in Delivery):
| Cluster | Competencies | ||
| Strategy＆Innovation | Strategic View | Planning for Improvement | Effective Decision Making |
| Demonstrates awareness ofdepartmental strategy.Aligns work with departmentalobjectives and strategies.Actively contributes todiscussions on departmentalgoals. | Plans and executes personaltasks effectively.Understands and appliesappropriate improvementprocedures to routine work. | Applies decision-making skills topersonal tasks.Makes appropriate decisionswithin parameters defined byline manager. | |
| People | Leading and Communicating | Working Together | Developing People |
| Communicates effectively withteam members.Applies effectivecommunication skills to dailytasks. | Proactively contributes to theattainment of team goals.Collaborates effectively on teamprojects. | Provides support for colleagues'development.Engages in basic mentoring. | |
| DeliveringResults | Technical Delivery | Analytical Thinking | Problem Solving |
| Handles routine technicalchallenges effectively.Follows established technicalprocedures/processes. | Interprets data for routine tasks.Applies analytical techniques tostandard problems. | Handles and resolves commonproblems and challenges.Applies problem-solvingtechniques to standard role-relevant issues. | |
| Delivering at Pace | Delivering Quality | Delivering Value | |
| Manages time effectively tomeet deadlines.Delivers tasks with appropriateurgency. | Applies appropriate qualitystandards to own work.Routinely ensures qualitycontrol. | Identifies and implementsimprovements to deliver value.Ensures cost efficiency instandard tasks. | |
Terms and conditions
This is a full-time role, during term time only plus 20 days (38 weeks per year), working 36.25 hours a week: 11.30am to 7.15pm, Monday to Friday, with 30-minutes unpaid for lunch.
The salary for this role is £21,212.32 per annum.
Kingswood School has high expectations of staff and looks to reward them with beneficial conditions of service:
• Stakeholder Pension Scheme, matching your contributions up to 5% of pensionable pay
• All staff enjoy free meals provided in the Dining Room with refreshments available throughout the day
Parking available around the School site (subject to availability)
• Professional development and training
Part remission of fees at Kingswood Nursery, Prep and Senior Schools for children of employees (subject to the normal competitive entry requirements being met). Please note that remission of school fees is not a contractual entitlement; the Governors reserve the right to vary the rate of remission or to withdraw it altogether
Staff are welcome to make use of the leisure and sports facilities (which includes a swimming pool, gym and tennis courts) set within the beautiful School grounds, at times as agreed by the School
• Death in Service benefit
Cycle Scheme in line with the Government’s Cycle to Work initiative
• Employee Assistance Programme, an independent, free and confidential advice service that can offer both practical advice and emotional support
Kingswood has a strong sense of community and there are many ways to be involved whether through sport, music or social events
Application process
Please visit our website https://www.kingswood.bath.sch.uk/about-us/employment-opportunities to read our policies for Recruitment, Selection and Disclosure Procedure, and Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy including EYFS.
Please email recruitment@kingswood.bath.sch.uk to request an Application Form. Miss Hannah Sweeney, Recruitment Administrator, can answer any questions you may have about the role.
Completed Application Forms should be returned by Email (or by post: Recruitment Administrator, Kingswood School, Lansdown, Bath, BA1 5RG)
The closing date for applications is Monday, 10 August 2026, midday. Early applications are encouraged.
The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children."
As an equal opportunities employer, Kingswood School is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
We offer a welcoming and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply.