Catering Assistant

Catering Assistant (MAT Cover) at John Port Spencer Academy

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Job Reference #: EDV/2026/JPSA/64690

Location

Main Street, Etwall, Derby, Derbyshire, DE65 6LU

Contract Type

Maternity Cover

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£9,659.00 Annually (Actual)

NJC3 Part Time - Term Time Only

Hours Per Week

16.25

Weeks Per Year

39

Closing Date

Midnight, Tue 22nd Sep, 2026

Start Date

October 2026

Positions Available

1

Interview Date(s)

W/c 28 September 2026

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About this Role

Principal's Welcome

At John Port Spencer Academy, we believe in unlocking the potential of every student and supporting them to achieve the very best. Every child has a champion - staff dedicated to nurturing their talents, ambitions, and wellbeing. Our university-style campus offers a vibrant, inspiring environment where curiosity thrives, and learning knows no bounds. Our values of joy, progress, success, and acting with care, kindness, respect, and integrity guide everything we do. Joining our team means becoming part of a collaborative, innovative community, passionate about making a real difference every day and supporting each other to grow professionally and personally.

About John Port Spencer Academy

John Port Spencer Academy is a thriving, forward-thinking school at the heart of our community, serving over 2,000 students from Year 7 through Sixth Form. Our university-style campus, with dedicated subject teaching spaces, specialist science labs, arts facilities, and extensive sports facilities, creates a wonderful environment for both students and staff. We offer a broad, ambitious curriculum designed to challenge students and help them excel academically, personally, and socially. Every student has a champion here - staff who guide, support, and celebrate their achievements. We have a strong community spirit and high expectations. For staff, John Port is a place to grow, collaborate, and contribute to something truly special, where everyone is encouraged and excellence is celebrated.

The Role

We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and hardworking Catering Assistant to join our dedicated Catering Team. We are a large Academy with three on site Catering outlets servicing our students and staff. The successful applicant will need to be flexible, a great team player and be willing to work in different areas within the Academy site. Some experience of food handling or previous work in a catering environment is desirable, but not essential, as training will be provided.

This is a Catering Assistant (MAT Cover) role, from mid October 2026 or until early return of postholder.

The working pattern is 5 days a week, from 11.15am to 2.30pm. It is a great job to fit around children and their school day!

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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Safeguarding Statement

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

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We wish to appoint an enthusiastic and hardworking Catering Assistant to join our dedicated Catering Team. We are a large Academy with three on site Catering outlets servicing our students and staff. The successful applicant will need to be flexible, a great team player and be willing to work in different areas within the Academy site. Some experience of food handling or previous work in a catering environment is desirable, but not essential, as training will be provided.

At John Port Spencer Academy, we believe in unlocking the potential of every student and supporting them to achieve the very best. Every child has a champion - staff dedicated to nurturing their talents, ambitions, and wellbeing. Our university-style campus offers a vibrant, inspiring environment where curiosity thrives, and learning knows no bounds. Our values of joy, progress, success, and acting with care, kindness, respect, and integrity guide everything we do. Joining our team means becoming part of a collaborative, innovative community, passionate about making a real difference every day and supporting each other to grow professionally and personally.

About John Port Spencer Academy
John Port Spencer Academy is a thriving, forward-thinking school at the heart of our community, serving over 2,000 students from Year 7 through Sixth Form. Our university-style campus, with dedicated subject teaching spaces, specialist science labs, arts facilities, and extensive sports facilities, creates a wonderful environment for both students and staff. We offer a broad, ambitious curriculum designed to challenge students and help them excel academically, personally, and socially. Every student has a champion here - staff who guide, support, and celebrate their achievements. We have a strong community spirit and high expectations. For staff, John Port is a place to grow, collaborate, and contribute to something truly special, where everyone is encouraged and excellence is celebrated.