Catering Assistant

**Upton Court Grammar School**
Slough£18,602 per year

**Salary**:

Pioneer Grade 2**Job type**:

Part Time, Permanent21 September 2025**Job overview**:

- We are seeking to appoint a Catering Assistant (with the ability to drive) to assist and support the Catering Director in the provision of an efficient and effective catering service for schools within Pioneer Educational Trust, based in Slough.

Your main aim will be the preparation, cooking and service of healthy and high-quality meals to meet the specifications as defined by the Trust. This will also include meeting meal requirement for staff, students and any special or emergency function catering. Experience of working in school or hospital catering (e.g. Mass production of meals) is desirable.Other responsibilities include:

- Presentation and serving of meals and dining room arrangements
- Cleaning of the catering, serving and eating areas when required
- Assisting in menu and recipe development
- Assisting with the supervision and training of on-site catering staff
- Assisting in stock take procedures as required

Hours: 30 hours per week: Monday to Friday: 9am - 3pm (no lunch break)Every school within Pioneer Educational Trust will provide an outstanding education to all children and young people. In a post-pandemic world, this means preparing children and young people to thrive at intrapersonal, interpersonal, societal and global levels. Through an exceptional curriculum, strong pastoral systems and meaningful personal development, our learners’ experience will be inclusive, relational and empowering.Pioneer Educational Trust will continue to be the employer of choice as a result of its commitment to professional development for all colleagues, a positive and enriching working environment and outstanding leadership development opportunities underpinned by the vertical leadership principles. Coupled with a systematic approach to school improvement, the trust will provide high support and high challenge to enable all to flourish and be fulfilled.Our community will be knowledgeable and empowered taking principled action in service to others. As such, we will continue to lead ethically demonstrating a commitment to outward-facing work with our local, national and international educational communities. Our mission is grounded on four core values which our schools embrace:

- We pioneer: by preparing the way for others to follow, we transcend barriers through aspiration, innovation and risk. Pioneer engenders determination, commitment and responsibility to better society through education and learning, never accepting mediocrity
- We inspire collaboration: working in partnership and collaboration is key to the success of Pioneer. In a culture of high trust and intelligent risk-taking, collaboration exists at all levels and between all stakeholders
- We invest intelligently: as the employer of choice, we invest intelligently in providing exception professional development for all staff and a positive and enabling environment.
- We consciously liberate: providing equal access to an exceptional education to all is central to the aims of the trust. The trust champions the vulnerable and disadvantaged, breaking down barriers to learning and preparing all children and young people for adulthood. We drive equality, celebrate diversity and promote equity, inclusion and belonging.-
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**About**Upton Court Grammar School**:
**Upton Court Grammar School**
- Lascelles Road, Upton
Berkshire
SL3 7PR
United Kingdom
- +44 1753 522892Upton Court Grammar School is a selective secondary school with just over 1000 students aged 11-18. The school is proud of its history and upholds the traditions associated with grammar schools: expectations of the highest possible attainment, hard work, commitment and behaviour which will allow effective teaching and learning to take place. Our students achieve the highest grades at all levels but we are most proud of the exceptional progress they make. In 2018, Upton Court Grammar School was ranked in the top 1% of secondary schools in the country for student progress, making it one of the top grammars school in England on this measure.

The most recent OFSTED inspection graded the school as ‘Outstanding’ in all areas. The school has a national reputation for excellence and achievement and secures some of the highest outcomes for students in the country.

As part of the School Direct Teacher Training programme, Upton Court Grammar School is also the lead school for teacher training in Slough. Working alongside Reading University and the Institute of Education, teacher training is offered in the Slough area. As a Teaching School since September 2013 we provide a first class CPD programme which supports the professional development of teachers at all stages in their careers including teachers new to the profession and leadership development. In line with the val