Catering Assistant

This role has a start date of January 2025.

Join us on our journey to ‘make our world a better place.’

About the role:

We are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic Catering Assistant to join our brilliant team here at Burlington Danes Academy. As a Catering Assistant you will be working as part of a team who ensure the delivery of a consistent, high-quality meal service that meets the needs of the Academy by assisting with all aspects of food preparation, food service, kitchen hygiene and other duties associated with the running of the kitchen and food service operations..

Our ideal candidate will:

•          Be aligned with BDA’s vision of ‘we will be the ones to make our world a better place.’
•          Have genuine passion and belief in the potential of every student.
•          Be motivated to continually improve standards and achieve excellence in all areas of the Academy.
•          Committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all pupils.

Please watch our video here to hear from our staff members and students.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible. 

If you wish to discuss this opportunity or for any questions, please contact Manisha Menan on [email protected].  

• Salaries 2.5% higher than main pay scale.
• Twice as many training days as standard.
• Generous pension scheme.
• Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
• Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
• Gym discounts – offering up to 40%.
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.

We are a Church of England secondary school and sixth form based in the heart of White City, West London. We are on an exciting journey to build a truly brilliant Academy that makes the difference for the young people and community we serve. 

Our school culture and core values are our compass throughout our journey to ensure our students receive the very best education every single day. We live and breathe these values every minute of every day here at Ark Burlington Danes Academy (BDA) so every student is empowered to live a life that is purposeful, fulfilling and be the ones to make our world a better place.

We are a close-knit, supportive team of staff who strive to continually learn and improve so that we can be the very best teacher, leader or associate team member to ensure our students have the education and build the character to achieve anything they set their mind to.

If you are looking to join a school that is dedicated to making a difference for the students that need it the most and a leadership team that use culture as the strategy to drive improvement, then come and join us on our journey to “making our world a better place”.