Role Overview:

Assist with preparing, cooking, and serving meals to students. Help maintain a clean, safe kitchen environment and support smooth daily food service.

Key Responsibilities:

· Prepare and assist with cooking hot and cold meals.

· Support food prep tasks including baking.

· Keep kitchen, equipment, and service areas clean and hygienic.

· Assist with dishwashing and storing deliveries.

· Follow food safety, hygiene, and allergen procedures.

Qualifications:

· Experience in a kitchen or catering role.

· Basic Food Hygiene Certificate required.

· Understanding of safe food handling and cleanliness standards.

· Ability to work well in a team and follow instructions.

St John Henry Newman Catholic School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and experienced Kitchen Team Leader and Assistant Cook to join our dedicated team. This is a temporary post to commence Tuesday 6th January 2026 to Friday 13th February 2026 with the possibility of an extension to this date.

Our school has a distinctive caring and Christian ethos with the emphasis on the individual and supporting staff and pupils in fulfilling their full potential. St John Henry Newman Catholic School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS and health check.

For an informal chat about the post or to request to visit our school please contact Mrs Hayley Kenny Assistant Bursar by email: hayleykenny@newman.cumbria.sch.uk

Application packs can be requested by emailing vacancies@newman.cumbria.sch.uk or downloaded from our website at http://newman.cumbria.sch.uk/Vacancies/

The closing date for applications is 12pm Friday 12th December 2025. Interviews to be held Wednesday 17th December. Completed application forms can either be emailed to vacancies@newman.cumbria.sch.uk or by post addressed to HR and Finance Department.

Short listed candidates will be contacted by telephone or email.

St John Henry Newman School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of its pupils, engages with young people and staff in Policy and practice developments, proactively encourages feedback and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Are you interested in becoming a teacher? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you at St John Henry Newman School and our family of primary schools. This means that you could train to be a secondary or primary teacher here with us, right on your doorstep in an environment you know, with people who know you.

We are part of the Catholic Teaching Alliance with other Catholic High Schools across Lancashire and Cumbria. This means that you can train to become a teacher with us as part of this partnership. The training lasts for one academic year and leads to the qualification of a PGCE with QTS and 120 credits towards an MA through Cumbria University.

If you have completed a degree course and you have thought about a career in teaching this is an ideal opportunity to draw on the expert advice of outstanding teachers. Working in partnership with local Catholic secondary schools, allows us to customise the training to meet the needs of both the school and the trainees, who gain practical experience from day one. It is a great way to learn and qualify to become a teacher and become one of the next generation of outstanding Catholic teachers and leaders.

Please contact Declan McArdle for details.

Train to Teach with the Catholic Teaching Alliance

Are you looking for a new challenge? Would you like a job where no two days are the same? Have you considered training to be a teacher?

If you, or somebody you know is, or soon to be, a graduate, the Catholic Teaching Alliance, based in Preston, offers bespoke PGCE training in Early Primary, Primary, Secondary (Preston or Blackburn) and Secondary 14-19 (Post 16).

With over 60 schools in the alliance we are able to offer a range of experiences in a variety of locations. Please contact us for further information, or to book onto one of our online information sessions, call 01772 326931 or email ctaschooldirect@olchs.lancs.sch.uk