General Kitchen Assistant vacancy at St Agnes Academy

Available hours: 16 hours per week term time only (plus 3 cleaning days during school closure periods)
Start date: As soon as possible
How to apply: Apply online at are looking for a General Kitchen Assistant to work in our busy school kitchen at St Agnes Academy. This role will involve the preparation and service of school meals ensuring the highest standard of food for our pupils and clearing up after service. Experience of working in a catering environment and a current food hygiene certificate are desirable but not essential as training will be given.

This role is a 16 hour per week permanent contract term time only (plus 3 days in school closure periods).

Kernow Learning is a multi-academy trust of 21 primary schools in Cornwall. We believe that our trust is at the precipice of something great; through a mix of collective synchronicity and autonomy our schools are working together to provide strength so that they can stretch their offer beyond expectations in their drive for excellence. Our trust is not insular; we embrace collaboration innovation and development. Our English Hub supports schools across Cornwall to secure childrens early reading whilst our Teaching School Hub as a partner in OneCornwall provides services to schools across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in relation to areas such as the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications.

We may be biased but we think that our school is a special place to grow and learn. Our aim is simply to be a great school. Using the considerable talents of our dedicated staff families and other adults in our community we support and challenge our pupils to think for themselves do their very best and make a meaningful contribution to their world.

We embrace our Trusts Core Shared Values of Strength Wisdom and Courage to help us aim high in all that we do. Our Trust Philosophy of work hard be honest & help others sets our pupils on a highway to success; a journey that we know will be different for each and every one of us.

As well as offering great schools to work in wonderful children to work with and fantastic colleagues to work alongside our Trust is committed to providing colleagues with other benefits that make your employment with Kernow Learning the best it can be. We offer:

A competitive salary and membership of Local Government Pension Scheme;
A real commitment to wellbeing including access to 24/7 wellbeing services and employee assistance programme;
Access to discounts with national and local retailers and service providers;
A range of CPD and training opportunities both internally and externally learning from local and national speakers and specialists to support your professional growth;
The support and skills of our networks of colleagues both within our schools and our Shared Services teams.

If you would like the opportunity to contribute to the success of our trust then we would love to hear from you. You can apply for this position online by visiting Learning is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and follows the Safer Recruitment process. The successful candidate will be expected to share this commitment and will be required to undertake checks including an enhanced disclosure through the DBS process as well as prohibition S128 and Social Media/online presence checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

Unfortunately Kernow Learning is not a sponsoring organisation for overseas candidates. This means that the successful candidate will need to possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.

For further information or for support with the application process please contact our HR Team on or email

Apply now at Agnes Academy
Trelawney Road
St Agnes
TR5 0LZ

This is not a Cornwall Council vacancy therefore please contact the organisation direct for further information.

Organisation address: Kernow Learning The Old Cricket Pavilion Treninnick Hill Newquay TR7 2JU

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