Catering Assistant - Hope Wood Academy

Together we build brighter futures for our young people with special educational needs. Founded in 2012, The Ascent Academies’ Trust is a family of six special academies in the North of England, over four different local authorities. We are a collaborative group of academies who work closely with one another in order to achieve the best outcomes for our young people. As a result, our academies have improved year on year and all academies are currently at least Good from an Ofsted rating, with some individual areas rated outstanding. This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we look to set out our next steps in creating brilliant schools. We are an ethical Trust whose vision and values are aligned to equality and diversity, collaboration and lifelong learning.

No experience is necessary as full training will be provided to the successful candidate.

What we need:

• An individual with a passion for working in the catering service of a multi-academy trust
• An enthusiastic and positive approach 
• Commitment to own professional development
• Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself
• Someone with strong attention to detail, thoroughness and a high level of integrity
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent 

We can offer you:

• An exciting opportunity to develop within this role
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do
• A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff 

This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you.

For an informal discussion about this post please contact Richie Dunn, Associate Head of Academy by email: View email address on northeastjobs.org.uk

Closing Date: Thursday 2nd July 2026 at 9am
Practical Observation: week commencing Monday 13th July 2026
Interview Date: Tuesday 21st July 2026

Please note – if you are appointed, you will be subject to an online search. You will have the opportunity to address any issues of concern that come up during the search.

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