Lunch Club Assistant at Caverstede Nursery School

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Job Reference #

EDV/2026/CNS/98408

Location

Caverstede Road, Walton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6EX

Contract Type

Permanent

Contract Term

Part-Time

Salary

£5,650.00 - £5,650.00 Annually (Actual)

Closing Date

10:00am, Mon 16th Mar, 2026

Start Date

13th April 2026

Positions Available

Positions Available 1

Interview Date(s)

Friday 20th March 2026

Interview Date(s) Friday 20th March 2026

About this Role

The role will require you to:

· Clean and prepare lunch club area before use
· Collect your group of children and prepare them for Lunch Club
· Sit with them, support them to eat their own packed lunch and encourage good eating and social skills
Check that the food being served to each child meets all their allergy and dietary requirements and is prepared in a way to prevent choking.
· Record what the children have eaten to share with their parents when required
· Snack preparation
· Cleaning Lunch area and Kitchen after use

Our children are aged between 2 and 4 years old, some of whom have additional needs.

You must hold a good level of written and spoken English.

Visits to the School are encouraged; please call the School to arrange. 01733 571742

Following our short-listing process, successful applicants will be contacted to attend an interview.

Fluency Duty: In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.

Caverstede Nursery School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the wellbeing of children and families and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure. In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the school will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on all shortlisted candidates.

Contact Details

  Victoria Judge
  01733 571742
  recruitment@caverstede.peterborough.sch.uk

Caverstede Nursery School would like all candidates to answer specific questions for the personal statement section. For reference, here is a preview of the questions/headings:

Please attach a letter of application, alongside your application form. Please ensure you read the Person specification and Job description before you attempt this part of the application. When you do complete this section you must demonstrate how you meet ALL of the Essential Criteria and, if possible, any of the Desirable Criteria. This can be achieved by explaining what your understanding of that particular criterion is, how you can/do apply that understanding, and by stating your experience and giving examples, if it is appropriate. If there are criteria, which you do not have, direct work experience of, it is acceptable to draw on relevant experience gained elsewhere, for example in voluntary work, leisure interests, home responsibilities, or educational experience. Make sure you keep it to the point by only addressing the Essential and Desirable Criteria as shortlisting will be on this basis ONLY. No assumptions will be made from anything such as the title of a previous or current job. If you do not demonstrate how you meet the Criteria, you will not be selected for interview.