Assistant Catering Manager

Clayton St John CofE Primary School, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD14 6DD

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  6 July 2026 at 3pm

• Date listed

  17 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13,597.00 Annually (Actual) Band 3

Assistant Catering Manager job summary

Clayton St John CofE Primary is a 2-form entry Church of England Primary School and part of the Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust (BDAT), a growing, Christian, Multi-Academy Trust based in Bradford.

Clayton St John is a pupil-centred place of learning, fully committed to providing all the children in its care with the highest quality of education. Our goal at Clayton St John CofE Primary is to become an outstanding school that delivers educational excellence. You will be fortunate to work with a leadership team that demands the highest standards of teaching and learning and deliver this with commitment and enthusiasm. We are seeking to appoint an someone who has the drive and commitment to contribute to the success of our children.

Clayton St John is part of a Trust, a family of 21 schools. The 16 Primary schools have close working relationships supporting each other every day, you will become an integral part of the family. You will both support and be supported by the schools and the Trust central team both educationally and operationally, benefiting from the expertise within the Trust to challenge, support and give additionality.

Job Title: Assistant Catering Manager

Actual Salary: £13,597, (national living wage uplift) Band 3

Hours: 22.5 hours per week, 9:00am - 1:30pm Term Time plus 5 days

Job summary:

As an Assistant Catering Manager, you will assist in overseeing all aspects of catering operations and step into the catering manager’s role in their absence.

• To provide a professional, friendly and efficient service for the staff and children. Providing advice and assistance, maintaining product, whilst ensuring compliance with the academy’s policies and current legislation.
• Liaise with the Catering Manager when planning new menus to provide balanced and nutritional meals.
• Manage inventory and do online ordering as needed. Processing invoices and inputting the end of week figures and end of month stock take using excel.
• Assist in budget management and cost control.
• Prepare, cook and serve hot and cold meals as and when required, considering the dietary requirements of the students as well as their preferences, whilst maintaining quality and budgetary constraints.
• Maintain accurate records of food supplies and cooking and storing temperatures.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Supervise and train catering staff.
• Address any issues or concerns that may arise.
• Completing daily checks within the Safer Food better business manual and documenting any necessary information.

Closing date - 3:00pm, Monday 6th July 2026

Interview: Friday 10th July 2026

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Clayton St John CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 380 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Clayton St John CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/clayton-st-john-cofe-primary-school-bradford

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