Assistant Kitchen Manager

Beech Hill Community Primary School, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8BW

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  27 November 2025

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: £18,235.00 Annually (Actual)

Assistant Kitchen Manager job summary

BEECH HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL

Dunstable Road, Luton, Bedfordshire, LU4 8BW

Tel: (01582) 429434

Headteacher: Mr C Davidson www.beechhillprimary.com

Deputy Headteacher: Miss N Carson admin@beechhillprimary.com

VACANCY

ASSISTANT KITCHEN MANAGER

L3 (£18,235 per annum)

30 Hours per week (7am to 1.30pm)

(38 weeks per year plus 5 cleaning/training days)

We are looking for someone who can use their professional catering skills to play a significant part in making sure our children get a nutritious and balanced lunch. We expect you to assist the Kitchen Manager in managing the kitchen and dining room in accordance with and to the standards of Beech Hill Primary School policy, meeting the needs of the school in respect of our catering provision.

The successful candidate will have the following:

• Experience in large scale industrial catering or similar.
• Demonstrate a high level of cooking skill.
• Knowledge of Catering Health and Safety legislation.
• Ability to follow and uphold policies.

In exchange for highly motivated, enthusiastic and passionate individuals we are proud to offer a:

• A friendly, supportive Senior Leadership Team
• Enthusiastic hardworking staff.
• Excellent continuing professional development.
• A pleasant and well resourced environment.
• Subsidised lunches.

Applicants for these public-facing posts will need to demonstrate the ability to converse, and provide effective help or advice, fluently in spoken English.

Closing date: 5th December 2025 @ 10am

Interviews: To be confirmed.

Start Date: ASAP

Informal visits are warmly encouraged. To arrange this and for further information about the position and how to apply please contact our Personnel Officer, Mary Hull on 01582 393452 or email mary.hull@beechhillprimary.com.

CVs will not be accepted for any posts based in schools. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure Barring Service. . If you are shortlisted for this role, or an alternative role, an online name search will be undertaken, as per Keeping Children Safe in Education.

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 Beech Hill Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 904 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Beech Hill Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beech-hill-community-primary-school-luton

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