Catering/Kitchen Manager
Biggleswade Academy, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, SG18 8JU12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January
Closing date
26 November 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £14.82 Hourly NJC 4B point 12
Catering/Kitchen Manager job summary
Catering/Kitchen Manager
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Catering Manager to manage our fantastic school kitchens and to provide delicious and nutritious meals for our lovely pupils at Biggleswade Academy.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead our school’s catering team and play a key role in delivering high-quality, nutritious meals to our pupils and staff. As Catering Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the school kitchens, managing two small kitchen teams, planning menus in line with nutritional standards, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene and safety regulations.
We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills, a passion for food, and a commitment to providing excellent service. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role and be highly organised.
It is desirable that the successful candidate holds a relevant qualification in Catering, Food or Hospitality, ideally to NVQ Level 3 and is confident using computer systems - full training will be given for our kitchen management software.
Key duties will include:
Responsibility for the operational efficiency of the catering service, planning, preparation and presentation of food to the required standard within agreed budget limitations
Planning and developing the school’s catering provision for pupils and staff, delivering high quality, nutritious meals tailored to the diverse needs of our pupils
A strong understanding of special dietary requirements, including allergies
The ability to batch cook, preventing over production and reducing food waste
Managing stock and ensuring the storeroom is kept tidy and organised
Line manage a team of catering assistants across two kitchens, including performance appraisals
Maintain the highest standards of hygiene and health and safety in both the kitchen and dining areas
To undertake any training in order to operate the schools kitchen management system
If you’re ready to take the lead in creating a positive dining experience that supports pupil well-being and learning, we would love to hear from you.
Hours: 30 hours per week - 8am to 2pm - plus two 30 minute meetings each half term (6 hours a year)
Weeks: Term time plus 3 inset training days and 1 or 2 open evenings each year
Salary: NJC 4B point 12
Contract: Permanent
Closing Date: 26th November 2025
To apply, please visit https://biggleswadeacademy.org/biggleswade-academy/careers-with-us.
If you have any questions regarding this position, please call 01767 660 515 or email vacancies@biggleswadeacademy.org
We reserve the right to appoint before the closing date.
Biggleswade Academy 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 DBS (Disclosure Barring Service). In line with Keeping Children safe in Education, online searches will be undertaken for all prospective shortlisted candidates.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Biggleswade Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 875 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Biggleswade Academy website
We wholly believe in the tangible benefits of an age 2-13 structure, minimising the need to change schools, and the family environment that a through school engenders. The through model can work to outstanding effect, particularly with regard to pastoral care, student welfare and the quality of relationships between each member of the school community. Our skills and experience in these areas are crucial and, alongside our innovative approaches and the wide-ranging opportunities we provide for our pupils, help create our unique ethos.
Our aim is to inspire all children with a love of learning and to create special and happy memories of their time with us. Children learn best when they feel safe to take on challenges, are interested and feel valued. Learning is celebrated and openly admired.
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