Catering Manager
Abbotsweld Primary Academy, Harlow, Essex, CM18 6TE16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
4 October 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
17 September 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
- £14,459.93 - £15,151.62 Annually (Actual) Scale 5 Pt 8-11 FTE salary FTE £27,533.00-£28,871.00
Catering Manager job summary
Catering Manager
Salary: Scale 5 Pt 8-11 FTE salary FTE £27,533.00-£28,871.00
Actual Salary: £14,459.93 - £15,151.62, term time only working 36.4 weeks.
Working Hours: 25 hours per week, 9am to 2pm
Start date: ASAP
Abbotsweld Primary Academy are looking for a Catering Manager to join our successful team. The ideal candidate would be an effective role model that sets high expectations and promotes a healthy lifestyle to the pupils. Applicants must be enthusiastic and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Currently we prepare and serve 150+ meals a day; the school is looking to increase this to 200+. We are looking to recruit a friendly and child-focused catering manager to plan and prepare delicious home cooked food for our pupils, someone who has experience of managing a kitchen and who would be willing to become involved in bringing food into the school curriculum.
The successful candidate will:
- Supervise staff
- Manage a budget
- Plan and develop menus that meet the required standards
- Promote school meals to parents and pupils
- Cook great food!
- Have proven high standards of hygiene and food preparation
- Able to follow sound hygiene practices
- Ensure that health and safety regulations are observed
- Follow the menu and recipes agreed
- Show patience and quiet enthusiasm with the children
- Be a team player
- Maintain a high standard of personal and general cleanliness and hygiene to comply with statutory school regulations.
Additional benefits at working at Abbotsweld Primary Academy:
- Additional 13 days school holidays
- Competitive salary
- IT equipment relevant to the post
- A supportive team of leaders and staff
- Opportunities for growth and development
- A collaborative environment to work with colleagues across the trust
- Extensive CPD opportunities, with external courses for career development
- Membership of a generous pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) or Teacher Pension Scheme (TPS)
- National pay rates
- Flexible working opportunities
- Supportive special leave requests
Support and training will be available for candidates who demonstrate the necessary skill set.
Visits to the school are welcome and encouraged. In compliance with Safer Recruitment guidelines, CVs cannot be accepted.
NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
NET Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the Safer Recruitment process all shortlisted applicants will be subject to social media checks. The successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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 Abbotsweld Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 307 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Welcome to Abbotsweld Primary Academy
‘Where pupils find a Sense of SELF’
It is with pleasure that I welcome you to our school community. We are an aspirational school devoted to pupils reaching academic success, having positive wellbeing and great physical development. We motivate pupils to flourish through our curriculum, which includes our bespoke Sense of SELF Programme, Pupil Athlete Pathway and STAC (Sensory Therapy Activity Challenge).
Pupils at Abbotsweld further succeed by taking advantage of our enrichment programme whether it be political debate, performing on stage, playing out on the sports field, being a part of pupil voice programmes, leading a charitable activity or through one of the many more clubs available.
Throughout every pupils’ time at Abbotsweld they will work so that they can leave us with a full grasp of who they are through our values:
Academic Success - Positive Wellbeing - Physical Development
Collaboration - Continuous Improvement - Community
Please do contact us to find out more and book a visit.
Elizabeth Bradshaw
Abbotsweld Primary Academy
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