Catering Manager
Catmose College, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 6RP20 days remaining to apply
Job start date
27 August 2025
Closing date
2 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
12 May 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: Actual salary: £30,043 - £34,332 based on 37 hours per week, term-time only (37 weeks pa), plus 75 additional hours to be worked flexibly across the academic year. Support staff scale 5, points 23 – 28 inclusive, £34,206 - £39,089 Full Time Equivalent. *Pay award pending. To start 27 August 2025.
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Support staff scale 5, points 23 – 28 inclusive, £34,206 - £39,089 Full Time Equivalent.
What skills and experience we're looking for
CATERING MANAGER
Actual salary: £30,043 - £34,332 based on 37 hours per week, term-time only (37 weeks pa), plus 75 additional hours to be worked flexibly across the academic year.
Support staff scale 5, points 23 – 28 inclusive, £34,206 - £39,089 Full Time Equivalent.
*Pay award pending.
To start 27 August 2025.
We are looking for a Catering Manager to join a strong and supportive team who take pride in the service they offer to our students and staff. The Catering Manager will be responsible for ensuring the smooth running of the catering service within the Rutland and District Schools’ Federation which consists of Catmose College, Harington School and Catmose Primary, all located within one mile of each other.
Typical working hours are Monday – Friday 7.30am to 3.30pm, however the actual working pattern is negotiable and can be discussed at interview. We are also looking to offer one week’s handover in the summer term with the current postholder.
The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of our catering service, which include leading the catering team to ensure that our food is delicious, within a balanced budget and the kitchen is compliant with health and safety policies and procedures.
Flexibility, a sense of humour, and the ability to communicate effectively are essential characteristics for this role.
What the school offers its staff
Staff are able to enjoy many additional benefits that come as part of working within the Federation. These include, amongst others:
- A commitment to continued professional development.
- Priority admission for children of staff to the College and Primary.
- Outstanding facilities.
- A broad range of opportunities to engage in extracurricular trips and activities.
- Highly rated average final salary Government Pension Scheme.
- A subsidised restaurant, refectory and orangery.
- Complimentary lunch on staff training days.
- Cycleshare scheme salary sacrifice for bike purchases.
- Free parking.
Further details about the role
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and welcome applications from candidates looking for a variety of flexible working arrangements.
If you have any questions regarding the role, please contact Emma Dilks who is the Finance Director and line manages Catering, she may be contacted via email:edilks@catmosecollege.com
The Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students in our care and expects all staff to share this commitment. We provide safeguarding training to all staff on an annual basis, and all staff are responsible for ensuring safeguarding, health and safety policies are implemented in line with Federation policy and current legislation. Please familiarise yourself with our Safeguarding Policy, available online atwww.rutlandfederation.com/policies.
This position advertised is a ‘regulated position’ which means it will involve regular contact with children and young people; under the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. This position is also ‘exempt’ from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
Commitment to safeguarding
The Federation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all students in our care and expects all staff to share this commitment. We provide safeguarding training to all staff on an annual basis, and all staff are responsible for ensuring safeguarding, health and safety policies are implemented in line with Federation policy and current legislation.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to office@rutlandfederation.com
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Catmose College
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1097 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Catmose College website
- Email address
- office@rutlandfederation.com
- Phone number
- 01572770066
Catmose College is an oversubscribed secondary academy school on Huntsmans Drive in Oakham, Rutland. The majority of students are drawn from the county town of Oakham and surrounding villages, although many are attracted from a wider area including Leicestershire and Melton through parental choice.
The College is one of the highest achieving in Rutland and Leicestershire. Our Ofsted report in March 2024 rated the College ‘Outstanding’ in all categories. We offer a broad range of experiences beyond the classroom to build independence, resilience and leadership skills that are critical for success in adult life.
We believe in the traditional values of education; that students do best when they are happy, behave well and are engaged in purposeful activity. Our approach blends high expectations with innovative practice to ensure that all students are able to achieve their potential. The College is about much more than just academic success, our ethos is one that embraces the whole person, not just what they accomplish in lessons but everything else that ensures they are ready for the challenges of the adult world. For example, students partake weekly in the ever-popular Electives programme, where lessons finish early to allow time for students to participate in a vast array of over 90 activities and learning, from Caribbean Cooking to Cricket, and Pottery Throw Down to Trampolining.
Students also benefit from an extremely wide array of trips and visits; in previous years these have included a performing arts trip to Liverpool, a photography trip to Iceland, cultural visits to Italy and Spain, a German exchange, a visit to the WWI battlefields and much more.
We pride ourselves on offering a bespoke approach to students’ needs, whether they are more able or need some extra support. Music, Sport and Academic Scholarships are awarded annually to students who can demonstrate excellent ability in their chosen area. The scholarships are designed to recognise exceptional talent and to provide the facilities, resources and staffing to allow high-ability students to achieve their potential.
When making decisions at the College, our guiding principle is simple, ‘Would it be good enough for our own children?’ By ensuring that the standards of everything we do meets this benchmark, we ensure that the quality of services we offer are exceptional.
Arranging a visit to Catmose College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@rutlandfederation.com.
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