Catering Manager

Churchtown Primary School, Southport, Merseyside, PR9 7NN

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  11 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  25 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £28,142.00 - £32,061.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 6 SCP 11-19

Catering Manager job summary

Are you organised, energetic and passionate about providing children with healthy, nutritious and enjoyable meals? Do you take pride in high standards and enjoy leading a team in a busy and rewarding environment? We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Catering Manager to join our school community and lead the day-to-day delivery of our catering provision. Our catering service plays an important part in school life, providing nutritious and balanced meals that support children's wellbeing, development and ability to learn. We are looking for someone who will bring enthusiasm, creativity and a strong commitment to delivering an excellent service for our pupils, staff and families.

This is a varied and hands-on role, combining team leadership, menu planning, food safety, stock management, budgeting and customer service, making it ideal for someone who enjoys working with people while also being highly organised and commercially aware.

About the Role

As our Catering Manager, you will take overall responsibility for the smooth and effective running of the school's catering operation. You will lead and support the catering team, ensuring that meals are prepared and served to a consistently high standard and that the kitchen operates safely, efficiently and within budget.

You will oversee ordering, stock control and menu planning, while ensuring that dietary requirements, allergies and nutritional standards are carefully managed. You will also work closely with school leaders to develop and maintain a catering service that reflects the needs of our children and the wider school community.

Previous experience in a school, nursery, childcare or catering environment would be advantageous, as would relevant food safety or catering qualifications. However, we are equally interested in candidates who can demonstrate strong leadership, organisation and customer-service skills, together with a genuine passion for providing excellent food for children.

If you are someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys being part of a school community and wants to make a positive difference to children's daily experience at school, we would love to hear from you.

This role is part time, permanent and term time plus 1 week. The working pattern for this role is Monday to Friday 7:30am to 3:00pm working 35 hours per week.

To apply, please complete our online application form and include a personal statement to support your application and outline the relevant skills and experience you can bring to Churchtown Primary School.

For any further information, please feel free to get in touch with our Operations Manager, Claire via c.pearce@churchtown.org.uk

SAFEGUARDING

Endeavour Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and individually take responsibility for doing so.

Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Churchtown Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 660 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Churchtown Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/churchtown-primary-school

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