Catering Manager (In house)

Wimbledon College, London, SW19 4NS

32 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st December 2026

• Closing date

  12 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  10 September 2026

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: £39,519.00 - £40,575.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary Range: £35,567 – £36,517 per annum (Pro-rata, reflecting 46.8 paid weeks)

Catering Manager (In house) job summary

We are seeking an exceptional, highly motivated, and experienced Catering Manager to lead and develop our successful in-house catering service. This is a rare opportunity to manage a high-volume, professional school kitchen catering for up to 1,000 daily covers across breakfast, mid-morning break, lunch, and special college events.

Leading a dedicated, established team of 10 staff (including a Deputy Catering Manager), you will be responsible for planning fresh, innovative, and compliant menus that support our healthy eating aims. You will oversee our modern Live Register cashless system, manage the department's budget, and maintain our exceptional 5-star food hygiene standards.

This is an exciting, stable role offering an enviable work-life balance with no late nights, no weekends, and school holidays off, alongside access to the excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

• Proven experience managing or supervising a high-volume catering operation (preferably in education or high-volume commercial hospitality).
• Strong leadership skills to motivate, organise, and develop a kitchen team.
• Deep knowledge of food safety legislation (HACCP), allergen management (Natasha's Law), and School Food Standards.
• Level 3 Award in Food Safety in Catering (or equivalent), with strong IT literacy to manage stock, budgets, and cashless systems.
• A supportive approach toward the unique Catholic, Jesuit ethos of our school.

We reserve the right to close this advert early should a suitable candidate be appointed, so early applications are strongly encouraged.

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

At Wimbledon College we recognise our moral and statutory responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all pupils.
We make every effort to provide an environment in which children and adults feel safe, secure, valued and respected, and feel confident to talk if they are worried, believing they will be effectively listened to.

We are alert to the signs of abuse and neglect and follow our procedures to ensure that children receive effective support, protection and justice. Child protection forms part of the school’s safeguarding policy.

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 Wimbledon College

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1266 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wimbledon College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wimbledon-college

Wimbledon College is a popular and oversubscribed school which prides itself on its exam results at both GCSE and A level with results significantly above national averages. As a Jesuit school, our ethos can be summed up by St Ignatius Loyola’s vision for Jesuit schools as being “for improvement in living and learning for the greater glory of God and the common good.” Central to St Ignatius’ vision and to the College is the education of the whole person, providing each pupil with the opportunity to strive for excellence in all that they do.

The school is accommodated in striking Grade II listed buildings on Edge Hill, above the parish church of the Sacred Heart, on a spacious green site in a conservation area. Private and public funds have facilitated a substantial development of the facilities of the College over the last fifteen years.
The College currently has close to 1300 boys on roll including 270 in the Sixth Form. It is a great place to work with a supportive, committed staff who share the school’s high expectations. All teachers are specialists in their subjects and there is a well-established CPD programme which encourages staff to work collaboratively on self-identified areas of research and pedagogy.

Wimbledon College has a strong system of pastoral care and discipline. All teachers are form tutors and work with Heads of Line in ensuring every boy is supported, cared for and challenged to progress academically and become involved in the wider life of the school. The school’s intake is truly comprehensive academically, socially and economically and ethnically. It draws from across southwest London and from Surrey and north of the Thames also. Last year saw boys join the College from over 40 different schools. Places in Y7 are regularly oversubscribed threefold.

We encourage all of our boys to be involved in extra-curricular clubs and activities and we offer over 80 different such opportunities to the boys. The school has a strong tradition of drama and music as well as a very extensive sports programme in the school, financially supported by parents’ donations to the School Fund.

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