Catering Manager

Ruskin Junior School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN2 7NG

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 December 2025

• Closing date

  10 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  3 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15.62 - £16.14 Hourly M Scale - Depending on experience

Catering Manager job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Catering Manager to run our fantastic school kitchen and provide delicious and nutritious meals for our lovely pupils and staff at Ruskin Junior School.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to cook to a high standard, run a busy kitchen, have great communication skills, and work within all aspects of health & safety and school meal standards.

The main duties will be:

• 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.
• Line manage a team of Catering Assistants.
• Maintain the highest standards of personnel management, hygiene and health and safety.
• It is desirable that the successful candidate will hold a relevant qualification in Catering, Food or Hospitality, ideally to NVQ Level 3.

If you would like to talk to us about this role please contact us via the details below.

Ruskin Junior School

Wordsworth Drive, Swindon,

Wiltshire SN2 7NG

01793 332107

Acting Head Teacher: James Wood

* admin@ruskin.bluekitetrust.org

ruskinjuniorschool.com

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 Ruskin Junior School

• School type: Academy, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 327 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ruskin Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ruskin-junior-school-swindon

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