Catering Manager

The Marsh Academy, New Romney, Kent, TN28 8BB

15 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  25 September 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: Competitive salary based on experience
• Additional allowances:

  Competitive salary based on experience

Catering Manager job summary

We are looking for a talented, self-motivated and experienced individual passionate about food and customer service, to provide a high-quality catering service which supports the wellbeing of pupils and staff. This includes organising appropriate menus and maintaining stock levels, ensuring compliance with relevant Health & Safety and hygiene regulations, as well as meeting school catering standards.

Applicants should be hard working, professional and have excellent communication and organisational skills and will ideally have experience of a similar role.

The successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check prior to starting and only applications submitted on the school’s application form will be considered.

We are a school with a strong sense of ethos and values and are intentionally inclusive, which means we have a high proportion of children with SEND and are proud of this. The continuous improvement of the school is clear to external visitors and our performance outcomes, and we embrace our position in the heart of the community, with high quality facilities for staff and students as well as the local community, including an onsite leisure centre and cinema. We are now over-subscribed and the school of choice for our local community.

We reserve the right to interview and offer to a strong candidate prior to the closing date. Therefore, it is strongly recommended that candidates submit their applications as soon as possible.

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 The Marsh Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1019 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Marsh Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-marsh-academy

The Marsh Academy is a relatively new school, which is over-subscribed and our new buildings provide high quality facilities for our staff, students and the local community. We have our own Community Leisure Centre and Cinema showing the latest movies, details of both can be found here: www.marshacademy.org.uk.

The workload and wellbeing of all staff is a priority and all staff have free access to the gym and Leisure Centre, free breakfast each day, free lunch every day for completing one half hour duty per week. Teaching staff have more than the standard 10% PPA time and benefit from the Professional Development opportunities afforded by being part of the Challenge Partners Network of Excellence and the newly formed Skinners Academies Trust.

The school sits within the beautiful coastal town of New Romney on the edge of the Romney Marsh walking distance from the beach. Nearby towns of Ashford, Folkestone and the City of Canterbury offer extensive shopping and leisure facilities. Ashford is also home to the International Railway Station offering a 35 minute journey to London and the Eurostar. The Eurotunnel terminal is a 20 minute drive from New Romney and the nearby Port of Dover, giving easy access to Europe. The Romney Marsh is a SSSI famous for its habitats ranging from the shingle expanse of Dungeness to the surrounding farmland and the diversity of the flora, fauna and wildlife.

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