Catering Manager
The North Halifax Grammar School, Halifax, West Yorkshire, HX2 9SU2 days remaining to apply
Start date details
3rd November 2025
Closing date
27 September 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
5 September 2025
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
- £25,190.00 - £29,684.00 Annually (Actual) Term time plus 10 days
Catering Manager job summary
| Grade and Pay Range | NJC Scale 5 Point 12 to 17 (Actual salary £25,190 to £29,684) per annum NJC pay award not yet agreed |
| Hours | 37 hours per week, term time plus 10 days (Monday to Friday) |
| Tenure | Permanent |
| Responsible to | Finance Director |
Main purpose of the role:
To support the school vision through creating an exciting, nutritious and highly valued catering provision across the school site. This will be realised through:
Working with students, staff and leading the catering team to develop a nutritious, well received and high quality catering offer across the school.
Leading an effective catering team to deliver the above across all outlets and at all required times, in addition to supporting after school and external events.
To constantly evaluate the impact of the current provision against legal standards, value for money and levels of satisfaction by students and staff, adapting where appropriate.
Main duties:
Developing and implementing an excellent food and drink offer
Develop and implement an innovative and exciting menu offer which meets required external standards and the needs/tastes of students and staff.
Ensure the offer delivers a wide range of options across all outlets.
Ensure the menu offer meets the requirements of our diverse range of students, including culturally relevant items.
Ensure the menu range caters for appropriate allergies/dietary requirements and lifestyle choices, including meeting labelling requirements.
Be responsible for the stock control and ordering of items across all outlets, ensuring best value for money.
Providing bespoke catering support for additional events including internal hospitality and external events as reasonably requested. Liaise with partners on catering requirements for events.
Work with students on specific ‘themed’ events and days across the school year.
Ensure strong promotion of the catering offer with students, staff and the wider community.
Running appropriate promotions and competitions to encourage engagement with the service and celebrate diversity across the school
To co-ordinate an effective catering team
Manage the catering team to ensure efficient and high quality delivery of the catering provision across all outlets. Ensuring all staff support our school vision, with a key emphasis on high expectations and enjoy the journey.
Ensure all the catering team adhere to expected standards including health and safety legislation and student safeguarding
Ensure all appropriate food and hygiene safety standards are met
Support with the appointment, induction, training and performance management of the catering team
Work with HR to arrange cover for absent staff
Take responsibility for own professional development, reflecting on personal practice adapting as required.
Continually develop repertoire of exciting menu items and recipes
Liaise with cleaning and duty staff on smooth delivery of the provision
Evaluating the effectiveness of provision
Routinely review income, profit/loss and general costs to ensure maximum take up by students/staff against best value for money
Work with the Finance Manager to regularly review how participation and income/profit can be increased, without compromising quality
Work with students to ensure they have a voice in the catering offer and feel valued in the overall provision - helping them to ‘enjoy the journey’ through food and drink that they look forward to each day
Maintain all appropriate schedules and reports to ensure compliance with legislation. This will include checking quality of produce, temperatures, storage and servery temperatures and stock rotation
Work with the Premises Manager in the maintenance, repair and general good care of catering equipment.
Constantly check and evaluate the professionalism, cleanliness and attractiveness of all catering areas including the main kitchen and outlets - portraying the school high expectations agenda
Other duties
Taking responsibility for attending and participating in open evenings and school events which promote the school.
To undertake any other duties that the Headteacher may reasonably request.
Health, safety and discipline
Promote the safety and wellbeing of students.
Maintain good order and discipline among students, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe environment.
Professional development
Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures.
Take part in further training and development in order to improve own performance.
Where appropriate, take part in the appraisal and professional development of others.
Take part in professional development within your area of expertise, sharing ways to improve with others.
Communication
Communicate effectively with students, parents and carers.
Working with colleagues and other relevant professionals
Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school.
Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues.
Personal and professional conduct
Uphold public trust in the profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school.
Have proper and professional regard for the ethos, policies and practices of the school, and maintain high standards of attendance and punctuality.
Understand and act within the statutory frameworks setting out your professional duties and responsibilities.
This job description is not a comprehensive definition of the post. The list above is neither exhaustive nor prescriptive and duties may vary within this framework to ensure that the post holder’s strengths and experience are used most effectively and to ensure that the academy is able to respond to changes in local and/or national priorities as necessary.
- As an employee at NHGS you will be part of the West Yorkshire Pension Scheme (for associate staff) and Teachers Pension (for teaching staff) for which the Academy pays a substantial contribution into on your behalf for your retirement.
- You will also receive an employee benefit as a member of Medicash who offer an Employee Assistance Programme and Health Cash Plan from the date your employment commences.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About The North Halifax Grammar School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1199 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The North Halifax Grammar School website
NHGS is the school that everyone wishes they went to: where enthusiasm is infectious and excellence is standard; where co-operation is at the heart of all we do, where everyone strives to achieve their goals and is mindful of the right ways to do so.
We equip our students with the knowledge, skills and understanding to navigate life with confidence and set courses of their own choosing. Together, we develop the whole person by:
Living to Learn I Learning to Live
If you share our vision of a great education, we’d love to hear from you.
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