Catering Manager
Yate Academy, Yate, South Gloucestershire, BS37 4DX27 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
2 September 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
31 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 36 hrs per week, Monday to Friday Term time + 2 weeks per annum
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- NJC pay scale, Grade 8 points 20 to 24 £31,586 - £34,314 per annum FTE (Actual salary £28,021.12 - £30,700.51 per annum)
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Catering Manager is a leadership position responsible for overseeing the efficient and effective operation of the school kitchen facility within the school. The role involves managing the delegation from the Regional Catering Manager to the team of kitchen staff, ensuring the delivery of high-quality and nutritious meals to the school. The Catering Manager will collaborate with the school, Regional Catering Manager, and other stakeholders to meet nutritional standards, maintain a safe working environment, and foster a positive team culture.
Main duties & responsibilities:
- Provide strong leadership to a diverse team of kitchen staff.
- Foster a positive and collaborative work environment, encouraging teamwork and professional development.
- Oversee the day-to-day operations of the centralised kitchen facility, including cooking, and ensuring adherence to hygiene, safety, and food quality standards.
- Develop and implement standard operating procedures (SOPs) for food preparation storage, and distribution.
- Coordinate with suppliers to ensure the timely and cost-effective procurement of quality ingredients.
- Complete monthly stock takes and the month end procedure, using the current online system, Pelican Pi. To provide monthly finance and any other reports necessary to GLT Finance and Regional Catering Manager.
Collaborate with Regional Catering Manager to develop well-balanced and nutritious menus that meet the dietary needs of primary and secondary school students.
- Stay informed about dietary trends, allergies, and special dietary requirements, adjusting menus accordingly.
- Assist the Regional Catering Manager with the monitoring of the budget, ensuring cost-effective operations while maintaining high-quality food standards.
- Implement and monitor quality control measures to ensure that all meals meet established standards for taste, presentation, and nutrition agreed by Regional Catering Manager.
- To be responsible for the school’s cashless catering system. To include maintaining the system by adding/editing student and staff information, logging internet payments, monitoring free school meal allowances.
You will bring:
At least five GCSE’s or equivalent which must include at least a C/4 grade in Maths and English.
City & Guilds 706 1 & 2 or equivalent.
A passion for creating and delivering great food to a high standard.
Level 3 Food Hygiene & Safety or equivalent.
Sound knowledge of HACCP & COSHH.
Experience of catering within a school environment.
Ability to thrive in a pressurised high volume environment
Excellent IT skills in accordance with business requirements.
Strong financial awareness.
What the school offers its staff
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including:
Professional development and career progression
Generous pension scheme
Blue Light Card
Eligibility for Teacher Art Pass (teaching staff only)
An Employee Assistance Programme
Gym Discounts
Free eye tests
Cycle to work scheme
Green car scheme
Being part of a great team and expanding organisation
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
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About Yate Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 801 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Yate Academy website
- Email address
- kpickford@yateacademy.co.uk
At Yate Academy, we have built our ethos on a strong set of core values which underpin everything that we do. Our aim is to give students at Yate Academy a better chance of success than if they attended any other school in the country.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
Arranging a visit to Yate Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email kpickford@yateacademy.co.uk.
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