Catering Team Leader

St Thomas More Catholic Academy, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST3 2NJ

9 days remaining to apply

Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
7 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 June 2025

Job details

Job role: Other support roles
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern: Part time: 28.75 hours per week term time + INSET Monday-Friday 9:45am - 3:30pm
Contract type: Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary: Level 4 scp 4-7 (£24,404 - £25,584)
Actual salary: Actual starting salary £16,586

What skills and experience we're looking for

Required for September 2025, we are seeking a Catering Team Leader. The successful candidate will assist in leading a passionate and friendly team working in a fast-paced environment of a busy Secondary School.

The main duties and responsibilities of the role will include:

Prepare, cook and oversee the cooking of food
Organise and supervise the work of other kitchen staff
Operate and ensuring maintenance of kitchen equipment, following training
Maintain high standards of food hygiene and cleanliness in the kitchen in accordance with health and safety, food hygiene and COSHH regulations at all times
Prepare and clear kitchen and dining areas
Undertake cleaning and washing up as directed in the kitchen and dining areas by the Catering Manager
Check delivery of food and other catering consumables from designated suppliers and be responsible for refilling and replacing sauces, condiments and other consumables
Cater for functions.
Any other duties appropriate to the post.

We provide uniform and ongoing training from an employer who is keen to invest in your development.

St Thomas More Catholic Academy is an 11-18 mixed Catholic comprehensive school with 1137 students on roll which has an excellent reputation throughout the area. On 1 November 2013 St Thomas More together with four primary academies formed the All Saints' Catholic Collegiate (MAC).

To apply please complete the CES application form and email to Mrs Stacy Walker swalker@stmca.org.uk along with completed consent to references form, disclosure form and recruitment monitoring form.

Your application should be on the Catholic Education Service application form which can be downloaded from our website: https://www.stmca.org.uk/key-information/vacancies/

Closing Date: 9am on 7th July 2025

Interviews are scheduled to take place 11th July 2025

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All appointments made are also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and Right to Work in the UK.

STM Catholic Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education and the Prevent Duty

What the school offers its staff

The school is proud to be able to offer a number of benefits to its employees including:

Access to CareFirst 24/7 our EAP confidential support
Cycle to work scheme
Sick pay
Wellbeing forum
Termly staff breakfasts
Weekly rewards to the employee of the week
Continued Professional Development reviewed annually

Commitment to safeguarding

Positions are exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointments will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). All appointments made are also subject to satisfactory references, medical clearance and Right to Work in the UK.