Catering Tutor
Forest Moor School, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 2RA8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
7 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
23 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £30,559.00 - £33,366.00 Annually (FTE) Instructor Scale SCP 18-23 +SEN (Actual: £26,491.49 - £28,924.87 plus SEN allowance £1,293.18)
Catering Tutor job summary
Catering Tutor
Instructor Scale SCP 18-23 + SEN
Salary: FTE £30,559 - £33,366
(Actual:£26,491.49 - £28,924.87 plus SEN allowance £1,293.18)
Term Time Only - 39 weeks per year
Are you a foodie with a passion for teaching? We need an inspiring Catering Tutor to take the lead in our college kitchen and café. This isn’t just about cooking—it’s about connecting students with the world of work, boosting confidence and serving up real personal and vocational skills.
Forest Moor School is a Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) school based at Menwith Hill, just outside of Harrogate. It is a Key Stage 2 - 4 provision with around 96 students on role in beautiful surroundings. Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with SEMH needs. Unconditional Positive Regard is at the centre of what we do and we are an academy that is welcoming, caring, safe, warm and believes that all its pupils can be supported and empowered to succeed.
As a Catering Tutor your primary focus will be to lead the coordination, development and delivery of vocational activities, campaigns, events and programmes within our college kitchen and cafe. You will deliver a well planned catering curriculum that helps students develop personal and vocational skills, connecting them directly with the world of work. You will also play a key role in mentoring support staff and establishing networks with external organisations to ensure safe, equitable, and effective provision.
What you will cook up!Curriculum Delivery: Develop and deliver safe, effective and enjoyable catering training programmes
Staff Supervision: Provide effective supervision, mentoring and support to support staff, coaches and volunteers, assisting in identifying their training needs.
Student Progress: Track and evidence student progress and personal development over time, ensuring pupils achieve relevant certification and accreditation.
Administration & Reporting: Maintain accurate records of participation and performance and prepare clear progress reports.
Financial & Funding Awareness: Monitor expenditure and income within your area and identify potential external funding streams.
Promotion & Inclusion: Assist with marketing and promotional plans to ensure opportunities are equitably accessed by traditionally under-represented or vulnerable groups.
Ingredients required:
Experience: Proven experience working within a professional kitchen, café or similar catering environment.
Training & Mentorship: Experience planning and delivering catering training programmes, alongside supervising or mentoring a group of individuals.
Qualifications: A relevant vocational qualification in Catering/Hospitality (e.g., NVQ Level 3 or equivalent) and a Food Hygiene/Food Safety Certification.
Kitchen Safety: Strong working knowledge of food safety standards, risk management, HACCP principles and COSHH regulations.
Core Skills: Excellent interpersonal skills, strong organisational capabilities, a commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion and a genuine passion for engaging pupils in hands-on learning.
To see the full Job Description and Person Specification please see attached supporting documents
Forest Moor and the wider Trust places a huge emphasis on professional development and invests significantly in staff training at all levels. This means that, although experience of working in an SEMH setting would be an advantage, specialist support and training will be provided for outstanding candidates wishing to make the career fulfilling move into special education.
If you would like to discuss or find out more about this post, please contact Alec Scott, Vice Principal, at Forest Moor School, via email a.scott@forestmoor.org.uk
Closing date for applications is 9.00am, 7th July 2026
Wellspring Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils. All posts are offered subject to enhanced DBS checks. References will be requested and an online search carried out for shortlisted candidates, prior to attendance at interview.
Further pre-employment checks, including prohibition from teaching, childcare disqualification and section 128 checks, if deemed relevant for the role, will be completed for the successful candidate upon acceptance of the post.
If you are currently living overseas or have lived / worked overseas in the last five years please be aware that you will be required to provide an overseas criminal records check from the country/countries you have resided in, if you are the preferred candidate for the post.
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 Forest Moor School
- School type
- Academy, ages 9 to 16
- School size
- 103 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 9 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Forest Moor School website
Forest Moor is an SEMH special based at Menwith Hill, just outside of Harrogate. It is a Key Stage 2 – 4 provision with around 96 students on role in beautiful surroundings and now with a lovely building that is continuing to be refurbished to suit the needs of our students.
Our aim is to provide the best possible care and education that we can for children and young people with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs. Unconditional Positive Regard is at the centre of what we do and we are creating an academy that is welcoming, caring, safe, warm and believes that all its pupils can be supported and empowered to succeed. We are creating individual and personalised pathways for our students that are built around their varied needs which will help them achieve positive outcomes and prepare them for their onward destinations into continuing education, work or training. In order to achieve this, we have developed a curriculum that provides opportunities for academic progression as well as vocational learning, whilst being engaging, creative, and innovative.
We see strong relationships as the key to our success – with students, parents, carers and the wider community and we ensure that our school is a welcoming safe place for children to learn and prosper. We believe in working closely with our families and carers and welcome their support, but also realise that at times they will need our support too. We work closely with other agencies and schools to make sure we do all we can to make learning and life the best it possibly can be.
Forest Moor and the wider Trust places a huge emphasis on professional development and invests significantly in staff training at all levels. This means that, although experience of working in an SEMH setting would be an advantage, specialist support and training will be provided for outstanding candidates wishing to make the career fulfilling move into special education.
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