Chef
The City Academy Bristol, Bristol, Avon, BS5 9JH27 days remaining to apply
Job start date
11 January 2027
Closing date
30 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
3 November 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
- £22,947 - £25,010
Chef job summary
Job Title: Chef
Actual Annual Salary: £22,947 - £25,010 Based on hours and weeks worked
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £26,798 - £29,208 (Grade B) Based on full time hours, all year-round contract
Contract Type: Permanent, Term Time Only plus Inset days
Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week
Additional Information: The working pattern is Monday to Thursday, 7:00am to 3:00pm, and Friday, 7:00am to 2:30pm, with a 30-minute unpaid break each day. This role is 37 hours per week.
Potential Start Date: January 27, Subject to completion of pre-employment checks
Are you a passionate Chef looking for a role where you can focus on preparing great food whilst enjoying a healthy work-life balance?
We are seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Chef to join our catering team, providing high-quality, nutritious meals for students, staff and visitors whilst helping to create a positive dining experience within our school community.
As Chef, you will work alongside the wider catering team to support the day-to-day operation of the kitchen, including food preparation, menu planning, stock management and food service. You will play an important role in maintaining high standards of food quality, hygiene and customer service, whilst contributing new ideas and initiatives to support the continued development of the catering provision.
The role also involves supporting breakfast and lunch services, internal events, stock control activities, menu costings, and ensuring compliance with food safety, allergen and COSHH regulations.
One of the key benefits of this role is the excellent work-life balance it offers. Unlike many catering roles, this position does not require regular evening or weekend working, allowing you to pursue your passion for food whilst maintaining valuable personal and family time.
About You
We are looking for a hardworking, reliable and customer-focused individual who enjoys working in a busy kitchen environment and takes pride in delivering a high-quality service.
You will have:
- An understanding of the working conditions within a busy kitchen environment.
- City & Guilds 706/1 qualification (or equivalent) or be working towards this qualification.
- NVQ Level 1 and 2 Hospitality and Catering qualifications (or equivalent) or be working towards these qualifications.
- Knowledge of regulations and legislation relating to safe and hygienic working practices within a catering environment, including food hygiene and COSHH regulations.
- Knowledge of healthy eating and dietary requirements as well as manual handling within a catering environment.
- A first aid qualifications or a willingness to undertake training where required.
- Experience of ordering stock/stock management.
- Experience of menu planning and preparing meals for commercial activity.
- The ability to safely operate a range of kitchen equipment and machinery, maintaining a clean, safe and hygienic working environment.
- Skills to work both independently and as part of a team.
Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification.
About City Academy Bristol:
CAB is a vibrant, diverse and dynamic academy in the centre of Bristol. We provide an inclusive and accessible education, which transforms future opportunities for young people, their families and the community.
We are a well-positioned and well-connected academy with direct connection to the developments in Temple Quarter and key economic areas of east and central Bristol.
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities and aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
Recruitment timeline:
Closing Date: 30 November 26
Interviews: 10/11 December 26
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Please note that sponsorship can not be offered with this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role.
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer, we are dedicated to equity and inclusion and commit to interviewing applicants with a disability who meet the essential criteria. We aim to provide an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, and support employees throughout their employment. If you have a disability, are neurodivergent, or require any adjustments to support you through the application or interview process please let us know.
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 City Academy Bristol
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 977 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
City Academy is a very diverse school with a high proportion of disadvantaged students (47% PPI, 21% SEND and 40% EAL) serving its community in the heart of Bristol. It was the first academy in the South West, opening on the site of the St George School in 2003.
Students often arrive in the academy with very low prior attainment, with the Year 11 for 2021 having an average scaled score of 95.2(national average =102.4), 73% of Year 9 entered the school with a reading age below their chronological age and 24% having a reading age of less than 9 years old on entry.
Due to its location in Bristol a large number of refugee and migrant students attend the academy; 26% of the academy are “in year “ admissions and this increases in the older year groups. The main catchment area is the Lawrence Hill ward which is one of the 10% most deprived in the country where over 50% of children under 16 are living in poverty. Latest data indicates that the academy is in the highest percentile nationally for deprivation, and has the highest percentage of pupils who are pupil premium in the City.
The academy has been on a rapid improvement journey in the last four years which has seen outcomes improve to be consistently above floor and P8 = +0.26 in 2018 and for the cohort of students being educated on site P8 = +0.15 in 2019. In 2018 PP students achieve as well as England state-funded non-disadvantaged pupils with P8=0.13 and over half a grade per subject per PP students compared to PP student progress nationally (-0.40). The vision for the academy is built and communicated around the following statement:
We exist to address inequality so that all students are equipped to make the choice to: go to university, choose their career and improve the world so that we make a positive contribution to society.
We value grit, honesty and team spirit so that we win in life.
We educate everyone in our local community."
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