Chef Manager

Writhlington School, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 3NQ

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  11 November 2026

• Closing date

  29 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 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: actual annual salary £28,908 - £31,298

Chef Manager job summary

Role: Chef Manager 

Location: Hayesfield School

Start Date: ASAP

Hours: 35 hours per week, 7:30am - 3:00pm 

Salary: Grade 7 and scale point range 23 - 26, £18.44 - £19.96 per hour (full time equivalent £35,570 - £38,510) actual annual salary £28,908 - £31,298

Hayesfield Girls School is a prestigious school, dedicated to fostering an environment of excellence. Situated in a vibrant community, the school prides itself on its commitment to nurturing young minds and ensuring the wellbeing of its students. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and passionate Chef Manager to oversee both the Upper Oldfield Park and Brougham Hayes kitchens, leading a team to provide nutritious and high-quality meals for our students and staff. With the support of a forward-thinking Trust, you will play a vital role in shaping the school’s catering provision, ensuring it meets the highest standards in food quality, health, safety and sustainability.

Role Overview:

We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Chef Manager to join our team at Hayesfield School, overseeing the daily operations of both the Upper Oldfield Park and Brougham Hayes kitchens. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering a nutritious and balanced menu, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, managing kitchen staff and maintaining the highest standards of food quality. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development of a catering service that supports the school’s ethos and meets the needs of the whole school community.

Key Responsibilities:

• Prepare, cook and serve an imaginative range of nutritionally balanced dishes.
• Assist in the development and delivery of a catering strategy aligned with the ‘Food for Life Partnership Scheme’.
• Manage kitchen staff, providing training, development and support to ensure high standards of service and efficiency.
• Oversee the day-to-day management of health and safety procedures, including COSHH and HACCP compliance.
• Contribute to menu planning, portion control and nutrition analysis, including special dietary needs.
• Maintain stock levels, ordering from nominated suppliers and ensure budget control.
• Manage the cashless catering system and ensure accurate readings at the end of each service.
• Participate in regular staff and department meetings, training courses and performance management reviews.
• Ensure the protection and safeguarding of students, following relevant policies and procedures.
• Participate in the wider school community, developing positive relationships with students, staff and parents.

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• Minimum 2 years of experience working at Head Chef level.
• Relevant catering qualifications (e.g., City & Guilds 706/1 & 2 or NVQ Level 2 or 3).
• Up-to-date knowledge of health and safety regulations (COSHH, HACCP).
• Strong knowledge of nutrition and dietary requirements.
• Ability to carry out risk assessments and implement safe working practices.
• Efficient stock control and budget management.
• Excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team, identifying strengths and weaknesses.
• Resilient and calm under pressure, with a commitment to high standards.

There are many advantages to working for us. Included in your actual annual salary is generous annual leave entitlement, access to a local government pension scheme, sick pay scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, free eye tests for VDU users and employee assistance helpline. Support staff in schools can also benefit from a range of national discount schemes available to education professionals such as the Blue Light Card offering savings on shopping, travel, and leisure.

We encourage early applications as we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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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.

About Writhlington School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 894 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Writhlington School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/writhlington-school-radstock

Writhlington School offers high quality teaching and learning in fantastic modern facilities. Our community is proud of its high standards and the excellent opportunities that inspire achievement for all.

Writhlington has a proud history of success across all aspects of school life. We are a forward-looking school and aim for our students to have confidence and the necessary skills to play a full and active part in a rapidly changing world. We care deeply about all those who are part of the school community and know that our greatest resource is our people. We are determined to support students to have the highest aspirations in all that they do, to never accept second best, but also to be conciliatory, kind, wise and understanding of others.

We promote excellence in the classroom and expect outstanding behaviour for all students. We challenge students to be dedicated to their studies and support them to achieve greatness across all aspects of school life. Writhlington is a school where the curriculum is rigorous, and where inspiration and insight are rewarded. We do this by promoting the development of the whole person and students’ individual skills and interests and developing a lasting interest in, enjoyment of and appreciation of the value of learning. We develop knowledge and skills that relate to learning in subjects as well as other, more generic, transferable skills essential for life in an increasingly global society. .

We value the voice of all our stakeholders as this helps us to be a truly reflective school. In summary, our vision is for Writhlington School to be a fully inclusive community with outstanding outcomes, so that all students have the best possible life opportunities.

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