Chef Manager

Wymondham High Academy, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0QT

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  19 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  23 October 2025

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: NJC SCP 18-22 £16.35 to £17.47 per hour
• Additional allowances:

  NJC SCP 18-22 £16.35 to £17.47 per hour

Chef Manager job summary

37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7am-3pm

Term Time plus inset days (3)

SCP 18-22 £16.35 - £17.47 per hour

Start Date ASAP

This is an exciting opportunity to lead our school’s catering team and play a key role in delivering high-quality, nutritious meals to our students and staff. As Chef Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the school kitchen, managing staff, planning menus in line with nutritional standards, and ensuring compliance with food hygiene and safety regulations.

We are looking for someone with strong leadership skills, a passion for food, and a commitment to providing excellent service. The ideal candidate will have experience in a similar role, be highly organised, and capable of managing budgets and stock.

If you wish to have an informal discussion about this position please contact: Chris Smith, Headteacher via headteacher@wh-at.net

Applications will be considered on receipt.

Closing date 19th November 2025

Interviews: week commencing 24th November 2025

Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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

Enrich Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

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 Wymondham High Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1639 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wymondham High Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wymondham-high-academy

Wymondham High is a very successful and oversubscribed 11-18 Academy, 8 miles from Norwich:
- A "Good School" with an "Outstanding" Sixth Form (Ofsted, November 2017)
- Tatler magazine Top 20 State School 2018
- Highest Performing State School in Norfolk 2018

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