Chef
Marpool Primary School, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 3QW23 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
6 February 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
13 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: This is a permanent term-time only position. Hours can be discussed at interview but initially it is for 8.5 hours per day for 40 weeks a year. The day begins at 8.00am and finishes at 5.00pm.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- 23,000
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are seeking a skilled and qualified Chef to manage our in-house dining services, based in the Exmouth area. As part of our dedicated team, you will contribute to our renowned dining service, which emphasizes home-cooked meals made from fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Our “family dining” approach encourages older children to serve younger ones, encouraging a nurturing and communal dining environment. The menu is designed and delivered across all the schools in the Trust. We also cook for another local school, Clyst St. Mary Primary School and will soon be cooking daily meals for a local nursery too. You will be supported by the Head Chefs and the wider catering team to provide high quality meals which are served to our pupils and staff daily. We are keen to grow this number by encouraging all children to have a cooked dinner each day
The successful candidate will need to not only be a great chef but have a love of supporting children and be
able to lead a team, be flexible, dependable, and creative. We wish to employ someone who enjoys good
food and will embrace the school’s aim to deliver a ‘family dining’ experience, and ensure we deliver the
highest quality of seasonal food served fresh to the table. You will need to be able to hear and respond
positively to feedback, especially from children who ‘rate what they ate’ each day
What the school offers its staff
As well as membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, we have enhanced staff pay and conditions through the provision of a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme, an electric car scheme, performance related pay progression and subsidised meals. The successful candidate will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to assist them in fulfilling their duties alongside the cooking. For more information about our dining service, please take a look at Cornerstone Dining Club.
Further details about the role
Are you an experienced chef looking to make a meaningful impact within a vibrant school community? Cornerstone Academy Trust is seeking a talented and passionate Chef to join our team. You will be responsible for preparing high-quality, freshly made hot meals for the children and staff at our exceptional primary schools. We are seeking a skilled and qualified Chef to manage our in-house dining services, based in the Exmouth area. As part of our dedicated team, you will contribute to our renowned dining service, which emphasizes home-cooked meals made from fresh, locally sourced ingredients. Our “family dining” approach encourages older children to serve younger ones, encouraging a nurturing and communal dining environment. The menu is designed and delivered across all the schools in the Trust. We also cook for another local school, Clyst St. Mary Primary School and will soon be cooking daily meals for a local nursery too. You will be supported by the Head Chefs and the wider catering team to provide high quality meals which are served to our pupils and staff daily. We are keen to grow this number by encouraging all children to have a cooked dinner each day. The successful candidate will need to not only be a great chef but have a love of supporting children and be able to lead a team, be flexible, dependable, and creative. We wish to employ someone who enjoys good food and will embrace the school’s aim to deliver a ‘family dining’ experience, and ensure we deliver the highest quality of seasonal food served fresh to the table. You will need to be able to hear and respond positively to feedback, especially from children who ‘rate what they ate’ each day. This is a permanent term-time only position. Hours can be discussed at interview but initially it is for 8.5 hours per day for 40 weeks a year. The day begins at 8.00am and finishes at 5.00pm. The full-time equivalent salary will commence in the region of £23,000 but the actual salary will be in the region of £9,000 to reflect only working 2 days a week. As well as membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme, we have enhanced staff pay and conditions through the provision of a health scheme, a cycle to work scheme, an electric car scheme, performance related pay progression and subsidised meals. The successful candidate will be provided with state-of-the-art IT equipment to assist them in fulfilling their duties alongside the cooking. For more information about our dining service, please take a look at Cornerstone Dining Club. Visits to the schools are welcome by prior arrangement. We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.
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
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CVs are not accepted.
About Marpool Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- Up to 420 pupils
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Marpool Primary School website (opens in new tab)
- Email address
- vacancy@tcat.education
- Phone number
- 01392304040
Marpool Primary School (MPS), joined our Trust in September 2024 to serve the children of the local community. It is part of the Cornerstone Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust that provides 21st century education across four schools as well as professional teacher training through the Cornerstone Teaching Academy.
Digital tools are going to be a critical part of your child’s future. Whether your child is using a computer to edit video, a waterproof device to collect data in forest school, or developing literacy, free thinking, creative and communication skills in the TV studio, the ethos of MPS is to use the technology alongside excellent teaching to provide an outstanding education, packed with opportunity. However, balance is very important in education, as in all areas of life. The children will also play and learn outdoors, at forest school and on the allotment as well as in sports teams and they have the chance to sing in a choir, play a musical instrument and learn to cook.
Arranging a visit to Marpool Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancy@tcat.education.
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