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Great Sankey High School, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 3AA14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
10 October 2025 at 9am
Date listed
26 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time: 37 hours, Term time only plus Inset days ‘ Monday-Thursday 6.30am-14.30pm & Friday 6.30am-14.15pm
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- FTE: £25.185-£25,583 ACTUAL: £21,329-£21,666
Pay scale
- Grade 3 SCP 4-5
What skills and experience we're looking for
Main Responsibilities
- To be responsible for co-ordinating the cooking and preparation and serving of all meals as per the developed menu.
- To ensure that all meals are produced to the same high standard and that the school’s Healthy Eating Policy and its commitment to providing a nutritious and healthy balanced diet is achieved.
- To be responsible for ensuring that all food prepared and served complies with all government nutritional guidelines.
- To be responsible for implementing, monitoring and enforcing appropriate standards with respect to cleanliness, hygiene and food safety throughout the service areas and ensuring these are adhered to by all staff.
- To be the champion of healthy eating providing advice and guidance with respect to nutritional information and driving the programme of healthy eating across the whole school community.
- To adhere to the school’s Health& Safety(H&S) Policy and to ensure its compliance and ensure all necessary documentation relating to H&S, food hygiene, cleanliness is completed correctly as required and is available for audit.
- To be responsible for the safe operation of all catering equipment, ensuring it is maintained in a clean and operational condition and report any issues to the relevant person when required.
- To ensure that the service provision meets the needs of the school and the pupils.
- To be responsible for ensuring quality control of all produce is always maintained.
- To be responsible for the planning, ordering, receipt, and storage of all stock.
- To be responsible for addressing any issues relating to special dietary requirements including allergen information.
- To be responsible for ensuring all necessary records relating to stock control, stock rotation, food orders etc are maintained and available for audit.
- To stay abreast of new issues and changes relating to food hygiene legislation, nutritional guidelines and healthy eating initiatives, developing and implementing any relevant aspects within the catering service.
- To follow the agreed menu, appropriate for the style of service and to meet the requirements of our customers.
- To ensure that the published menu is adhered to at all times to satisfy customer demand.
- To plan, develop and actively participate in any promotional activity to assist take up of school meals.
- To engage with customers at all levels promoting the service and encourage meal uptake.
- To identify new ideas for service improvement and bring forward for discussion.
- To undertake appropriate training in order to carry out the full duties and responsibilities of the job description.
- To attend and contribute to meetings and working parties where required.
- To carry our any other duties relating to the work of the division and appropriate to the post.
What the school offers its staff
I am delighted to share this amazing opportunity at Great Sankey High School, as we seek to recruit a talented and aspirational professional to join our team.
I am proud to be the Headteacher of the school and I will lead the Great Sankey learning community to be an employer of choice who provides excellent teaching and learning with passion and purpose, based on our core values of Growth, Respect, Excellence, Aspiration and Teamwork. Our mission is for everyone in our school to be happy and inspired by their school experience and for our staff. This means working in a warm, welcoming, and purposeful environment. This position is key in helping us empower students to harness their own creativity, to raise their aspirations, and to achieve their potential.
Great Sankey High School was judged as ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted in our most recent inspection in March 2023. We aim to continue a journey of improvement and transformation, and I am determined to provide an exceptional quality of education and culture for all students, with the ambition that all will excel both academically and as aspirational and inspirational young people. There is no better time to join us, as a colleague, a leader, or a student.
Our philosophy is grounded equally in securing the highest professional standards and supporting and caring for all professionals. Great Sankey High School is a founding member of the Omega Multi- Academy Trust, and all staff benefit from exceptional networks and opportunities. A broad and varied professional development package is available, driven by the latest educational research with a focus on the development of all
professionals at each career stage. Colleagues who train with us grow with us and progress with us.
The school is situated close to local transport links and is easily accessible from areas in the North-West. Our School has been oversubscribed for a number of years and now boasts over 2100 students across Key Stages 3, 4 & 5. The school has Barrow Hall College; a large school based in the sixth form. Students and staff are incredibly proud of their school and are determined to work together to secure further improvements and achievements.
Great Sankey High School benefits from increasingly impressive facilities and ongoing projects. The school has seen significant investment in a building and refurbishment programme, resulting in a range of new specialist science classrooms and new sports accommodation.
So, if you are eager to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to securing the highest educational, professional and personal standards, are keen to learn, develop and work with colleagues, students, parents and the community and are passionate about transforming student lives and the opportunities provided to our communities then we would be delighted to hear from you.
Gary Evans
Headteacher
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)About Great Sankey High School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 2087 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Great Sankey High School website
- Email address
- recruitment@omegamat.co.uk
- Phone number
- 01925988300
I am delighted to share this amazing opportunity at Great Sankey High School, as we seek to recruit a talented and aspirational professional to join our team.
I am proud to be the Headteacher of the school and I will lead the Great Sankey learning community to be an employer of choice who provides excellent teaching and learning with passion and purpose, based on our core values of Growth, Respect, Excellence, Aspiration and Teamwork. Our mission is for everyone in our school to be happy and inspired by
their school experience and for our staff this means working in a warm, welcoming and purposeful environment. This position is key in helping us to empower students to harness their own creativity, to raise their aspirations and to achieve their potential.
Great Sankey High School was judged as ‘Good’ overall by Ofsted in our most recent inspection in March 2023. We aim to continue a journey of improvement and transformation and I am determined to provide an exceptional quality of education and culture for all students, with the ambition that all will excel both academically and as aspirational and inspirational young people. There is no better time to join us, as a
colleague, a leader or a student.
Our philosophy is grounded equally in securing the highest professional standards and supporting and caring for all professionals. Great Sankey High School is a founder member of the Omega Multi- Academy Trust and all staff benefit from exceptional networks and opportunities. A broad and varied professional development package is available, driven by the latest educational research with a focus on the development of all professionals at each career stage. Colleagues who train with us, grow with us and progress with us.
The school is situated close to local transport links and is easily accessible from areas in the North-West. Our School has been over subscribed for a number of years and now boasts over 2100 students across Key Stages 3, 4 & 5. The school has Barrow Hall College, a
large school based sixth form. Students and staff are incredibly proud of their school and are determined to work together to secure further improvements and achievements.
Great Sankey High School benefits from increasingly impressive facilities and ongoing projects. The school has seen significant investment in a building and refurbishment programme, resulting in a range of new specialist science classrooms and new sports accommodation.
So, if you are eager to join a forward-thinking organisation committed to securing the highest educational, professional and personal standards, are keen to learn, develop and work with colleagues, students, parents and the community and are passionate about transforming student lives and the opportunities provided to our communities then we would be
delighted to hear from you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Gary Evans
Headteacher
Arranging a visit to Great Sankey High School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@omegamat.co.uk.
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