Deputy Catering Manager - secondary school

Arden, Solihull, West Midlands, B93 0PT

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  01 September 2026

• Closing date

  17 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Catering, cleaning and site management
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,824.00 - £29,540.00 Annually (FTE) Band C. £26,824 - £29,540 (full time equivalent range). £16,314 - £17,965 (actual salary range for 26.25 hours per week)

Deputy Catering Manager - secondary school job summary

Hours of work: Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 2:15pm, including 30 minutes unpaid lunch break - 26.25 hours per week.

Applicants need to have the flexibility to open up at 6:30am if necessary (e.g. to cover absence of Catering Manager)

AMAT Catering Services is part of Arden Multi Academy Trust, a group of schools providing excellent education to children and young people within Solihull and the local area. Our Catering teams are proud of delivering delicious, healthy school meals using locally sourced, high-quality ingredients to pupils within all our schools.

We are pleased to be able to offer the role of Deputy Catering Manager to support the Catering Manager at Arden Academy, with managing a team of catering assistants and overseeing the preparation and serving of meals, refreshments and other catering services for 1800 pupils and 200 staff.

Main purpose of the role:

• To deputise for the Catering Manager
• Be responsible for monitoring the quality of the food and service and for making sure that the school canteen is performing as required by the Area Catering Manager.
• Be responsible for the line management of the Catering Assistants within the team.
• Achieve good quality and variety of food options within budget and time constraints.
• Be responsible for ensuring that all members of the catering team are aware of their Food Safety and Health & Safety responsibilities and be the contact point for Food Safety and Health & Safety issues.

The key responsibilities are to support the Catering Manager with the following responsibilities:

• Food preparation
• Planning menus
• Ordering supplies
• Training, supervising and motivating staff
• Organising staff rotas
• Monitoring the quality of the product and service provided

Training will be provided to support the Catering Manager with the following area keeping administrative records, managing and recording sickness absence, ensuring health and safety regulations are strictly observed, recorded and archived.

Key Skills required:

• Strong organisational and time management skills and the ability to manage and lead a diverse team
• A strong focus on customer service with excellent leadership and interpersonal skills
• The ability to work flexibly and operate under strict time constraints
• Stock-taking skills
• Knowledge of food, food hygiene (including hazard analysis) and food preparation.

Qualifications required

• Level 2 Food and Hygiene (essential)
• Level 3 Food Hygiene & Safety in Catering (desirable)
• Health and Safety training (essential)
• Previous experience working in a school kitchen or similar high volume catering environment (essential)

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification provided.

In return we can offer you:

• An excellent Local Government Pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Free Uniform
• Access to high quality continuing professional development

CVs cannot be accepted as part of our Safer Recruitment guidelines.

Arden Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

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

Arden Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We welcome applications regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, sexuality or religion. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Disclosure and, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, will be subject to a social media online search.

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 Arden

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1817 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Arden website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/arden

Arden is a truly exceptional school at the heart of the community and the peak of academic excellence. Situated just minutes off Junction 5 of the M42 and only 3 miles from the town of Solihull, visitors are astounded by our confident and articulate students. Our recent Ofsted report spoke about the culture of ‘exceptionally high aspirations that permeate the school’ and ‘the positive relationships between staff and pupils’ where ‘teachers teach individuals, not classes’. As an innovative school always striving for better there is a constant drive to achieve maximum personal and academic potential and as part of a Multi Academy Trust there is the opportunity for exceptional training and the sharing of knowledge and ideas.

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